Welcome to A Plus Learning!
A Plus Learning prides itself on providing teachers and counsellors with quality educational materials and resources that are designed to enhance the engagement and performance of students allowing them to achieve excellent results. Our materials and resources can also be used by teachers and counsellors to enhance their professional development.
Welcome to A Plus Learning!
A Plus Learning prides itself on providing teachers and counsellors with quality educational materials and resources that are designed to enhance the engagement and performance of students allowing them to achieve excellent results. Our materials and resources can also be used by teachers and counsellors to enhance their professional development.
Teaching emotional intelligence could help students handle situations effectively, be able to identify, communicate their feelings to other people and could help them read situations and relationships. It could also help them regulate their emotions and help them respond appropriately to others.
This Emotional Intelligence resource focuses on 4 areas:
1. Intrapersonal
2. Interpersonal
3. Stress Management
4. General Mood
This emotional intelligence resource includes:
a. Definition of Emotional intelligence
b. Signs of high emotional intelligence
c. Signs of low emotional intelligence
d. Activities on the 4 focused areas
e. Processing questions to facilitate better learning experiences
The resources included in this bundle are:
Bounce Back: Teaching Resilience to Students
Our students constantly face a lot of difficulties and struggles whether it’s family, school or community related. This resource could help and support them to handle their difficulties and struggles better.
This resource focuses on 4 areas of resiliency:
Self-Awareness
Conflict resolution
Empathy
Teaching Courage
It includes:
Definition of terms
Activities for each area
3.Inputs to use for discussion for each area
Processing Questions for each activity
Resilience Affirmations
Resilience is our ability to bounce back from tough situations. When a person is ready to bounce back from a difficult situation, these affirmations could help them get their heads out of the clouds and make them feel better.
These affirmations could re-focus your thoughts and be more positive. These are designed to create self-change. They could serve as an inspiration and reminders for everyday life.
These affirmations could be done first thing in the morning or in the evening or could be done throughout the day. It is suggested to use these affirmations regularly to create more impact and preserve emotional potency.
These could be printed out and you could bring them along wherever you are .
These resilience affirmation cards are in A4 size and JPEG format.
List of Resilience Affirmation Cards:
I can overcome my obstacles
I am creative
I am resourceful
I am resilient
I am emotionally resilient
I am strong
I am persistent
I am kind, smart,and important
It’s okay. I can do this
I will get through this
I will be okay
I am capable of amazing things
I am a good person
I deserve to be happy
I am stronger than I think
I am amazing
I can do anything I set my mind to
I will keep going
Do not give up
Keep moving forward
I can handle change with ease
I am unique
I believe in my abilities and skills
I can face every situation with confidence
There is always a solution to every problem
I am responsible for how I respond to others
I have the power to choose to let go of any emotion
Any difficulty that comes my way is an opportunity to grow
I am full of energy and joy
I have the power to create change
My possibilities are endless
I am in charge of how I feel
I choose happiness
I can, I will
I can make healthy choices
These growth mindset achievement certificates for teens are a great way to recognize your students throughout the year or end of the year.
The file is in Powerpoint version and the awards are saved in JPEG format.
32 awards with description
2 blank templates to create your own award
Only the text is editable. To edit names, awards, and date, use “INSERT TEXT BOX” and type on the insert box to add your text.
List of Awards:
Great Effort
Amazing Attitude
Most Improved
Positive Participant
Remarkably Responsible
Marvellous Motivator
Active Listener
Heart of Gold
Outstanding Organizer
Terrific Team Player
Awesome Determination
Devoted Worker
Hero of Honesty
Great Perseverance
True Believer
Kindness Award
Creative Thinker
Sports Phenom
Excellent Leader
Rockstar Award
Ray of Sunshine
Excellent Enthusiam
Lively Learner
Wise One
Super Studious
Happy Helper
Fabulous Friend
Above & Beyond
Stellar Student
Bold and Brave
Creative Writer
Go Getter
Boost teacher and staff morale with these encouragement cards. These cards include inspirational quotes to motivate teachers and inspire them to continue to do their excellent work. It also includes an encouragement phrase to recognize and affirm their hard work and efforts and to help them during difficult days at school.
This resource include:
*10 Encouragement cards
5 Blank encouragement cards to add on your own inspirational quote and encouragement phrase
The file is in Powerpoint format. Text boxes are already in place to put your quotes and phrases easily.
Note card size:
Height: 12.7cm
Width: 17.78cm
This Student Council Leadership Training could help your student council members improve and enhance their leadership skills especially in the areas of goal-setting, organization, cooperation and decision-making. It also includes activities on self-awareness to help them recognize their talents, skills, and capabilities.
