August's SEL Calendar
Updated: Nov 10, 2022
......And we're back to school! We made August's SEL Calendar specially designed to help your classes bond, build trust, and make crucial connections that will lead to great classmate dynamic AND better academic performance!
Week 1
Mon, 1: Respect for Parents Day, What's the Quote?
Tues 2: National Coloring Book Day, Giraffe Coloring Book
Wed 3: National Watermelon Day, Fruit Salad
Thurs 4: International Clouded Leopard Day, Menagerie Card Game
Fri 5: International Traffic Light Day, Traffic Light
Week 2
Mon, 8: International Infinity Day, Circle Within A Circle
Tues 9: International Co Working Day, Sentence Story
Wed 10: World Lion Day, Animals Greeting
Thurs 11: National Son's and Daughter's Day, We Love People Who
Fri 12: International Youth Day, Pride and Dream
Week 3
Mon, 15: National Relaxation Day, Meeting Eyes
Tues 16: National Tell a Joke Day, Mega Mirror
Wed 17: National Non Profit Day, My One Wild and Precious Life
Thurs 18: Never Give Up Day, Hands Down
Fri 19: World Humanitarian Day, Wealth and Value
Week 4
Mon, 22: Be an Angel Day, Guardian Angel or Mentor Letter
Tues 23: Slavery Remembrance Day, Tug of War Activity
Wed 24: International Strange Music Day, Song Tag
Thurs 25: National Secondhand Wardrobe Day, Mass Acquisition
Fri 26: National Dog Day, Non-Verbal Essence
Week 5
Mon, 29: Individual Rights Day, What I Stand For
Tues 30: National Beach Day, Mapping It Out
Wed 31: Eat Outside Day, Setting the Table
How to Use the SEL Calendar
Download Kikori through Apple, Android or Desktop for free! Each of the activities for the calendar are available within the Kikori platform along with 600+ more experiential activities.
BONUS: We understand how important SEL frameworks are so we've aligned each activity with CASEL's Social Emotional Learning standards and 21st Century Skills to make finding the RIGHT activity for your youth easier than ever!
What are the Kikori daily themes?
Each day, the SEL Calendar provides you with an activity focused on the following daily Kikori themes:
Mindful Monday activities include meditations, visualizations and mindfulness
Together Tuesday activities involve team building and initiatives that build trust
Wellness Wednesday activities focus on ways to build physical and emotional health
Thoughtful Thursday activities use problem solving and reflection to help grow inward
Fun Friday activities are energizing activities that reinforce the importance of joy
How does Kikori ensure these activities build social emotional skills like self-awareness and relationship skills? Each activity provides you with instructions that follow the experiential learning cycle. This means the activities help youth actively engage and then provides reflection questions related to the activity.
These questions help youth reflect and build self- and social-awareness (what happened during the activity?), make meaningful connections to their own lives (how did what happened during the activity connect to other experiences?), and engage in personal growth (what are they going to take from this activity into their lives?)
And the National Day Activities?
Here at Kikori, we think it's important to educate our students on important days of the year and learn what they stand for. To make team building in the classroom or at youth development programs MEANINGFUL, we've included a special National Holiday for every day and a corresponding team building activity. We did our homework to find the best days for kids to celebrate!
