Classroom Games to Teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills in 2025
Classroom Games to Teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills in 2025
Classroom Games to Teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills in 2025
By Brandon Pittser
September 24, 2025
Summary
This article explains how classroom games can help students practice social and emotional learning skills in more concrete, engaging ways than traditional lessons. It highlights four game-based tools: Social Cipher: Ava, iThrive Sim, Peekapak: myPeekaville, and SuperBetter. Each supports areas such as emotional regulation, empathy, communication, conflict resolution, resilience, and responsible decision-making. The article emphasizes that games create safe spaces where students can test choices, experience consequences, and reflect on their behavior. With teacher facilitation and post-game discussion, these tools can support advisory periods, small-group learning, project-based units, and healthier classroom relationships across many different subjects, grade levels, and routines.
Reference
Pittser, B. (2025, September 24). Classroom games to teach social and emotional learning (SEL) skills in 2025. Filament Games. https://www.filamentgames.com/blog/classroom-games-to-teach-social-and-emotional-learning-sel-skills-in-2025/