This bundle includes 6 of our resources.
Developing and enhancing leadership skills is one of the most vital life skills that our students need to learn. Our students need to be effective and efficient not just in the classroom most especially when they are out in the big world.
This bundle includes 2 of our resources: Leadership Skills Training: Goal Setting & Organization
1.Leadership Skills Training: Goal-Setting
Definition of Goals
Types of Goals
SMART approach
80/20 Principle on goal setting
Routes to accomplishing goals
2. Leadership Skills Training: OrganizationThis training focuses on:
Definition of Organization
Organization Exercises
Both training includes inputs, activity sheets, and processing questions to facilitate better learning experiences.
3. Working Together: Team-building Activities
This team building set comes with general objectives. Each activity comes with instructions you can modify. It also comes with processing questions to facilitate learning from the activities that you can discuss with your students.
3 Icebreakers
6 Team building Activities (Included are materials needed, instructions and processing questions to facilitate learning from the activities)
4. Decision-Making: Improving Decision-Making Skills
This mini-lesson is about teaching your students to decide better. A strategy/ technique based on research will be discussed in this mini lesson to guide your students in making better decisions. It is called: FIG TESPN.
FIG stands for:
F-Feelings
I-Identify the problem
G- What do you want to achieve to address your problem.
TESPN stands for:
T-Think of many possible solutions
E- Envision outcomes based on the solutions to the problem/s
S -Select the best among all the solutions
P- Plan the procedure, anticipate pitfalls, & practice steps.
N- Notice what happened and remember it for next time.
5. The Habits of Happy and Healthy Tweens and TeensTeaching good habits to our tweens and teens are essential. We want them to practice these habits to make them successful people in the future.
These habits can be taught in class and they can also be printed and posted in the classroom or guidance office. You can use them as part of your orientation at the start of the school year.
6. The Self-Esteem Project: Activities in raising a healthy self-esteemThis Self-Esteem Project is about discovering oneself, recognising and affirming one's talents, skills, and capabilities. It is also being aware of the things that we do that affects our self-esteem.
This module includes:
* Definition of self-esteem
* Signs of positive and negative self-esteem
* Self-esteem concepts
* Quick inputs
* Tips for a healthy self-esteem
* Tips for parents to help raise the self-esteem of their kids
* Processing questions are included in each activity to facilitate better learning experiences
This product contains sample conversation starters that teachers and counselors can use.
This product is best used for middle school year children aged 11-13 years old.
It is divided into 5 categories:
a. Family
b. Self
c. School
d. Friends
e. Anything under the sun
This guide can be used by teachers and counsellors to get acquainted with their students. They can easily establish rapport with these short interview guide and they can also take down notes about their observations and impressions of the student.
This product contains 100 plus conversation starters that teachers and counselors can use.
It is divided into 5 categories:
a. Family
b. Self
c. School
d. Friends
e. Anything under the sun
It also comes with blank templates that you can use to write your own questions for each category.
Conversation Starters for Teachers and Counsellors
This product contains 100 plus conversation starters that teachers and counsellors can use.
It is divided into 5 categories:
a. Family
b. Self
c. School
d. Friends
e. Anything under the sun
It also comes with blank templates that you can use to write your own questions for each category.
Working Effectively with Difficult, Defiant and Non-Compliant Students:This is a professional development for administration and faculty in handling difficult students. Tips are given how to identify these students, why they are behaving the way they do and how to handle these students.
This can be used during faculty meetings, to new teachers to arm them with more knowledge and for the tenured teachers as a refresher information.
This self-esteem bundle is a compilation of different activities to help your students have a positive and healthy self-esteem.
This bundle includes:
* Definition of self-esteem
* Signs of positive and negative self-esteem
* Self-esteem concepts
* Quick inputs
* Tips for a healthy self-esteem
* Tips for parents to help raise the self-esteem of their kids
* Processing questions are included in each activity to facilitate better learning experiences
* 75 Self-Esteem affirmation cards that you could hand out to students to recognise, affirm, acknowledge their talents, skills, and attitudes.
