There’s more to student success than standards and test scoresà Integrating Social and Emotional Learning into a curriculum has been shown to increase personal and school-wide growth. With lifelong success the goal over simply meeting academic thresholds, Teaching Kids to Thrive presents strategies, activities, and stories in an approachable way to develop responsible, self-motivated learners. Uniting social, academic, and self-skills this instrumental resource offers benefits to students such as: Using mindfulness strategies to help students tap their inner strengths; Learning to self-regulate and control other executive brain functions; Developing growth mindsets along with perseverance and resilience; Cultivating a sense of responsibility, honesty, and integrity; Encouraging a capacity for empathy and gratitude.