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Inspire Empathy, Resilience, and Inclusivity in Your Classroom

The Daisy's Different Teacher’s Guide is a powerful resource designed to help students in grades 1-5 develop critical social-emotional skills. 

This comprehensive teacher’s guide includes:

Empathy & Kindness (Grades 1-2)

Perseverance & Resilience (Grade 3)

Inclusivity & Acceptance (Grade 4)

Leadership & Social Awareness (Grade 5)

Interactive Activities:

Emotion charades and empathy games to foster understanding.

The “Wrinkled Heart” activity to demonstrate the lasting impact of words and actions.

Classroom contracts to promote inclusivity and kindness.

 Explore the wonders of science, conservation, and safety through the adventures of Daisy, a lovable three-legged dog! Daisy Dives In combines storytelling with engaging, age-appropriate lesson plans for grades K-4.

This comprehensive teacher’s guide includes:

• Buoyancy Activities: Hands-on experiments and stories to teach floating and sinking.
• Manatee Facts & Conservation: Interactive lessons to explore marine life and protect manatees.
• Water Safety Lessons: Fun role-play and activities to promote safe behavior around water.

Perfect for classrooms or homeschoolers, Daisy Dives In fosters critical thinking, creativity, and environmental stewardship while making science fun and accessible.

📖 Bring Daisy’s adventures to your students today!

This is a comprehensive Teacher's Guide for Daisy can't help it, providing evidence-based strategies for children ages 5-10.

The guide is structured around the CASEL Framework's five core competencies:

• Self-Awareness
• Self-Management
• Social Awareness
• Relationship Skills
• Responsible Decision-Making

It covers the story of Daisy, who learns to regulate overwhelming emotions and impulsive behaviors through parental co-regulation and coping mechanisms. It details the Science of Emotional Regulation (including Polyvagal theory and brain science) and outlines key strategies like Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Self-Compassion Practices, The Zones of Regulation, and the RULER approach.

The guide offers specific, developmentally appropriate pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading activities and discussion questions tailored for three age groups: 5-6, 7-8, and 9-10.