Cards include:
1. I am good at Math
2. I am good at Art
3. I am good at organizing
4. I am good with computers
5. I am good at singing
6. I am healthy
7. I am good at reading
8. I am good at sports
9. I am good at Science
10. I am good in studying
11. I am good at Geography
12. I am good at teamwork
13. I am good at writing
14. I am good at taking down notes
15. I am good at making friends
16. I am hardworking
17. I am cheerful
18. I am confident
19. I am self-assured
20. I am trustworthy
21. I am obedient
22. I am nice
23. I am good at sharing
24. I am good at learning
25. I am good at ideas
26. I am proud
27. I am a winner
28. I am a happy person
29. I am creative
30. I am helpful
31. I am loved
32.I am brave
33.I have many friends
34.I am important
35. I am athletic
36. I am unique
37. I am cool
38. I am good in music
39. I am beautiful
40. I enjoy learning
41. I enjoy having fun
42. I enjoy eating
43. I accept myself
44. I am respectful
45. I am loving
46. I am kind
47. I am awesome
48. I enjoy challenges
49. I always try to do my best
50. I am honest
51.I am patient
52.I am humble
53.I am understanding
54.I am reliable
55.I have a great imagination
56. I am a star
57. I make good decisions
58. I think first before I act
59. I am good at listening to other people
60. I am good at dancing
61. I am dependable
62. I am supportive
63. I am good at encouraging others
64. I try my best to take care of the environment
65. I am a good leader
66. I am good at planning
67. I am good at research
68. I am resourceful
69. I am good at taking photos
70. I am good at cooking
71. I am good at baking
72. I try to be neat and clean
73. I enjoy going to school
74. I believe in myself
75. I enjoy the outdoors
This mini- lesson plan includes:
Icebreaker
Discussion on career
Provides students on what career planning is
Comes with a short interest survey
A small career project they can work on
Discussion on career types
Tips on career decision-making.
FIRST DAY DAY FUNK is a mini-activity workbook that your students can work on the first day of school. It will help them adjust easily and establish rapport to their classmates and most of all recall and share their best summer ever! It will help set the tone for the school year!
You can exhibit the works of your students in the classroom
Includes 4 activities:
First Day Funk Bingo
First Day Summer Memories
First Day Feelings
First Day Goals
Opinion Writing made EASY for your students.
This mini-lesson includes a simple explanation in teaching your students how to write their opinions. It includes 2-3 templates for opinion writing.
Inspirational Quotes: Making Inferences:Using quotes that will inspire and encourage to understand how to make inferences. Included is a worksheet that students can use to be able to understand and make good inferences about the quotes. These quotes can also be used as posters in the classroom.
Opinion Organisers: Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing made EASY for your students.
This mini-lesson includes a simple explanation in teaching your students how to write their opinions. It includes 2-3 templates for opinion writing.
Creative Writing for Upper Elementary Students:These 15 writing prompts are good for morning work, early finishers, literacy centres, and home works. These writing prompts are also a good to way express themselves freely and could encourage them to do some research.
The newsletters are a great way to help your students keep updated of what's going on in the classroom. They are cost efficient as they come in black and white.
It comes with:
*Blank Templates - you can customize
*Blank Monthly Templates- you can customise
*Newsletter Template - Reminders, Star Students, Upcoming Adventures, Birthdays
*Newsletter Template - Announcement, Star Students, Spelling words
*Newsletter Template- This week in different subjects, Homeworks, projects, Upcoming Adventures
*Class Buzz Newsletter- A newsletter that you can hand out to your student's parents to keep them updated of what is going on with their children. It includes notes from the teachers, spelling words, homework, things learned for each subject.
Editable Parent Newsletters: Take Home Notes to Parents from Teachers : These Editable Parent Newsletters are monthly newsletters that you could give to parents as a way of communicating about their child's progress in school. They are like take home notes that you could give to students to bring home to their parents or if the parents pick up their child at school, you could hand them over personally. It is a great way to keep the parents updated of their child's performance.
Editable Monthly Newsletter Template: This Editable Monthly newsletter is a great way to keep your students updated of the important dates to remember, get excited for upcoming events and most of all highlight your star students for the month.It also come with an editable blank template to be able to customise the categories.
Editable Weekly Newsletter: This editable weekly newsletter template is a great way to keep your students on track and updated. A great reminder for the students to know what is on for the week.It also come with an editable blank template to be able to customise the categories.
Editable Meet The Teacher Template: This meet the teacher template comes in 10 different colours for you to choose from. It has a big frame and 3 small frames that you could customise. You can put information or photos to highlight things about you and your activities inside the classroom.
The format is in powerpoint and the newsletters are in PNG format so you can edit.
To EDIT: Open the file in powerpoint, click on "INSERT" and look for "TEXT BOX" and type on the text box.
To PRINT: The file is on A4 paper size. It could also be printed on black & white or grey scale. Just adjust the colour settings of your computer.
