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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 — Rex & Dino in Maple Forest.
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Big-picture and flexible thinking — story-first, not worksheet-first.
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How AI learns, fails, and still needs people — Grades 3–6.
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210 SEL stories · 12 thinking skills · flagship AI cognition series.
How SELKID works
Story → Discussion → Activity → Reflection
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.
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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Rex & Dino's Big AI Ideas
Season 1 — six comic units for Grades 3–6.
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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