Building the Foundation: How Forward-Thinking Schools Equip K-5 Students with the Modern Life Skills for Positive Decision-Making
When it comes to teaching modern life skills, starting early matters. Even at a young age, kindergarteners make decisions every day, whether it’s on the playground or through their first experiences with technology. These early moments shape how they approach problems, interact with others, and see themselves.
By strengthening their positive decision-making skills or helping them build confidence, elementary schools set their students up for success in the classroom and beyond. With strong foundations in place, students are better equipped to navigate friendships, social challenges, and technology with positivity and thoughtfulness.
That is why The Social Institute is expanding #WinAtSocial to support all of K-5. Now, educators teaching K-2 can teach offline lessons that fuel responsible decision making with turnkey, offline lessons.
Hear from Jonna Wahle, Integrated Tech Specialist at McDonogh School in MD, and Katie Hanson, School Counselor at Bob Callies Elementary School in ND, about how they implemented #WinAtSocial to support their elementary students’ learning, well-being, and futures.
How McDonogh School addresses student challenges with #WinAtSocial’s suite of solutions
“Before being introduced to #WinAtSocial, we were using other digital citizenship lessons that were very kid-friendly. And, you know, while they were great, I wanted something that was going to really address the questions that were coming up, specifically with my fourth and third graders, who do have personal devices at home, and may have more access to those apps and phones and things like that than they did maybe a couple of years ago.”
– Jonna Wahle, Integrated Technology Specialist, McDonogh School
How Bob Callies Elementary sparks meaningful conversations about trending topics with students through #WinAtSocial
“It’s been very comforting, as an educator, to know that we have #WinAtSocial as a resource to help students be prepared socially, be prepared career-wise, and in their relationships with each other and with us. It’s really nice to have the curriculum to prepare them that way.”
– Katie Hanson, School Counselor, Bob Callies Elementary School
It’s never too early to equip even your youngest students with modern life skills that will fuel their future success. Learn how to bring The Social Institute’s positive approach to your elementary school, equipping students, educators, and families with the tools they need before they start swiping, scrolling, and posting by contacting us.
The Social Institute (TSI) is the leader in equipping students to navigate learning & well-being in a tech-fueled world. Through #WinAtSocial, our interactive, peer-to-peer learning platform, we empower students, educators, and families to make high-character choices online and offline. #WinAtSocial Lessons teach essential skills while capturing student voice and actionable insights for educators. These insights help educators maintain a healthy school culture, foster high-impact teaching, and build meaningful relationships with families. Our unique, student-respected approach empowers and equips students authentically, enabling our solution to increase classroom participation and improve student-teacher relationships. Through our one-of-a-kind lesson development process, we create lessons for a variety of core and elective classes, incorporating timely topics such as social media, AI, screen time, misinformation, and current events to help schools stay proactive in supporting student health, happiness, and academic success.