This meet the teacher template comes in 10 different colours for you to choose from
It has a big frame and 3 small frames that you could customise. You can put information or photos to highlight things about you and your activities inside the classroom. Please kindly see the preview for the sample. It looks classic and elegant.
The format is in powerpoint and the newsletters are in PNG format so you can edit.
To EDIT: Open the file in powerpoint, click on "INSERT" and look for "TEXT BOX" and type on the text box.
To PRINT: The file is on A4 paper size. It could also be printed on black & white or grey scale. Just adjust the colour settings of your computer.
Editable Weekly Newsletter: This editable weekly newsletter template is a great way to keep your students on track and updated. A great reminder for the students to know what is on for the week.It also come with an editable blank template to be able to customise the categories.
Editable Monthly Newsletter: This Editable Monthly newsletter is a great way to keep your students updated of the important dates to remember, get excited for upcoming events and most of all highlight your star students for the month.It also come with an editable blank template to be able to customise the categories.
Editable Parent Newsletters: Take Home Notes from Teachers to Parents: These Editable Parent Newsletters are monthly newsletters that you could give to parents as a way of communicating about their child's progress in school. They are like take home notes that you could give to students to bring home to their parents or if the parents pick up their child at school, you could hand them over personally. It is a great way to keep the parents updated of their child's performance. A blank monthly parent newsletter template is also provided so you could put your own categories.
The format is in powerpoint and the newsletters are in PNG format so you can edit. To edit, open the file in powerpoint, click on "INSERT" and look for "TEXT BOX" and type on the text box.
To PRINT: The file is on A4 paper size. It could also be printed on black & white or grey scale. Just adjust the colour settings of your computer.
Self-Esteem Affirmation Cards: These 75 affirmation cards are a great way to boost your student's self-esteem. This could serve as an acknowledgment and recognition for their good traits. It could serve as a positive reinforcement for their good behaviour. It could also help your students identify their good traits especially for those students who are socially shy.
Cards include:
1. I am good at Math
2. I am good at Art
3. I am good at organizing
4. I am good with computers
5. I am good at singing
6. I am healthy
7. I am good at reading
8. I am good at sports
9. I am good at Science
10. I am good in studying
11. I am good at Geography
12. I am good at teamwork
13. I am good at writing
14. I am good at taking down notes
15. I am good at making friends
16. I am hardworking
17. I am cheerful
18. I am confident
19. I am self-assured
20. I am trustworthy
21. I am obedient
22. I am nice
23. I am good at sharing
24. I am good at learning
25. I am good at ideas
26. I am proud
27. I am a winner
28. I am a happy person
29. I am creative
30. I am helpful
31. I am loved
32.I am brave
33.I have many friends
34.I am important
35. I am athletic
36. I am unique
37. I am cool
38. I am good in music
39. I am beautiful
40. I enjoy learning
41. I enjoy having fun
42. I enjoy eating
43. I accept myself
44. I am respectful
45. I am loving
46. I am kind
47. I am awesome
48. I enjoy challenges
49. I always try to do my best
50. I am honest
51.I am patient
52.I am humble
53.I am understanding
54.I am reliable
55.I have a great imagination
56. I am a star
57. I make good decisions
58. I think first before I act
59. I am good at listening to other people
60. I am good at dancing
61. I am dependable
62. I am supportive
63. I am good at encouraging others
64. I try my best to take care of the environment
65. I am a good leader
66. I am good at planning
67. I am good at research
68. I am resourceful
69. I am good at taking photos
70. I am good at cooking
71. I am good at baking
72. I try to be neat and clean
73. I enjoy going to school
74. I believe in myself
75. I enjoy the outdoors
Feelings Flash Cards: How Do I Feel: The emotions flashcards include 27 different feelings/emotions. It includes what trigger each emotions and feelings. It also has an interview guide questions and a worksheet to help your students identify, express their feelings and promote discussions.
The 27 feelings/emotions are:
Girls emotions/feelings:
1. Happy
2.Lonely
3. Mad
4. Proud
5. Sad
6. Embarrassed
7. Sheepish
8. Shy
9. Skeptical
10. Suprised
11. Worried
12. Disappointed
Boys' emotions and feelings:
1. Anxious
2. Bored
3. Confused
4. Enraged
5. Excited
6. Hurt
7. Mad- Accusatory
8. Mad- Indignant
9. Peeved-Tantruming
10. Proud
11. Scared
12. Shy
13. Smug- Self- Important
14. Startled
15. Stressed
This Mega Bundle includes 6 of our resources. It includes:
* 27 Feelings Flash Cards: How Do I Feel
* 50 Keep Calm: Calming Strategies for Tweens and Teens
* 75 Self-Esteem Affirmation Cards
Feelings Flash Cards: The emotions flashcards include 27 different feelings/emotions. It includes what trigger each emotions and feelings. It also has an interview guide questions and a worksheet to help your students identify, express their feelings and promote discussions. It comes in black & white as well.
