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Early Childhood Center showcases RULER mood meter and SEL activities at board meeting
Summary
Staff and students at the district Early Childhood Center demonstrated SEL activities using the RULER framework and a mood meter, showing classroom calming strategies, family take-home activities and assessment tools aligned to Illinois Early Learning Standards.
Staff from the Early Childhood Center presented their Social Emotional Learning work to the board, demonstrating classroom activities and student participation. The presentation included a short student demonstration of the mood meter, followed by staff descriptions of calming strategies, weekly SEL groups, and family engagement efforts such as a take-home mood-meter craft.
A presenter explained the districtwide SEL curriculum, saying: "RULER is an acronym. It stands for recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, and regulating our emotions." Presenters described classroom features including calming corners, push-in related services (occupational therapy, social work, school psychology), and assessments reported to families three times per year through the Creative Curriculum tool.
Board members applauded the work and noted the ECC’s shared therapy rooms, kindness initiatives, and family engagement nights as positive examples of the district’s early-learning approach.
