Kikori November Social Emotional Learning Calendar
Growing Gratitude: Harvest Kindness and Giving with Kikori Social Emotional Learning Calendar
In November, students will embrace Kindness and Giving as core values within their classroom community. This month focuses on turning thankfulness into a daily habit, fostering generosity, and encouraging students to give back in meaningful ways, both in and outside the classroom. Acts of kindness and giving can transform the classroom into a space where students feel valued, connected, and supported. When students actively practice empathy, gratitude, and generosity, they create a ripple effect that not only strengthens peer relationships but also builds a more inclusive and caring school culture. Through small daily acts, students learn that giving—whether through words of encouragement, lending a hand, or contributing to their community—can profoundly impact their own well-being and the lives of others.
November Experiential SEL Overview
Nov Week 1: Self-Awareness – Self-confidence
By developing self-confidence, students feel more secure in expressing appreciation and recognizing the positive contributions of others, fostering an environment of kindness.
Nov Week 2: Self-Management – Self-motivation
Practicing self-motivation helps students take initiative in offering support and kindness to their peers, making giving a personal and active choice.
Nov Week 3: Social Awareness – Perspective Taking
Perspective taking enables students to understand and empathize with others, enhancing their ability to offer kindness and thoughtful gestures that resonate with their classmates’ needs.
Nov Week 4: Building Relationships - Teamwork
Teamwork builds a collaborative spirit, encouraging students to support one another, share responsibilities, and give generously to create a harmonious classroom community.
By the end of November, students will cultivate a deeper understanding and appreciation of gratitude and kindness, recognizing how these values enhance their relationships and sense of community. Through their experiences, they will discover the joy and fulfillment that arises from giving back, whether it’s through acts of kindness in the classroom or participating in community service projects. This month will empower students to reflect on their contributions and the positive impact they can have on others, reinforcing the idea that kindness is not just an action but a powerful force that fosters connection and belonging within their school and beyond.
What resources does Kikori provide you?
Our November SEL Calendar provides you with daily experiential social emotional learning (eSEL) activities accessed via the Kikori platform that you can lead with your students.
Here’s what that our eSEL Calendar provide you with EVERY DAY:
Start your day with a Morning Message or Advisory Announcement
Practice those ever-important social skills with Greeting Activity
Encourage connection with a Sharing or Acknowledging Activity
Facilitate an interactive National Day Activity (i.e. Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day, National Ice Cream Day, World Kindness Day, etc.)
BONUS: Looking to help your students build critical social emotional skills? Each of Kikori's activities are aligned to CASEL's Social Emotional Learning standards, 21st Century Skills and Sustainable Development Skills!
Ready to get started? Download November Social Emotional Learning Calendar Week 1 For FREE Below
November Elementary SEL Calendar
November Middle & High School Advisory Social Emotional Learning Calendar
PLUS, check out the great resources that bring the Kikori eSEL Calendar to life!
Building Habits of Kindness: A Month of Daily Closing Circle Practices
This November, we encourage you to incorporate a 5-10 minute Closing Circle into your daily classroom routine. This intentional practice not only fosters a sense of community but also provides a consistent opportunity for students to develop key social-emotional skills, including kindness, reflection, celebration, and gratitude. In Kikori's Closing Circle, students engage in the same activity daily for a week, gradually building positive habits through repetition (Dweck, 2015).
Here is an overview of our 4 November Circle Time activities, promoting students to practice kindness and giving (along with the research behind their effectiveness!) :
November Week 1: Appreciation Sheets
Students use Appreciation Sheets to pass around notes of gratitude, building a culture of kindness. This practice encourages students to recognize and express appreciation for their peers, which research shows can increase prosocial behavior and well-being (Emmons & McCullough, 2003). By the end of the week, students have a collection of affirmations, reinforcing kindness in everyday interactions.
November Week 2: Group Poem
During Group Poem, students collaboratively write a poem, adding new lines each day. This activity promotes self-reflection and creative expression, which John Dewey emphasized as vital for emotional growth and understanding (Dewey, 1933). By week’s end, students gain confidence in sharing and reflecting on their experiences as a group.
