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Comic or read-aloud introduces the skill through Rex & Dino in Maple Forest.
SELKID · Story-based learning
Big ideas, kid-sized stories.
SEL for K–2 · Thinking skills for K–2 · AI literacy for Grades 3–6 — all through Rex & Dino in Maple Forest.
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Emotional struggle isn't a mistake.
It's a skill waiting to be taught.
Every child is doing their best with the skills they have so far. When feelings run big in the classroom, the answer isn't shame — it's a story, a name for the feeling, and a habit to practice. That is what SELKID builds, one read-aloud at a time.
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Teach with Story → Discussion → Activity → Reflection
Open, read aloud, discuss, practice — the same rhythm across every SELKID resource.
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SELKID is one learning system with three doors in — pick the path that matches your classroom need.
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SEL Stories
210+ CASEL-aligned read-alouds for real classroom moments — blurting, waiting, regulation, and more.
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Thinking Skills
Big-picture thinking, flexible thinking, and evidence habits — story-first, not worksheet-first.
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AI Cognition
Rex & Dino explain how AI learns, fails, and still needs people — built for Grades 3–6.
See AI units → 228+ Classroom-ready stories — not random worksheets
3 Learning pillars: SEL · Thinking · AI
210+ SEL stories cross-tagged by classroom moment
6 AI cognition units for Grades 3–6
Education matrix
From feelings, to thinking, to the future
SELKID is a structured learning system: 210 SEL stories, 12 thinking skills resources, and a flagship AI cognition series.
How SELKID works
Story → Discussion → Activity → Reflection
The same classroom rhythm in every resource — Rex & Dino carry the skill before the worksheet does.
Discussion
Guiding questions help children name the problem in their own words.
Activity
Printable practice turns the idea into something students can try.
Reflection
Exit prompts connect the story to classroom and home life.
R&D flagship · AI Cognition
Rex & Dino's Big AI Ideas
Season 1: AI Mistakes & Human Judgment — six comic units for Grades 3–6 on how AI learns, fails, and still needs people.
Educator Notes
Classroom ideas from Maple Forest
Short essays on story-first SEL, thinking habits, and kid-sized AI literacy.
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Training Data in kid-sized language
How Unit 1 of Rex & Dino's Big AI Ideas introduces AI learning without coding — and why teachers asked for it.
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Why story-first beats worksheet-first in K–2 SEL
SELKID's classroom rhythm — Story → Discussion → Activity → Reflection — and why Rex & Dino carry the skill before the worksheet does.
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