We Thinkers! Series
Help children ages 4-7 develop foundational social competencies
Award-winning curricula for helping children ages 4–7 develop foundational social competencies & essential life skills
Multiple award-winning We Thinkers! is our premier social emotional learning series for helping social learners ages 4–7 develop foundational social competencies and essential life skills through stories, lessons, and play activities. These engaging curricula help kids better understand themselves and others, develop self-awareness, and strengthen perspective taking and social problem solving. This learning supports students’ social emotional learning, relationship building, classroom learning, and academic performance. Practice-proven and evidence-based, these materials are designed for both neurotypically developing children and those with social learning differences and/or challenges.
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- Best-Selling & Award-Winning Products
- On Demand Courses
CEs available for select professionals - Free Stuff for Home & School
Free webinars, video lessons, downloadables, articles, and activities - Digital Products for Social Learning
- What is Social Thinking?
Best-Selling and Award-Winning We Thinkers! Series
On Demand Courses—Practical Strategies You Can Use Right Now
Helping Early Learners Build Social Competencies
This strategy-filled course delves into crucial aspects of building social competencies in preschool and early elementary-age students (ages 4-7). Explore how flexible thinking, social language, self-regulation, and social and emotional development are vital for developing collaborative interactions in group settings, both on the playground and in the classroom. Gain insights from a research perspective on the impact of executive functioning, social attention, and social problem solving through the lens of our award-winning We Thinkers! curriculum series. Walk away with practical strategies and examples to seamlessly integrate social learning concepts into your existing teaching methods.
5.5 hours of training and CE credit available for select professionals.
Social Thinking: Building the Social Mind in Early Childhood
Parents and caregivers are always asking about how to teach and support self-regulation. In this course designed specifically for parents and caregivers, we’ll talk about the ways the social mind can support social thinking and self-regulation for early learners. We will cover practical strategies including how we can use stories, activities, and play to build self-regulation; how to teach children to better understand their own and others’ thoughts and feelings, and the plan of the group and their role within it. Please note: this course is not eligible for Continuing Education.
Please note: this course is not eligible for Continuing Education.
Free Stuff for Home & School
Free Articles
Free Thinksheets
Thinking Thoughts and Feeling Feelings
Thinking with Your Eyes
Body In and Out of the Group
Free Infographic: We Thinkers Series
Digital Products to Engage Your Social Learners Online
These best-selling digital products can be used to support your large group, small group, or tele-education—and are perfect for use on SMART Board, Google Classroom, or any other digital platform.
Storybook 1
Thinking Thoughts and Feeling Feelings: Classroom Adventure
Pivotal social concepts about thoughts and feelings set the stage for learning more fundamental concepts taught in storybooks 2-10.
Available digitally on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 2
The Group Plan: Adventure on the Farm
Young social learners find out that it’s fun and feels good to share thoughts, follow the group plan, and think about others, which makes everyone feel calm and comfortable.
Available digitally on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 3
Thinking with Your Eyes: Adventure in Space
It’s so much fun to figure out what’s going on in a social situation, communicate, and make new alien friends—all by using our eyes!
Available digitally on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 4
Body in the Group: Ocean Adventure
Jesse, Evan, Ellie, and Molly explore the ocean bottom, learn what it means to have your body in the group, and discover why it can help them solve their first group quest: finding the shark tooth.
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 5
Listening with Brain and Body: Zoo Adventure
Learn how each child listens best in another social learning adventure with Evan, Ellie, Molly, and Jesse in storybook 5 of the We Thinkers! Vol. 1 social emotional learning curriculum for ages 4-7.
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 6
Hidden Rules and Expected and Unexpected Behaviors: Pirate Adventure
Come along with Evan, Jesse, Ellie, and Molly on exciting new adventures to help children learn about hidden social expectations while also using the social concepts explored earlier through storybooks 1-5.
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 7
Smart Guess: Mystery Adventure
Ellie has a secret plan for their next adventure, and Jesse, Molly, and Evan have to make smart guesses to figure out what it might be in storybook 7 of the We Thinkers!
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 8
Flexible and Stuck Thinking: Ice Cream Shop Adventure
The friends learn what happens when they all get stuck on what only they want to do and don’t think about each other. By using flexible thinking the children are able to see the big picture, take turns doing the fun jobs, and meet their group goal.
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 9
Size of the Problem: Dinosaur Birthday Party
The friends learn that problems and reactions to problems come in small, medium, and large sizes—just like dinosaurs—and it’s important that one’s reaction matches the problem.
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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Storybook 10
Sharing An Imagination: Park Adventure
Ellie, Evan, Jesse, and Molly go on the best adventure of all as they learn about sharing an imagination when they play and pretend together in storybook 10 of the We Thinkers!
Available on Apple Books and Google Play.
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What is Social Thinking?
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Develop Social Competencies
The Social Thinking Methodology provides evidence-based strategies to help people ages four throughout adulthood develop their social competencies, flexible thinking, and social problem solving to meet their own social goals and improve:
- Conversation & social connection
- Executive functioning
- Friendship & relationship development
- Perspective taking
- Self-regulation
- Social Thinking Vocabulary
