About SELcurve

We believe kids deserve to learn these skills while they’re still kids.

SELcurve is a growing library of SEL resources for elementary classrooms — specific to the skill, tagged by grade, ready to print or share. A full grade‑by‑grade curriculum is next.

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Where it started

A question that wouldn’t go away

“How different would our lives have been if someone had taught us these skills when we were young?”

Be kind.
Calm down.

Not slogans — the actual skills. How to understand what you’re feeling and why. How to recover when things go sideways. How to work with people who see the world differently. How to make a decision you can stand behind.

When we went looking for resources to teach these skills to our students, we expected to find something solid. We didn’t.

The problem we saw

SEL had no clear standards for each grade — and it showed

If you teach reading or math, you have a clear road map — what to teach at each grade, in what order, and how to know when students have it. SEL had none of that.

CASEL defines five broad competency areas, but it isn’t a standards system. It doesn’t tell a Grade 3 teacher which skill to teach, in what order, or how to know when a student has it. Every state approached SEL differently, and many had no formal standards at all.

Collections of activities with no clear progression.

“Grades K–5” resources with no real difference between what a second grader and a fifth grader needs.

Nothing a teacher could build on year after year — so you pieced it together yourself.

That’s exactly the problem we set out to solve.

What we did about it

We built the foundation from scratch

We didn’t want to write a single lesson until we knew we were teaching the right things. So we went to the source: what every U.S. state officially follows for SEL — and organized it into one clear, grade‑by‑grade framework.

51All 50 states plus DC, researched and documented

608Standards, each with look-fors you can check in real time

30Core SEL skills, in a clear sequence for Grades 2–5

See all 50 states & DC we researched 51▾

Alabama (AL)

Dedicated SEL Standards Official standards page Full standards document (PDF)

Alaska (AK)

Health Education Standards — SEL Skills Official standards page Standards document (PDF)

Arizona (AZ)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page Standards document (PDF)

Arkansas (AR)

G.U.I.D.E. for Life SEL Program Official program page Full framework document (PDF)

California (CA)

Transformative SEL (T-SEL) Framework Official T-SEL hub (CDE)Decision-making framework

Colorado (CO)

Comprehensive Health Standards — Social & Emotional Wellness Official standards page Grade 3–5 standards

Connecticut (CT)

Social-Emotional Intelligence (SEI) Habits Official SEL page Full SEI Habits document (PDF)

Delaware (DE)

Health Education Standards (NHES-Aligned) Official standards page

District of Columbia (DC)

Dedicated K–12 SEL Standards Official SEL page Full K–12 SEL standards (PDF)

Florida (FL)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official health education page Standards document (PDF)

Georgia (GA)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official page (GADOE)K–12 Health Standards (PDF)

Hawaii (HI)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official health education page Health Standards document (PDF)

Idaho (ID)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page Health standards (PDF)

Illinois (IL)

Dedicated SEL Standards Official SEL page (ISBE)Full SEL standards (PDF)

Indiana (IN)

Employability Skills Standards — SEL Strand K–2 standards (PDF)Grades 3–5 standards (PDF)

Iowa (IA)

Dedicated SEL Competencies Official standards page SEL competency guide (PDF)

Kansas (KS)

Social, Emotional & Character Development (SECD) Official SECD page

Kentucky (KY)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official SEL page Academic standards page

Louisiana (LA)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official student standards page

Maine (ME)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page Full document (PDF)

Maryland (MD)

Comprehensive Health Education Framework Official health education page Health Education Framework (PDF)

Massachusetts (MA)

Comprehensive Health & PE Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page CHPE Framework (PDF)

Michigan (MI)

Dedicated SEL Competencies & Indicators Official SEL page SEL competencies document (PDF)

Minnesota (MN)

Dedicated SEL Competencies & Benchmarks Official SEL page

Mississippi (MS)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official health curriculum page Contemporary Health K–8 (PDF)

Missouri (MO)

School Counseling Learning Standards (SEL-Aligned) Official student support page

Montana (MT)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page Health standards by grade (PDF)

Nebraska (NE)

National Health Education Standards (NHES) Reference Official health education page Social & Emotional Learning page

