Positive Penguins vs myPeekaville Usage & Stats

** PREVIOUS TOP 10 PAID EDUCATION and APP WINNER Apps For All Challenge 2014 ** Positive Penguins app is a resilience-building app for all children. The app has a simple 5-minute guided meditation for children to learn to sit, relax and let go of the thoughts as they come into their heads. There is also a strategy for children to understand that an event or situation happened that created an emotion in them - this emotion is not right or wrong, rather information – once they understand this and can examine the thoughts or stories they are telling themselves about situations they can then challenge the stories they tell themselves and help problem solve situations. We may not choose our initial emotional response to an event, but we do choose the thoughts and stories we tell ourselves and we do choose our behaviour. The app is designed to help children understand why they feel a certain feeling and behave in productive way. The app has full sound and also text and ability to record responses rather than type if preferred. There is a game mode just for some fun. This resilience strategy is based on the idea that negative thoughts or the negative stories we tell ourselves are not wrong - but sometimes they are not true. Kids need to learn to catch the negative thinking that is stressful, challenge the thinking and if needed change their thinking to be more optimistic and less anxious. This strategy is great for adults too. The four positive penguins take you on an interactive journey to help you understand that feelings arise from your thinking and if you challenge your negative thoughts successfully you may be able to see things in a more realistic and even optimistic way. See Positive Penguins on Facebook or our website for further information and resources

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myPeekaville

Welcome to myPeekaville! myPeekaville is a digital learning game that extends on our award-winning social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum to give students an engaging and personalized learning experience. In the game, students (and teachers) enter the magical world of Peekaville, where animals and humans, called the Peekapak Pals, live and play in harmony. Through an interactive map, they can visit different parts of town and interact with the Peekapak Pals by helping them solve problems in a series of quests, activities and games. All activities use story-based learning and game-based learning to teach social-emotional learning skills and link back to improve reading and writing skills. THE TOWN • Pop-in to the Style Shop to style your hair, change your eye color and buy more clothing! • Check-in at the Peekaville Library to access all of Peekapak’s learning books available in 4 guided reading levels and in both Spanish and English • Visit the Peekapak Pals’ homes to learn more about their families and interests • Create a gratitude tag and decorate your own Tree of Gratitude at the town square • Cannonball into The Pool to learn about the different types of courage • Flex your musical skills at the Stage or in the Peekaville forest • Write letters of Optimism & Gratitude at the Post Office and the Bakery • And so many more places to go! MORE FEATURES • The Feelings Check-In tool allows students to check-in daily and journal how they’re feeling • Detailed reports analytics: teachers receive access to various analytical insights like a student sentiment heatmap, amount of in-game currency, progress with the quests, games & stories, and areas in which students are struggling in myPeekaville. QUALIFICATIONS •Aligned to CASEL’S framework of five social emotional learning competencies •Developed using evidence-based practices •Researched in distracts, Pre-K and after-school programs •iKeepSafe Certified [COPPA compliant] to ensure student privacy •Employs expert-backed design principles AWARDS Winner of the 2017 Family Choice Award Common Sense Education’s 2019 Top Pick for Learning Academic’s Choice’s Smart Media Award Winner No matter where learning happens, myPeekaville helps students learn valuable life skills that help them grow to be the next globally aware, enthusiastic, and empathetic citizens of our world. To learn more about Peekapak and our SEL curriculum visit www.peekapak.com or contact us at hello@peekapak.com