School Programs
Play-based learning that supports children's emotional and social development
Heart Path Education offers engaging school programs that help students build empathy, communication, and cooperation skills they can use right away. Through guided group activities and creative play, students explore emotions, practice perspective-taking, and develop tools for respectful communication. Sessions are age-appropriate, interactive, and designed to make social-emotional learning memorable and fun in classroom and school-based settings.
In a typical session, students will:
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LEARN
Students learn emotional literacy skills using LEGO® themed Feelings and Needs cards
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BUILD
In small groups, students build a LEGO® scene and explore characters' feelings & needs through story creation
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CREATE
Students photograph their LEGO® scene with iPads and create a comic that reflects their learning
Big Ideas & Curriculum Connections
Emotion Explorers supports learning across the BC Curriculum, with connections to Physical and Health Education, English Language Arts, Arts Education, and the BC Core Competencies.
Students explore and practice:
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Emotional awareness and well-being
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Perspective-taking and empathy
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Communication and collaboration
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Personal and social awareness
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Creative storytelling and expression
Through fictional characters and collaborative storytelling, students practice staying curious about different perspectives and developing greater understanding of themselves and others.
Programs can be adapted for different age groups and classroom needs. Please get in touch to learn more.