November Week 3: Way to Go
The Way to Go activity allows students to celebrate their peers’ achievements. Daily recognition of success helps create a supportive classroom environment, reinforcing positivity and peer encouragement. According to Fredrickson (2001), celebrating positive emotions strengthens social bonds and builds resilience.
November Week 4: Simply Notice Gratitude
In Simply Notice Gratitude, students take time each day to identify something they are thankful for. This daily practice fosters a habit of focusing on positive experiences, which Robert Emmons found to significantly improve emotional well-being and outlook (Emmons & McCullough, 2003). By week’s end, students develop an internal habit of gratitude.
Kikori's Goal: Empowering Every Student to Practice Kindness and Giving!
At Kikori, we believe that acts of kindness and generosity create stronger, more connected communities. How does Kikori help you build a classroom environment where students feel empowered to practice kindness and giving every day? Through our SEL Calendar, we offer daily Morning Meetings and Advisory lessons that provide structured opportunities for students to share and reflect, encouraging a culture of giving and kindness:
Monday: Popcorn Sharing
Tuesday: Partner Sharing
Wednesday: Round Robin Sharing
Thursday: Journal Writing
Friday: Small Groups
These varied sharing activities give students opportunities to express gratitude, appreciate one another, and offer support in different formats. Each interaction strengthens bonds, fostering an environment where kindness becomes second nature. As students share and receive positive reinforcement, they begin to naturally offer support to others, cultivating a sense of giving and empathy.
We also incorporate Think-Pair-Shares into many activities, encouraging students to connect with one another before sharing with the larger group. This reflective practice not only builds confidence but also deepens students' empathy, helping them understand and respond to others with compassion. Through these daily routines, students learn that small acts of kindness—whether through words, listening, or support—have a powerful impact on their classroom community.
The power of this approach is clear—check out Lower Yukon School District Case Study and their students' growth in caring behaviors (as well as remarkable growth in student attendance, engagement and confidence) in just four weeks using Kikori's experiential SEL Curriculum!
Would you like November's full SEL calendar?
Are you an individual educator? Sign up for Kikori Premium!
For the price of one Teacher's Pay Teacher's printable, gain access to an entire month of curated, research-backed activities! Premium memberships include access to daily Morning Meeting slides (now for K-2 AND grades 3-5!), downloadable activity printables and access to a library of playlists designed to support student outcomes aligned with SEL Standards and 21st Century Skills!
Are you and other educators in your school using Kikori? Sign up for the Kikori School-wide Solution!
Kikori's School-wide Solution provides all educators in your school with access to Kikori's platform including extra school-wide bonuses like Morning Meeting customizable slides, school-wide sharing and communication, staff training on trauma-informed eSEL best practices on community-building and so much more!
Would you like to learn more about the research-backed practices built into Kikori's eSEL Calendar?
How does Kikori ensure these activities build social emotional skills like self-awareness and relationship skills?
Each activity provides you with instructions that follow Kolb's 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?)
Daily National Day 10-min Prop-free Activities
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 and RELEVANT, we've included a special National Holiday for every day and a corresponding team building activity. The National Days are specially curated for a mix of important moments in history; STEM learning related to math and science; days related to well-being; and some days Just for FUNN!
Kikori's Day-of-the-week Activities
In the platform you'll also find activities 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 to Use Your Monthly eSEL Calendar:
How easy is it? Just click the activity!
All of the Planners are CLICKABLE to take you straight into the national days and Kikori activities in the Kikori platform! The Elementary and Advisory calendars share a monthly theme, and activities within the two clickable calendars are specially catered to that age range. If you want to specify for your student grade further, click on the correct grade level variation within the activity! We also encourage you to explore “Variations” offered within individual Kikori activities.
How to Kikori:
Dive into the world of Research on Kindness and Giving:
Dewey, J. (1933). How We Think: A Restatement of the Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process. D.C. Heath and Company.
Dweck, C. S. (2015). Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Random House.
Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Scribner.
Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(2), 377-389.
Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218-226.
What is your favorite activity to play in November with your students? Let us know in the comments below - and we can help you add it into the Kikori platform!
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