Solving problems 1: Making tough choices - SEL Lesson

Use this ready-made SEL lesson focusing on the subskill of 'Solving Problems' to help you with social emotional learning in the classroom.

This is lesson 1 in a series of 8 and it's designed for use as one of your SEL activities with the whole class, a small group, or one-to-one. Responsible Decision-Making is one of the five components that make up CASEL's model of SEL education. To find other SEL activities, please visit our homepage and search through hundreds of SEL lessons created by educators and other experts in SEL education.

Our digital SEL lessons integrate with Pear Deck to facilitate student engagement. These lessons include interactive, age-appropriate social emotional learning activities, questions, videos, and animations for every CASEL subskill.

Solving problems can be difficult enough as it is, let alone without effective training in problem solving. Not only is teaching problem solving a valuable part of a child’s emotional education, but it also positively contributes to classroom productivity more generally. Integrate the social emotional activities found in this lesson into your classroom for an easy way to help your students grow.