Teacher & Daycare

Classroom-ready SEL, and visits with Lindsay

The educator side of Harmony Helpers. Classroom bundles, SEL lesson plans, daily emotional check-ins, group activities, and printable resources—organized the way a Pre-K, Kindergarten, daycare, or homeschool-group week actually runs. Then book a live story reading with Lindsay to kick it off.

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Pre-K · Kindergarten · daycare centers · homeschool groups

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Three places, three jobs

This page is for people teaching a group. The materials themselves live in Resources; cozy physical products and gifts live in the Shop.

Pick a time on Google Calendar — same link educators use for quick scheduling.

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Classroom & Daycare Visits with Lindsay

Lindsay joins your group—virtually or in person—for a live read-aloud built around the emotional vocabulary in the Harmony Helpers books. It is a spark for your SEL week, not a performance: clear language for feelings, room for questions, and a calm pace that supports belonging.

A visit can include

  • Live story reading — a Harmony Helpers title chosen with you, read aloud to the whole group.
  • Guided, age-appropriate discussion — honest curiosity and simple prompts, paced for young attention spans.
  • An emotional-learning activity connected to the story — so the feeling from the book lingers after the last page.
  • Q&A — children connect the person behind the book to the characters they already trust.

You tell us Your group’s ages, SEL focus, class size, and any accessibility notes—the visit meets children where they are.

Who visits are for

  • Pre-K
  • Kindergarten
  • Daycare centers
  • Homeschool groups

Mixed-age rooms are welcome—share your age range when you book and the story choice and activity are adjusted to fit.

After the visit Keep the momentum with the classroom-ready support below, and the matching curriculum guides and printables in Resources.

Format 1

Virtual visit

  • Approximately 20–30 minutes
  • Live on Zoom or Google Meet
  • Anywhere you have a screen and a rug-time gathering

No visit fee. Virtual classroom and author readings are offered at no charge—we’re grateful to read alongside your group.

Format 2

In-person visit

  • Approximately 30–45 minutes
  • For applicable and local schools and daycare centers
  • Interactive group moments paced for young attention spans

No visit fee. In-person readings are offered without a visit charge for local schools and centers when we can make the timing work together.

Schedule a visit

Google Calendar is the fastest way to hold a slot. Send an inquiry afterwards if you want to share learning goals, your age range, or accessibility notes.

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Optional: signed books and classroom bundles are available separately through the shop and resources—ask when you book if you’d like suggestions.

Classroom-ready support

Five things your week needs

Each section below explains how Harmony Helpers SEL fits a real classroom or daycare day. Product details, formats, and pricing all live in Resources—so you are reading guidance here, not a catalog.

Cover of Benny the Bee Can’t Sit Still by Lindsay Metternich

Classroom Bundles

One box, one unit, nothing left to assemble the night before.

  • Book, printed curriculum guide, worksheets, and teacher support pages arrive together
  • Sized for a single room; multi-copy classroom sets are available for grade-level teams
  • Best first purchase for a room that has never taught a structured SEL unit
See bundles in Resources
SEL curriculum sample pages

SEL Lesson Plans

Five days, written out—what to read, what to ask, what to notice.

  • Day-by-day sequencing for Pre-K and Kindergarten, with teacher discussion prompts already scripted
  • SEL vocabulary and teaching moments built into each lesson, not bolted on
  • Works as a stand-alone week or as the follow-up to a classroom visit
See lesson plans in Resources
Cover of Dino and the Family Tree by Lindsay Metternich

Daily Emotional Check-Ins

A two-minute rhythm that gives every child language before the day starts.

  • Emotional check-in exercises from the curriculum guides, usable at arrival or circle time
  • Feelings and emotions printables—“How Did Dino Feel?”, emotion matching, reflection prompts
  • Low-pressure by design: children can point, draw, or name, whichever they can manage today
See check-in printables
Cover of Milo Feels Mad by Lindsay Metternich

Group Activities

Circle time and small groups: movement, listening, kindness, inclusion.

  • Story-connected activities like “Say Hello,” “Invite a Friend,” and “Kind Choices”
  • Turn-taking and listening work that builds “we’re in this together” language across the room
  • Series-based options for regulation (Milo), pacing and differences (Garden Friends), and friendship (Dino)
See activity bundles
Printable worksheets sample

Printable Resources

For the week you need something on the copier in five minutes.

