ABOUT ECL
What is ECL?
The ECSEL Curriculum Library (ECL) is a curated and growing collection of ECSEL-integrated and CASEL-aligned digital activities and lesson plans for children from infancy through pre-kindergarten. All lessons have a social-emotional learning component no matter if you are doing art, science, math, engineering, or more!
Why ECL?
The ECSEL Curriculum Library (ECL) is a destination for teachers to find ECSEL-integrated curriculum activities that have been designed with an emergent-curriculum mindset. Our ECL has a wide variety of topics and learning areas to make teaching (and learning) easy and fun!
Flip over each card to see what every ECL activity includes:
ECSEL language, tools, and/or techniques
An easy-to-follow-activity format and layout
ECSEL Prompts to support children in learning about emotions, prosocial skills, problem-solving, and more
Creative ways to extend children's thinking
Activity-specific learning goals that are linked to our ECSEL Standards
How the ECSEL Curriculum Library Works
CHOOSE A PLAN
Find a membership plan that best fits your needs and become a member of ECL.
PICK LESSONS
Use your first 10 free ECL credits to purchase lessons and build your own ECL library!
GET MORE CREDITS
After you become an ECL member, you will have access to the library and be able to purchase more ECL credits.
ECL Lesson Features
Lesson Introduction
Here you can find the title, developmental level, and learning areas included in a lesson
Overview
This section includes a short description of the lesson.
ECSEL Standards & Learning Goals
Here you can gain a clear idea of what the goals of this lesson are, and how they align with our ECSEL Standards.
Materials & Instructions
These sections include the materials you will need and a step-by-step guide to implement a lesson.
ECSEL Prompts
Here you can find questions to ask during a lesson to promote ECSEL thinking and discussions about emotions and feelings.
Extended Learning
Need more ideas to extend children’s learning? This part of the lesson has you covered!
Featured Lessons
Free the Dinosaurs!
Emotional Building Blocks
Dinosaur or Not?
Dinosaur Shadow Sketching
Dinosaur Egg Ramp Roll
Colorful Sponge Printing
Color Baskets
Alphabet Bowling
Musical Sensory Bins
Ocean Floor Dramatic Play Transformation
Sense of Touch Texture Collages
Egg Shakin’ to the Beat
Recycled Inventions
Water Glass Music Experiment
Let’s Go Fishing
What's That Sound?
Lights, Camera, Action!
From Seeds to Trees
Things That Go: Cars & Trucks
Animal Touch & Feel Books
Secret Message Sorting Game
The Case of the Missing Emotions (Tool Required)
Digital Exploration Mural
Animal Tracks Sensory Bin
Deep Breath Paintings
The H-A-P-P-Y Song
Pots & Pans Drumming
Pom-Pom Chutes
Deep Breaths Pom-Pom Maze
Mindfulness Nature Adventure
"Helping Hands" Classroom Jobs
FIND OUT MORE
What is ECSEL?
Learn more about our begin to ECSEL philosophy and how it inspires the lessons and activities in our ECSEL Curriculum Library.
ECSEL Standards
The ECSEL Standards were developed to going beyond SEL; to both nurture and support children’s cognitive capabilities, as well as their social and emotional skills, from birth. Learn more about the 7 core ECSEL Standards.
ECL Membership Plans
Browse our membership plans to find the one that best fits your needs! Looking for a solution for your entire school or district? We can tailor an enterprise plan for you!