About the store
Since 2016, Expanded Learning Academy has been enriching educational experiences for both students and teachers alike by developing groundbreaking before and after-school programs to schools across the nation through engaging, interactive, and fun activities for students that inspire learning, invoke curiosity, enhance interaction, and establish a healthy social and emotional foundation for growth and development.
ELA was founded on a passion and vision for providing quality programming, staff development, family involvement as well as community partnerships that positively and immediately impact the lives of elementary school students. Our constantly evolving team of education professionals comes from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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Jungle Camp/Intercession Week-Long Curriculum (TK-6)
Embark on a Jungle Adventure!Join us for an exciting Jungle-Themed Camp designed for grades TK-6 (adjustable for all ages)! This hands-on program keeps young explorers engaged with fun and enriching activities throughout the week. Each day includes: Science Experiments – Hands-on discoveries such as Jungle in a Jar, where campers create a mini rainforest ecosystem.Creative Art Projects – Engaging crafts such as building jungle habitats from recycled materials to learn about ecosystems.Movement &
PreK - 6th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Also included in: 6 Week Themed Camp/ Intercession Curriculum Bundle
Characteristic Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
Characteristic Emotions SEL Worksheet BundleThis comprehensive bundle explores six key characteristic emotions—Brave, Caring, Curious, Hopeful, Love, and Proud—while integrating essential SEL topics like strength, self-love, self-care, self-motivation, health and wellness, and time management. Through engaging activities and reflection exercises, students will learn how to recognize and apply these emotions in their daily lives, fostering confidence, resilience, and emotional well-being. What’s
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Superhero Camp/Intercession Week-Long Curriculum (TK-6)
Unleash Your Inner Superhero!Join us for an action-packed Superhero-Themed Camp designed for grades TK-6 (adjustable for all ages)! This exciting program empowers young heroes with engaging activities that spark creativity, movement, and problem-solving throughout the week. Each day includes: Experiments – Hands-on discoveries such as creating superhero signals that shine on the walls, just like real heroes call for help!Creative Art Projects – Inspiring crafts such as designing and illustratin
PreK - 6th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Also included in: 6 Week Themed Camp/ Intercession Curriculum Bundle
SEL Exploring Emotions: Frustrated & Self-Management (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Frustration & Self-Management (K-5)Help your K-5 students understand, express, and manage frustration with this engaging SEL resource! Learning to handle frustration in healthy ways supports emotional regulation, problem-solving, and self-control—essential skills for success in school and life. Through interactive activities and meaningful discussions, students will: ✅ Recognize the difference between frustration and anger and understand their emotional responses. ✅
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Also included in: Reflective Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
Dinosaur Camp /Intercession Week-Long Curriculum (TK-6)
Roar into Adventure at Dinosaur Camp!Join us for a thrilling Dinosaur-Themed Camp designed for grades TK-6 (adjustable for all ages)! This exciting program brings the prehistoric world to life with hands-on activities that inspire creativity, movement, and discovery throughout the week. Each day includes: Science Experiments – Hands-on explorations such as Dinosaurs in Ice, where campers excavate frozen dinosaurs just like real paleontologists!Creative Art Projects – Fun crafts such as designin
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
, RL.2.7
+221
Also included in: 6 Week Themed Camp/ Intercession Curriculum Bundle
Reactive Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
Reactive Emotions SEL Worksheet Bundle This comprehensive bundle focuses on six key reactive emotions—excited, embarrassed, disappointed, confused, annoyed, and amused—while integrating essential secondary lessons on resiliency, communication, self-kindness, and understanding emotions. Along with engaging, self-led activities, the bundle includes a Daily Emotions Tracker to help students monitor and reflect on their feelings and reactions, fostering long-term emotional awareness and growth. What
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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6 Week Themed Camp/ Intercession Curriculum Bundle
Adventure Awaits: 6-Week Themed Camp Bundle!Embark on an unforgettable 6-week journey filled with excitement, creativity, and hands-on learning! This bundled program brings together six engaging themes— Dinosaurs, Fairytales, Under the Sea, Superheroes, Space, and Jungle—designed for grades TK-6 (adjustable for all ages). Each week offers a unique adventure while following our Mind, Body, and Soul format to inspire young minds, encourage movement, and nurture creativity. What’s Included Each W
PreK - 6th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Contemplative Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
Contemplative Emotions SEL Worksheet Bundle (Adventurous, Anxious, Bored, Confident, Content, Relaxed)This comprehensive bundle focuses on six contemplative emotions—adventurous, anxious, bored, confident, content, and relaxed—while integrating secondary topics like mindfulness, the NOW, goal setting, leadership, and trying new things. Along with these engaging activities, the bundle includes a Daily Emotions Tracker to help students monitor and reflect on their feelings over time, fostering lo
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
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+208
Basic Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
Basic Emotions SEL Worksheet BundleThis comprehensive bundle focuses on six fundamental emotions—happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, surprise, and fear—while integrating secondary topics like relationships, decision-making, and adaptability. Along with these engaging activities, the bundle includes a Daily Emotions Tracker to help students monitor and reflect on their feelings over time, fostering long-term emotional awareness and growth. What’s Included:Happiness: Explore joy and gratitude whi
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Reflective Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
Reflective Emotions SEL Worksheet Bundle This comprehensive bundle explores six key reflective emotions—Frustrated, Grateful, Shame, Regret, Judgmental, and Jealous—while integrating essential SEL topics like gratitude, patience, kindness for others, growth, responsibility, and self-management. Through thought-provoking activities and reflection exercises, students will learn to notice, understand, and respond to these emotions in constructive ways, strengthening emotional intelligence and perso
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
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+208
