SELKID is a story-based learning brand for K–6 classrooms. It publishes CASEL-aligned social-emotional learning (SEL) read-alouds, Rex & Dino thinking skills stories, and a flagship AI cognition comic series — all built around characters in Maple Forest.

SELKID is designed for elementary teachers, school counselors, homeschool parents, and caregivers who want no-prep read-aloud resources that turn big feelings and big ideas into kid-sized stories children can discuss and practice.

What grade levels does SELKID cover?

SEL stories and thinking skills resources target K–2. The Rex & Dino AI Cognition series (Big AI Ideas) is built for Grades 3–6. Many educators use SELKID across K–6 depending on classroom need.

How many SELKID resources are available?

SELKID offers 228+ classroom resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, including 210+ SEL stories, 12 thinking skills read-alouds, and 6 AI cognition units in Season 1 of Rex & Dino's Big AI Ideas.

Is SELKID aligned with CASEL?

Yes. SELKID's SEL stories are organized around the five CASEL competencies — self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making — and mapped to classroom scenarios, triggers, emotions, and skills.

SELKID · Story-based learning

Big ideas, kid-sized stories.

SEL for K–2 · Thinking skills for K–2 · AI literacy for Grades 3–6 — Rex & Dino in Maple Forest.

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229+ Classroom stories

3 Learning pillars

210+ SEL stories

7 AI units

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SEL Stories

210+ CASEL-aligned read-alouds for blurting, waiting, regulation, and more.

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Thinking habits

Thinking Skills

Big-picture and flexible thinking — story-first, not worksheet-first.

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AI literacy

AI Cognition

How AI learns, fails, and still needs people — Grades 3–6.

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Education matrix

From feelings, to thinking, to the future

210 SEL stories · 12 thinking skills · flagship AI cognition series.

SEL Foundation

From feelings

210+ SKUs 02

Thinking Skills

To thinking

12+ SKUs 03

AI Cognition

To the future

7+ SKUs

Built on the CASEL Framework — five competencies in 210+ classroom stories.

How CASEL powers SELKID

How SELKID works

Story → Discussion → Activity → Reflection

Story

Comic or read-aloud introduces the skill through Rex & Dino in Maple Forest.

Discussion

Guiding questions help children name the problem in their own words.

Activity

Printable practice turns the idea into something students can try.

Reflection

Exit prompts connect the story to classroom and home life.

Emotional struggle isn't a mistake.

It's a skill waiting to be taught.

Every child is doing their best with the skills they have so far. When feelings run big in the classroom, the answer isn't shame — it's a story, a name for the feeling, and a habit to practice. That is what SELKID builds, one read-aloud at a time.

R&D flagship · AI Cognition

Rex & Dino's Big AI Ideas

Season 1 — six comic units for Grades 3–6.

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Educator Notes

Classroom ideas from Maple Forest

Short essays on story-first SEL, thinking habits, and kid-sized AI literacy.

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Training Data in kid-sized language
How Unit 1 of Rex & Dino's Big AI Ideas introduces AI learning without coding — and why teachers asked for it.
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Why story-first beats worksheet-first in K–2 SEL
SELKID's classroom rhythm — Story → Discussion → Activity → Reflection — and why Rex & Dino carry the skill before the worksheet does.

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