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I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists.

Also, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources.

Here are this week’s picks:

I’m adding this post to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures:

Give Your Kid the Gift of Failure www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM

The power of culture: Why the Patriots quoted a 1979 film on the road to the Super Bowl is an interesting NY Times piece on rituals. I’m adding it to The Differences Between “Rituals” & “Routines” In The Classroom, & Why We Need Both.

New study finds the words to show you care is from BPS. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT “TEACHER TALK” and to The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones.

I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures:

You will find more infographics at Statista

Trust: Teaching the Good Stuff, Part 2 is from Stacey Johnson. I’m adding it to The Best Posts About Trust & Education.

     

For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.  This post first appeared in 2019.

Kid Citizen is a free site designed for students to learn with primary sources.

It says its focus is K-5, but I think it could be useful with older students, too, – particularly English Language Learners.

It’s filled with interactive videos and, on top of that, teachers can also create their own interactives, share them with students, and monitor student progress through a sort of virtual classroom.

I’m adding it to:

The Best Resources For Using Primary Sources

The Best Sites Where Students Can Work Independently & Let Teachers Check On Progress

     

Wayground/Quizziz is on tons of my “Best” lists, and I’ve published many posts about it over the years.

They just shared a video about some new features – I’m intrigued by the games, less excited about its AI grading worksheets (not thrilled about worksheet use, nor about teachers having AI grade anything beyond learning games):

 

     

Today is Navajo Code Talkers Day.

You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About The Code Talkers.

     

I’ve made many videos over the years, including quite a few animated ones with Education Week on differentiated instruction, learning transfer, and student motivation.

You can see thirty of them all here.

I’ve also made about more on TikTok, which you can see here.

I’ve begun uploading those TikTok videos to my YouTube Channel, which you can access here.