Nevada (NV)

Dedicated SEL Standards (NVACS) Official SEL page SEL standards document (PDF)

New Hampshire (NH)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page

New Jersey (NJ)

Comprehensive Health & PE Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page Full NJSLS-CHPE document (PDF)

New Mexico (NM)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official health & SEL page K–4 Health Standards (PDF)

New York (NY)

Dedicated SEL Benchmarks Official SEL page (NYSED)Full SEL benchmarks (PDF)

North Carolina (NC)

Healthful Living Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page

North Dakota (ND)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official health education page Health standards document (PDF)

Ohio (OH)

Dedicated K–12 SEL Standards Official SEL page Full K–12 SEL standards (PDF)

Oklahoma (OK)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page OAS Health Standards (PDF)

Oregon (OR)

Transformative SEL (TSEL) Framework & Standards Official TSEL page Full TSEL framework (PDF)

Pennsylvania (PA)

Career Ready Skills — SEL Strand Official Career Ready Skills page Continuum document (PDF)

Rhode Island (RI)

Dedicated SEL Competencies Official SEL page SEL standards document (PDF)

South Carolina (SC)

Health & Safety Education Standards — SEL Strands Official standards page Full standards document (PDF)

South Dakota (SD)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official content standards page Health Education Standards (PDF)

Tennessee (TN)

Health Education Standards — Emotional Wellness Official academic standards page Health Standards K–5 (PDF)

Texas (TX)

Health Education TEKS — SEL Strands Official TEKS page Adopted Health TEKS (PDF)

Utah (UT)

Health Education Standards — SEL Strands Official health education page Utah Core Standards (PDF)

Vermont (VT)

Health Education Grade Expectations — SEL Strands Official health education page Vermont Health Education Standards (PDF)

Virginia (VA)

Dedicated SEL Guidance Standards SEL Guidance Standards document Authorizing legislation (Code of Virginia §22.1-17.7)

Washington (WA)

Dedicated SEL Standards & Benchmarks Official SEL page (OSPI)Full benchmarks document (PDF)

West Virginia (WV)

Wellness Education Standards — SEL Strands Official SEL page

Wisconsin (WI)

Dedicated SEL Competencies Official SEL page (DPI)SEL competencies guide (PDF)

Wyoming (WY)

Health & Safety Standards — SEL Strands Official content standards page Health standards document (PDF)

The same kind of clear, grade‑by‑grade standards you already rely on for reading and math — built for SEL. They’re the backbone of the SELcurve Curriculum we’re building now.

See our SEL standards →

What we built first

A library for the skill you’re teaching this week

While the curriculum takes shape, you need resources now. So we started with a library that grows every week: 572 SEL resources today across 43 specific topics in the five CASEL competencies, every one tagged by grade.

Find it in minutes

Filter by grade, competency and type. 11 resource types:

Task CardsScenario CardsReading ComprehensionConversation CardsStop Think Act CardsRole PlayActivity KitsWorksheetsColoring PagesBookmarksAffirmation Cards

View & Print

Open any resource on screen and print it from your browser. Nothing to download, no files to manage.

Share it digitally

5 resource types come as digital activities. Share one link or QR code — no student logins, no apps. Students keep an answer sheet and a certificate.

Plan your SEL week

The SEL Planner, Collections for the resources you want to keep, and Request a Resource when you can’t find something.

Two different maps, on purpose

The library is organized by 43 specific topics, so you can find a resource in seconds. The curriculum follows its own 30 core SEL skills and 608 standards, taught in order, grade by grade.

They’re separate on purpose — one is built for finding, the other for teaching in sequence.

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What’s next

The curriculum, one grade at a time

121 lessons across Grades 2–5, each with a complete set of teaching materials, built on the 608 standards. Grade 2 comes first.

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Grade 232 lessons · first

Grade 330 lessons

Grade 429 lessons

Grade 530 lessons

Our mission

One reliable place for the SEL resources you actually need — specific to the skill, filtered to the grade, built on real research. When you need something for self-regulation on Tuesday, you find it.

Find something for this week.

A growing library — 572 resources across 43 SEL topics today, with new ones every week. Start with a free account — no credit card.

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