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Kikori experiential SEL activities for the outdoors

"As a former social worker and now the founder of a school focused on social emotional learning, I cannot recommend Kikori enough. This tool is a must-have for our staff to provide personalized support for our students!"

-Val Groth, Founder and CEO, Ryan Banks Academy

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Apr 1
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Kikori April SEL Calendar

The April SEL Calendar provides you with engaging, connection-building activities that helps your students be ready for learning.

Mar 1
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Kikori March SEL Calendar

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The Kikori SEL Calendar is here to help you move through March with exactly what your students need: a balance between growth mindset...

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Kikori February SEL Calendar

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In February, our SEL Calendar celebrates Black History Month, Kindness Month & the Lunar New Year. Let's honor the past, celebrate the...

No matter where, how, or who you teach,
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Follow our monthly eSEL Calendar (Elementary or Advisory) where every day includes:

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How Does Kikori Fit in Your School Day?

Weave experiential Social Emotional Learning (eSEL) activities into your school day from the moment they walk in the door through Lunch to your after school programs!

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Morning Meeting & Advisory

Bring sunshine to your classroom every morning with Kikori activities that welcome your students with consistency, build a sense of community and bring joy and fun to your classroom. Kikori activities align with the Responsive Classroom framework and include Greetings, Sharings, daily activities, Morning Message for Elementary students; as well as Acknowledgements and Morning Announcements for Middle School and High School.

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Kikori experiential SEL activities woven into math, reading and writing

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Learning Curriculum

What is the Holy Grail of experiential, Social Emotional Learning? When you are able to weave it into your core classes! With Kikori activities, you can bring meaningful connection-building games into your math, reading or writing class so that students are learning content in the way they know best – through play!

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the Learning Content eSEL Planner

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Energizers & Brain Breaks

In order for young brains to organize the information they have learned, they have to take breaks in between (or even during!) lessons. Kikori Energizers are quick, social activities that involve movement. If you have an academic topic you are working on, Kikori provides you with modifications to play the game while also continuing learning, all while having fun!

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Kikori Cafeteria experiential SEL Activities

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Cafeteria Activities

Community meals can be different things for students based on how you cultivate this time and space. How can you make sure that lunchtime is a time for building relationships, sharing skills and exposing students to new food and traditions? Build in conversation starters and practice activities that builds skills of respect, kindness and appreciation for others. To make this really stick, build Mix-it-up days into your school years!

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Kikori experiential SELRecess Activities

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Recess Activities

Recess is one of the most important times of day for our students to practice social skills and relationship building. Introducing activities that invite high energy such as tag games and team building activities can help students get their energy out and socialize! Watch and see how these activities transform through students’ imagination as well. This is a great place to see how all of our lessons and skill-building translates into the ‘real world’!

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Kikori outdoor experiential SEL activities

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Outdoor Activities

The benefits in bringing students to the outdoors is endless, including the connection to nature, the physical benefits and even the resilience and challenge that comes from play during ‘harsher’ weather. Search for Outdoor activities to find connection-building games that incorporate nature.

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Kikori Morning Meeting and Advisory Activities

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Closing Circle

The beginning of your day and the end of your day are Bookmarks that can help a student prepare for what is to come or process in a meaningful way what happened. End your day with a closing circle that incorporates appreciation activities, reflections, and celebrations to help students see the bright side – both of themselves and their classmates.

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Experiential + SEL = eSEL

Following the Play, Reflect, Connect, Grow Model, Kikori engage the whole student in a cyclical process that deepens their understanding of experiences and how they relate to real life.

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The Brain Science Behind our Activities

When students don’t feel safe and connected, they aren't able to learn.

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How Kikori is transforming
Cambridge Public Schools:

With a background in trauma-informed practices and theatre/improv, Cambridge School District SEL Lead Teacher, Alice Cohen shares why Kikori's experiential Social Emotional Learning (eSEL) activities are so powerful for students.

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Made for Educators, by Educators

When Co- Founders Kendra and Bryn met, they each had reasons for bringing Kikori to life. Bryn Lottig, MEPD is an expert on blending outdoor pursuits with leadership development. Kendra Bostick, LCSW was a School Social Worker whose job was to support students to be self-reliant, compassionate and productive. They knew the power of experiential education but saw that teachers didn't have the time, resources and knowledge to make it happen.

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Success Stories

Kikori has been able to assist schools and organizations across the country in their SEL goals. Hear from some of the voices who love what Kikori has brought to their community.

How Kikori Works With NYC At-Risk Students

Erin Samples, School Social Worker in NYC Public Schools in Brooklyn uses Kikori to support her students with impactful community-building activities

Experiential SEL (eSEL) in Motion

We teamed up with The Suffolk Public Schools College & Career Academy at Pruden to showcase student talent. This event highlighted the benefits of combining experiential learning with 21st Century Workplace Readiness Skills and Social Emotional Learning.

Tuftonboro Central School, Wentworth NH

"KIKORI has helped me put in place a school-wide program in a few weeks that would definitely have been at least a year long process to put in place. It would have taken us so much longer to meet our school-wide goal of revitalizing our school culture...rolling out school-wide expectations and tools to make it happen in the classroom. I would have had to do everything but with Kikori, I'm not developing...I"m supporting teachers to put the program in place...right off the bat...day 1 of school and we're already doing it!"

- Matt Tetrault, School Social Worker

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Kikori Federal Funding

Kikori works to ensure our product meets the requirements for many federal funding sources. Learn how Kikori fits within allowable funding ESSA, IDEA, and ESSER.

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ESSA

Kikori works to ensure our product meets the requirements for many federal funding sources. Learn how Kikori fits within allowable funding under Titles I, II, III and IV of ESSA.

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IDEA

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law ensuring students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education. Providing early intervention, special education and related services to eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.

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ESSER

In response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the U.S. Congress passed the CARES Act, CRRSA Act and ARP Act - relief packages designed in part to provide states with both funding and streamlined waivers to give state educational agencies (SEAs) necessary flexibilities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.