The 27 feelings/emotions are:
Girls emotions/feelings:
1. Happy
2.Lonely
3. Mad
4. Proud
5. Sad
6. Embarrassed
7. Sheepish
8. Shy
9. Skeptical
10. Suprised
11. Worried
12. Disappointed
Boys' emotions and feelings:
1. Anxious
2. Bored
3. Confused
4. Enraged
5. Excited
6. Hurt
7. Mad- Accusatory
8. Mad- Indignant
9. Peeved-Tantruming
10. Proud
11. Scared
12. Shy
13. Smug- Self- Important
14. Startled
15. Stressed
Self-Esteem Affirmation Cards: These 75 affirmation cards are a great way to boost your student's self-esteem. This could serve as an acknowledgment and recognition for their good traits. It could serve as a positive reinforcement for their good behaviour. It could also help your students identify their good traits especially for those students who are socially shy.
Cards include:
1. I am good at Math
2. I am good at Art
3. I am good at organizing
4. I am good with computers
5. I am good at singing
6. I am healthy
7. I am good at reading
8. I am good at sports
9. I am good at Science
10. I am good in studying
11. I am good at Geography
12. I am good at teamwork
13. I am good at writing
14. I am good at taking down notes
15. I am good at making friends
16. I am hardworking
17. I am cheerful
18. I am confident
19. I am self-assured
20. I am trustworthy
21. I am obedient
22. I am nice
23. I am good at sharing
24. I am good at learning
25. I am good at ideas
26. I am proud
27. I am a winner
28. I am a happy person
29. I am creative
30. I am helpful
31. I am loved
32.I am brave
33.I have many friends
34.I am important
35. I am athletic
36. I am unique
37. I am cool
38. I am good in music
39. I am beautiful
40. I enjoy learning
41. I enjoy having fun
42. I enjoy eating
43. I accept myself
44. I am respectful
45. I am loving
46. I am kind
47. I am awesome
48. I enjoy challenges
49. I always try to do my best
50. I am honest
51.I am patient
52.I am humble
53.I am understanding
54.I am reliable
55.I have a great imagination
56. I am a star
57. I make good decisions
58. I think first before I act
59. I am good at listening to other people
60. I am good at dancing
61. I am dependable
62. I am supportive
63. I am good at encouraging others
64. I try my best to take care of the environment
65. I am a good leader
66. I am good at planning
67. I am good at research
68. I am resourceful
69. I am good at taking photos
70. I am good at cooking
71. I am good at baking
72. I try to be neat and clean
73. I enjoy going to school
74. I believe in myself
75. I enjoy the outdoors
Keep Calm: Calming Strategies for Tweens and Teens: Our tweens and teens go through a lot of changes and these changes often make them feel anxious, stressed, worried, frustrated, angry, etc...
These 50 calming strategies could help your students to keep their focus and concentration, develop and enhance good coping skills as well as self-regulate. It could help them to stay calm and assist them in managing the situation and their emotions.
It includes:
Brief discussion of pre-adolescence and adolescence
Reasons why students are not calm
Signs when students are not calm
What we want our students to know
Calming strategies include:
1. Talk it out
2. Draw
3. Paint
4. Write
5. Read
6. Exercise
7. Think of Positives
8. Listen to Music
9. Breathe
10. Walk
11. Meditate
12. Cook
13. Bake
14. Dance
15. Play sports
16.Play musical instruments
17. Hang out with friends
18. Watch your favourite television shows
19. Clean your room
20. Go out and enjoy the outdoors
21. Drink water
22. Count 1, 2, 3
23. Go to the beach
24. Gardening
25. Stargazing
26. Surfing
27. Swimming
28. Knitting
29. Riding a bike
30.Fishing
31. Pottery
32.Wood-work
33.Cross-stitching
34. Make a scrapbook
35. Tinkering with technology
36. Photography
37. Make a Video
38. Snorkeling
39. Visit a museum
40. Visit a library
41. Sewing
42. Play video games
43. Do yoga
44. Visit a zoo
45. Scuba diving
46. Go on a road trip
47. Visit an amusement park
48. Identify your feelings
49. Do pilates
50. Hiking