Engaging social-emotional learning experiences where children learn, reflect, build, and grow through a meaningful teddy companion.
Learn it. Practice it. Build it. Remember it.
Welcome
SEL Teddy Connections transforms social-emotional learning into a memorable, hands-on experience. Through storytelling, guided discussion, creative activities, and purposeful teddy building, children practice confidence, empathy, self-awareness, emotional regulation, and healthy relationship skills.
Two ways to bring SEL Teddy Connections
Schools have two clear options: order a Classroom SEL Kit and lead the lesson with your own students, or request a Hosted SEL Workshop facilitated by our team where available.
Everything educators need to facilitate the SEL Teddy Connections experience with their own students.
Designed for
Classroom kits can be ordered without booking an in-person workshop — available for schools and organizations nationwide.
Explore Classroom KitsAn interactive SEL Teddy Connections experience facilitated for your school, organization, or event.
Availability may depend on
In-person hosted workshops available in select areas. Contact us for current availability. Southern California is our primary in-person service area.
Request Workshop InformationWhat makes us different
The teddy-building experience reinforces a structured SEL lesson rather than replacing it.
Students leave with something tangible connected to the social-emotional skill they practiced.
Each bear represents a distinct SEL competency and learning focus.
Educator materials and family resources help extend learning beyond the activity.
The goal isn’t simply to build a teddy. It’s to build a connection between the child, the skill, and a reminder they can return to.
See How It WorksSEL Teddy Connections materials are available in both English and Spanish, helping schools and families continue meaningful social-emotional learning conversations across the classroom and home.
Bilingual resources make it easier for educators to engage multilingual families and extend SEL learning beyond the school day.
Five SEL lessons
Self-Awareness
Color: Yellow
Includes a confidence-focused SEL lesson and storybook.
English + EspañolSelf-Management
Color: Brown
Includes an emotional-regulation lesson and storybook.
English + EspañolSocial Awareness
Color: Green
Includes a kindness and empathy lesson and storybook.
English + EspañolRelationship Skills
Color: Blue
Includes a friendship-focused lesson and storybook.
English + EspañolResponsible Decision-Making
Color: Charcoal
Includes a decision-making lesson and storybook.
English + EspañolHow it works
Step 1
Children are introduced to an age-appropriate SEL skill through an engaging lesson and story.
Step 2
Interactive activities give children real opportunities to practice the skill they just learned.
Step 3
Children build the teddy bear connected to their lesson, making the skill hands-on and memorable.
Step 4
The bear goes home as a tangible reminder of the skill and how to use it in everyday life.
Why schools choose us
Each lesson corresponds with one of the five CASEL social-emotional competency areas.
Children learn through creating, reflecting, and participating.
Each teddy becomes a lasting reminder of the skills learned.
Prepared materials and clear structure make the experience easy to host.
Our programs
What every child receives
In the classroom
Every workshop gives students a chance to build something meaningful with their own hands while practicing empathy, self-awareness, and relationship skills.
Curriculum preview
Preview selected pages from our bilingual Confident Bear curriculum and see how learning objectives, SEL discussion, reflection, and teddy-building come together.
Each classroom kit includes both educator lesson materials and a student-facing SEL storybook.