January SEL Calendar
Happy New Year! This month's theme is "The Sky is the Limit in 2023!" Kikori is here to give you the resources you need to go above and beyond this new year.
All of the activities are clickable and take you straight into the webapp where you can find facilitation steps!
Download the January SEL Calendar Below:
Here’s what you’ll love about the Kikori January SEL Calendar:
SEL activities to increase connection to self, others, and the planet!
Proven SEL activities help students build students’ sense of CONNECTION!
Easy to FIND and USE during Morning Meetings, Advisory Sessions, and more!
Relevant and FUN National day themes and activities!
SEL Standards-aligned and simple to integrate into lesson plans!
How to Use the January 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 800+ 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's going on this month?
Celebrate this week's special days with 10 minute activities- no props required!
Week 1
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Monday, Jan 2: Ancestry Day, My Favorite Meal Ever Check In
Tuesday, Jan 3: Int. Mind Body Wellness Day, Body Scan
Wednesday, Jan 4: Perihelion Day, The Time is Right
Thursday, Jan 5: Nat. Bird Day, Airplane Tag Teams
Friday, Jan 6: Nat. Cuddle Up Day, Jelly Roll
Week 2
"The dream is alive." -John Young
Monday, Jan 9: Nat. Word Nerd Day, The Story Stretch
Tuesday, Jan 10: Peculiar People Day, My Life Tree
Wednesday, Jan 11: Int. Thank You Day, Appreciation Tag
Thursday, Jan 12: Work Harder Day, Cooperative Finger Count
Friday, Jan 13: Quitters Day, Start, Stop, Continue
Week 3
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"- Neil Armstrong
Monday, Jan 16: Blue Monday, Non-Verbal Essence
Tuesday, Jan 17: Kid Inventors Day, Combining Ideas
Wednesday, Jan 18: Nat. Thesaurus Day, Creative Word Spell
Thursday, Jan 19: Tenderness Towards Existence Day, Showing Up For Each Other
Friday, Jan 20: Int. Day of Acceptance, Dis-Embellishment
Week 4
"The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter" -Sally Ride
Monday, Jan 23: Nat Handwriting Day, Opposite Signature
Tuesday, Jan 24: Nat. Compliment Day, Way to Go
Wednesday, Jan 25: Opposite Day, Change Game
Thursday, Jan 26: Int. Enviro. Ed. Awareness Day, Eco Awareness
Friday, Jan 27: Int. Holocaust Remembrance Day, Movement of Peace
Week 5
"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do."- Galileo Galilei
Monday, Jan 30: Nat. Escape Day, Over and Under the Bridge
Tuesday, Jan 31: Nat. Backward Day, Face Off
Wednesday, Feb 1: Freedom Day, Four Corners
Thursday, Feb 2: Groundhog Day, Giants, Elves and Wizards
Friday, Feb 3: Bubblegum Day, Clap Happy
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 students to celebrate!
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