Building children’s confidence through stories
Worldreader is partnering with My Special Word to bring a new reading program focused on social-emotional learning to children and families. The unique book collection focuses on the power of positive words and bold characters that live by those words. Children have an opportunity to explore self and social awareness, decision making, and relationships through the lens of these characters.
All books are available in English and Spanish and are accompanied by activities to encourage conversations at home. The collection also includes a teacher toolkit to support program delivery in classrooms.
My Special Word Collection
Help the children in your classroom or home explore the power of special words. Go on adventures with Charlie as he uses COURAGE to spend the night in his tent, with Rachel as she uses BASKETBALL to realize she is full of perseverance, and Alejandra as she becomes EMPOWERED to make her neighborhood a better place.
Resources
Bring the My Special Word collection to life with these lesson plans.
The power of words
Learn about the collection and explore the books with Dwight Smith, Co-founder of My Special Word.
The My Special Word Collection
Powered Up! Presented by Dwight Smith
Words of the World presented by Dwight Smith
Dwight Smith presents What’s My Word
Worldreader and SEL
Worldreader’s programming, collections and activities support social-emotional learning as well as literacy skills.
Our all-in-one reading app BookSmart is designed to help readers learn beyond books and bring the lessons they find in stories into the real world. Our books include play-based activities to complete at school and at home to inspire action and build comprehension as well as SEL skills. Booksmart’s built-in prompts provide emotional support for caretakers and educators when discussing texts.
We use CASEL 5 as the framework for our SEL activities and materials, focusing on:
. Self-awareness
. Social awareness
. Responsible decision-making
. Self-management
. Relationship skills
