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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 4h

7 Lessons from Climate Change Fiction
What lessons can young people learn from fiction about how to cope with climate change? Here are 7 lessons that can be adapted for different age groups, using quotes from climate fiction. #EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 2d

Join us tomorrow for Meeting The Moment!
Practice initiating and engaging in discussions that acknowledge, affirm and validate young people's feelings around the things in our lives weighing heavy on minds and hearts.

#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #parenting

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 9d

There's still time to sign up for our Introduction to Culturally Affirming Social and Emotional Learning workshop tomorrow!

Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e...

#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #parenting

A colorful circle split into pieces with different domains of culturally affirming social and emotional learning written in English and Spanish

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 16d

Join us TOMORROW for Understanding the Adolescent Brain!

Learn about kid brain development and ways to support and navigate adolescence alongside your young people. We will do it together!

Register now!

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#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #parenting

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 24

Join us for our workshop Understanding the Adolescent Brain on October 15th!
Learn about adolescent brain development and ways for us to support and navigate through adolescence alongside the young people we support. Register now! #EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

Understanding the Adolescent Brain

Learn about adolescent brain development and ways for us to support and navigate through adolescence alongside the young people we support.

www.eventbrite.com

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 17d

Teaching Indigenous History & Culture... for the Day AND Month (Nov) is vital and FUN!

MSC opportunities to learn about First Nations' history, culture and perspectives are many—check them out at

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#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

Standing Rock activists at a rally in NYC (photo by Joe Catron, CC license).

Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 18d

Young learners listen to our conversations, see images flash on TV, and wonder how adults will respond. We’ve got a collection of activities and strategies designed to dig into the issues with elementary-age children.

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#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 19d

Sharing appreciations builds community and shifts classroom climate. It’s wonderful to hear someone say simply, “I appreciate you,” and it can be even more impactful with a little time and practice! Here’s how: SEL Tip: Sharing Appreciations - What’s your #kindness tip?

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · 22d

Today! There's still time to sign up and join us this afternoon! #EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #Parenting

Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 30

Exploring the Range of Emotions (10/8)
Explore lots of feelings & develop strategies for "big" emotions to support ourselves and those we care for. Register now!

www.eventbrite.com/e...

#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #Parenting

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 30

Exploring the Range of Emotions (10/8)
Explore lots of feelings & develop strategies for "big" emotions to support ourselves and those we care for. Register now!

www.eventbrite.com/e...

#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #Parenting

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 30

Hispanic Heritage: Culture Community Gallery
Students celebrate el mes by uplifting—and making a gallery of—all things Hispanic in our lives. Tell us how your classroom is celebrating #hispanicheritagemonth!
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#latinx #latine #EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 22

Exploring the Range of Emotions
Explore lots of feelings & develop strategies for "big" emotions to support ourselves and those we care for.

Register now for this interactive workshop on October 8th!

www.eventbrite.com/e...

#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #Parenting

A dark purple graphic that has the text: "Exploring the Range of Emotions" beside a colorful wheel with feelings words in both English and Spanish.

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 24

Join us for our workshop Understanding the Adolescent Brain on October 15th!
Learn about adolescent brain development and ways for us to support and navigate through adolescence alongside the young people we support. Register now! #EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

Understanding the Adolescent Brain

Learn about adolescent brain development and ways for us to support and navigate through adolescence alongside the young people we support.

www.eventbrite.com

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 23

Starting the Year with Restorative Practices
A collection of lessons, tips and videos—solid concrete ideas about how you can integrate restorative practices into your classroom this fall, or anytime!
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#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 22

Exploring the Range of Emotions
Explore lots of feelings & develop strategies for "big" emotions to support ourselves and those we care for.

Register now for this interactive workshop on October 8th!

www.eventbrite.com/e...

#EduSky 🍎 #TeachLearnSky #Parenting

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 22

In honor of the courageous corazones who have left behind everything they know in the unpredictable search for a chance to survive and THRIVE, we ask: In times of crisis and desperation, how can one find joy?

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#hispanicheritagemonth #latinx #latine #EduSky 🍎

Text card that reads: Celebrating Latinx & Hispanic Everyday Resilience & Joy

Background is a deep blue and text is a gradient from a vibrant yellow to hot pink.

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 12

Fall Workshop Series
Big Emotions, the Adolescent Brain, Culturally Affirming SEL & Meeting the Moment! Together we learn, skill-build, support each other and grow your networks. All are welcome—educators, caregivers, after-school providers and anyone interested. #EduSky 🍎
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Image with graphics and titles and dates for each workshop:
Exploring the Range of Emotions (10/8)
Understanding the Adolescent Brain (10/15)
Introduction to Culturally Affirming Social and Emotional Learning (10/22)
Meeting The Moment: Making Space for Difficult Conversations (10/29)

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 14

Who Are You? Building Relationships through Self-Exploration for HS
Who are my teens? And how can we, as a whole community, encourage each other to be authentic and peel away the layers that comprise who we are? Together!

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#backtoschool #teaching #EduSky 🍎

Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 12

Fall Workshop Series
Big Emotions, the Adolescent Brain, Culturally Affirming SEL & Meeting the Moment! Together we learn, skill-build, support each other and grow your networks. All are welcome—educators, caregivers, after-school providers and anyone interested. #EduSky 🍎
www.morningsidecente...

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy first day of school NYC! We are wishing you a wonderful school year, and we're here to support you—teachers, students, admin and families!

Visit www.morningsidecente... for #Lessons, #Resources, #ClassroomTips—and more.

#BackToSchool #SEL #teaching #SchoolTime #TeacherResources #EduSky 🍎

Three Morningside Center staff developers on a sofa, smiling and looking at the camera, with a hugg-a-planet on one of their laps, a painting and an orange Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility flag in the background.

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us! Free virtual workshop for school leaders on Tues, 30 Sep @ 4pm—gear up for the year, create positive school climate, and experience supports only Morningside can provide. Register now: Building & Being in Community: A Workshop for School Leaders

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#EduSky 🍎

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Building & Being in Community: A Workshop for School Leaders
Sep 30, 2025 4PM
Morningside Center’s free virtual workshop is an invitation to school leadership to start the 2025-2026 school year in connection with others in a skillfully facilitated and co-created space of presence, belonging and joy.

Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Activities to Start the Year

A collection of community building activities, SEL Tips, games, and lessons on self-care to get your year off to a good start! Bring in the new year with warmth and inclusion!

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#backtoschool #teaching #SEL #EduSky 🍎

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Aug 24

Values: A Circle to Start the New School Year

Here’s an intro circle to invite participants to consider values important to them AND the group. Circle up!

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#backtoschool #teaching #RestorativePractices #EduSky 🍎

A center piece with beads, koosh balls, a shell, and colorful cards with values written on them

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Aug 21

How are We Coping? A Student-to-Student Support Project
in this back-to-school activity, high schoolers partner with students from a class in a neighboring school to share and document strategies & coping mechanisms. Do we cope together?

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#backtoschool #teaching #EduSky 🍎

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Morningside Center @morningsidectr.bsky.social · Jul 11

Gratitude can reduce stress and reshape the brain. If you or your students need a new outlook during dark winter months, the middle of the school year, or at testing times—come see what MSC provides. Comment below—what are you grateful for and why? #selfcare #gratitude
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gratitude as a form of self-care SEL Tip card - full text available at link.