  • Friendship, feelings, and kindness activity packs that stand alone—no unit required
  • Bonus printables including a reward chart and SEL coloring pages
  • Send-home friendly, so families can extend the same language at the kitchen table
See printables in Resources
Cover of Milo Takes a Deep Breath by Lindsay Metternich

Books as teaching tools

The stories everything above is built on.

  • Every series and novel in one place, with covers and reading order
  • Choose the title that matches the skill you are teaching this month
  • Curriculum tie-ins for most titles live in Resources
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Classroom atmosphere

Warm, healthy, intentionally calm spaces

Editorial stills inspired by the learning environments where Harmony Helpers belongs—light-filled, unhurried, and ready for big feelings.

Sunlit classroom with natural materials and plants
Morning light
Cozy circle-time corner with books and soft light
Circle time
Wooden learning materials and art supplies on a table
Hands-on calm
Outdoor nature play area with balance logs
Fresh air learning

Why host a reading?

Stories do heavy lifting in SEL when kids hear them together, more than once, in the room where they learn.

A shared read-aloud gives the whole class the same emotional anchor. When Dino hesitates before saying hello, or Milo pauses to take a breath, children see modeled language for worry, courage, and repair—not as a lecture, but as part of a character they are getting to know across books.

That continuity matters: when a series grows with your group, kids notice patterns, anticipate kind choices, and feel proud when they name a feeling before you prompt them. Harmony Helpers books are written to invite those moments back into the week through SEL lesson plans and classroom bundles, so the visit is a spark, not a one-off event.

  • Social-emotional learning, grounded in story. Big feelings land more softly when carried by a character kids recognize from last week’s shelf.
  • Repetition & predictability. Rhythms and refrains support early literacy and regulation—especially for children who need extra processing time.
  • Classroom community. Circle-time discussion builds listening, turn-taking, and “we’re in this together” language without squeezing authenticity into a worksheet.
  • Teacher partnership. You share your group’s age, goals, and sensitivities; the visit meets children where they are and leaves you with hooks for follow-up lessons.

About the series on your shelf

Lindsay Metternich writes the Dino & Friends, Milo & the Mindful Mouse, and Garden Friends lines that anchor Harmony Helpers—each with optional curriculum guides so read-alouds connect to what you already teach.

Book cover: Dino and the Family Tree

Dino & Friends

Pre-K – Kindergarten · friendship, courage, belonging

Dino’s world is built for first friendships, brave tries, and gentle humor—ideal when you want a class-wide entry point into naming nerves and celebrating small wins.

See Dino books
Book cover: Milo Feels Mad

Milo & the Mindful Mouse

Ages 4–8 · emotional awareness & calming strategies

Milo’s stories pair well with regulation work—breathing, noticing feelings, and recovering from big moments—without rushing children past the story to “fix” behavior.

See Milo books
Book cover: Benny the Bee Can’t Sit Still

Garden Friends

Ages 3–6 · differences, pacing, listening

Nature-based characters celebrate different tempos and strengths—supportive language for neurodiversity, patience, and empathy in mixed-age groups.

See Garden Friends

For the full catalog—including Willow & Wren and novels for older readers—visit Books. Many titles include discussion prompts and activities in Harmony Helpers resources.

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The story behind the stories

Real life informs every visit

Milestones and ordinary weeks alike—our family knows how fast a classroom rhythm moves. That is why visits stay gentle, language stays clear, and follow-up resources are built for real teaching weeks—not one perfect lesson.

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Ready when you are

Schedule a classroom or daycare visit on Google Calendar—then send a quick inquiry below if you want to share learning goals or accessibility notes.

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Visit requests & classroom partnerships

Use Google Calendar for the fastest hold on the calendar, then optional form or email for context—age spread, inclusion goals, which series you are reading aloud, or accessibility needs.

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Book your slot here (opens in a new tab). The same link appears at the top of the page and mid-page for easy access on phones and desktops.

Schedule a visit Open calendar link

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Visit & reading inquiry

Prefer to start by email? Write linzmett1984@gmail.com or call (706) 361-5400. After deploy, form submissions are handled by Netlify Forms—set Form notifications in Netlify to linzmett1984@gmail.com for copies.

Classroom-ready SEL, a visit to launch it, and a library to keep it going.

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