Preschool Social Awareness Bundle | 8 SEL Lessons

Give preschoolers more ways to notice, care for, and help the people around them with eight social awareness lessons in one printable bundle. From “Bee-ing” Kind and self-care to food banks and animal shelters, each topic opens an age-appropriate conversation about feelings and community.

Choose a lesson for circle time or small group discussions, then build on the discussion with the included visuals and project materials where applicable. The collection spans everyday kindness, community helping, gratitude, and seasonal projects, giving teachers different entry points throughout the year. A whole year of SEL lessons and projects in one package!

What's Included

• Animal Shelters Lesson Plan: Explore caring for shelter animals and ways a class can help.
• “Bee-ing” Kind Lesson Plan: Talk about kindness and acts of kindness.
• Community Gardens Lesson Plan: Explore a community garden project.
• Gratitude Lesson Plan: Introduce gratitude and ways to express it.
• Help-a-saurus Lesson Plan: A helping-themed lesson.
• Hunger & the Food Bank Lesson Plan: Discuss hunger, food banks and helping others.
• Self-Care Lesson Plan: Explore ways children can care for themselves.
• Super-Helper Elves Lesson Plan: A seasonal helping-themed lesson.
• Supporting materials across the bundle: Discussion prompts, vocabulary, posters, and visual aids, with parent letters, classroom signs, and recording materials in select lessons.

Learning Benefits

• Social awareness and empathy: Children consider how people and animals may need care and support.
• Conversation and emotional vocabulary: Guided questions and visuals give children ways to talk about feelings, kindness, and community.
• Helping in practice: Project-based topics invite children to think about concrete ways they can contribute.
• Self-awareness: The self-care lesson encourages children to notice and discuss their own needs.

Important Digital Details

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• Print and Prep: For best results, print posters, signs & cards on cardstock and laminate for rugged, daily classroom use. Print instructions, parent letters & worksheets on standard 8.5" x 11" paper.
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