Teachers, counselors, and therapists guide children through learning, challenges, and discovery every day. Guidance Grove is your space for practical tools, activity ideas, and conversation starters that make social-emotional learning engaging and effective. With the Understanding My World series, you can turn stories into opportunities for connection, empathy, and growth—helping kids feel seen, supported, and ready to thrive.
As a teacher, counselor, or therapist, you know how essential emotional awareness is to a child’s growth and well-being. The Understanding My World series was created as a story-based bridge—helping build emotional vocabulary, spark honest conversations, and support healing in the classroom, therapy room, or group setting.
Guidance Grove is your go-to space for social-emotional learning ideas, strategies for weaving stories into your lessons or sessions, and practical tools you can use to help children connect, reflect, and grow.
Practical ways to bring stories into your social-emotional learning plans.
Match each book’s themes to skills like self-awareness, relationship building, and responsible decision-making.
Stop mid-story to explore feelings, choices, and possible outcomes with students.
Add new feeling words from each book to a classroom display to build emotional literacy
Have students draw or write about what they learned from the story and how it applies to their own lives.
Conversation prompts and activities to spark engagement.
Worksheets, charts, and guides to reinforce learning and reflection.
Lesson Plan Outlines
Printable “Feelings Check-In” Cards
Blog articles on SEL integration
Character-based reflection worksheets