SEL Exploring Emotions: Brave & Strength Bundle (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Brave & Strength (K-5)Help your K-5 students explore what it means to be brave and develop inner strength with this engaging SEL resource! Understanding bravery helps students face challenges with confidence while recognizing their personal strengths builds resilience and self-esteem. Through thoughtful discussions and interactive activities, students will: Identify moments when they have shown bravery and reflect on how it made them feel.Explore different types of streng
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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SEL Exploring Emotions: Curious & Self- Motivation (K-5)
SEL Curious & Self-Motivation: Inspiring Lifelong Learners (K-5)Ignite your K-5 students' natural curiosity and foster self-motivation with this dynamic SEL resource. By exploring the power of asking questions and setting personal goals, students will develop a love for learning and the confidence to take initiative in their growth. Through engaging activities and reflective exercises, students will: Learn what it means to be curious and why curiosity drives learning and discovery.Practice self-
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
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+221
SEL Exploring Emotions: Shame & Responsibility (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Shame & Responsibility (K-5)Help your K-5 students understand shame and develop healthy responsibility with this engaging SEL resource! Learning to manage feelings of shame in a positive way helps students build self-awareness, take accountability, and develop a strong sense of integrity. Students will also learn about the "shame spiral," a cycle of negative thoughts and emotions that can make mistakes feel overwhelming. By recognizing this pattern, they can develop
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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Also included in: Reflective Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
SEL Exploring Emotions: Grateful & Gratitude (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Grateful & Gratitude (K-5)Help your K-5 students cultivate gratitude and develop a positive mindset with this engaging SEL resource! Practicing gratitude helps students build resilience, strengthen relationships, and increase overall happiness—key skills for emotional well-being and success. Through interactive activities and thoughtful discussions, students will: ✅ Understand the meaning of gratitude and why it’s important. ✅ Identify things they are grateful for i
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
, RL.2.7
+221
Also included in: Reflective Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
SEL Exploring Emotions: Embarrassed & Being Kind to Ourselves (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Embarrassed & Being Kind to Ourselves (K-5)Empower students to understand and manage the emotion of embarrassment with this engaging, self-led worksheet pack! Designed for K-5, these activities guide students in exploring their feelings, developing self-awareness, and practicing self-kindness—all at their own pace. Key Features:Understanding Embarrassment: Students learn to identify what embarrassment feels like, explore common triggers, and understand it as a normal part
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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+221
Also included in: Reactive Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
SEL Exploring Emotions: Disappointment and Resiliency (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Disappointment and Resiliency (K-5)Help your students navigate the challenging emotion of disappointment and build resiliency with this comprehensive SEL resource! SEL Exploring Emotions: Disappointment and Resiliency is designed for K-5 learners to understand and process disappointment, while learning valuable strategies for bouncing back and persevering. What’s Inside:Emotion Exploration Worksheets: Age-appropriate activities to help students identify and understand th
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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+221
Also included in: Reactive Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
SEL Exploring Emotions: Confident & Leadership (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Confident & Leadership (K-5)Boost your K-5 students’ confidence while teaching them the qualities of effective leadership with this engaging SEL resource. Confidence and leadership go hand-in-hand, and this resource helps students explore how building self-belief can empower them to inspire and guide others. Through fun and reflective activities, students will: Learn what it means to feel confident and how confidence can grow over time.Explore key traits of a good leader
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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+221
SEL Exploring Emotions: Adventurous & Trying New Things (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Adventurous & Trying New Things (K-5)Encourage your K-5 students to embrace their adventurous side with this engaging SEL resource! Learning to try new things can be both exciting and intimidating, and this resource helps students explore the emotions tied to adventure while building confidence and resilience. Through thought-provoking worksheets and activities, students will: Reflect on what it means to feel adventurous and how it connects to trying new things.Explore st
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
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+221
SEL Exploring Emotions: Confused & Understanding Emotions (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Confused & Understanding Emotions (K-5)Support your students in navigating the emotion of confusion while building their ability to understand and process feelings with this self-led worksheet pack! Designed for K-5 learners, these activities help students explore what confusion feels like and how to manage it while fostering emotional awareness. Key Features:Recognizing Confusion: Students identify what it means to feel confused, explore situations that may cause it, and
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
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+221
Also included in: Reactive Emotions & SEL Growth Bundle: Worksheets + Daily Tracker K-5
SEL Exploring Emotions: Hopeful & Health and Wellness (K-5)
SEL Exploring Emotions: Hopeful & Health and Wellness (K-5)Help your K-5 students cultivate hope and develop healthy emotional habits with this engaging SEL resource! Hope inspires resilience and motivation, while understanding emotional wellness empowers students to manage feelings and navigate challenges with confidence. Through thoughtful activities and creative exercises, students will: Explore what it means to feel hopeful and how optimism helps them overcome obstacles.Learn the connection
K - 5th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
, RL.2.7
+221
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About the store
Experience
Since 2016, Expanded Learning Academy has been enriching educational experiences for both students and teachers alike by developing groundbreaking before and after-school programs to schools across the nation through engaging, interactive, and fun activities for students that inspire learning, invoke curiosity, enhance interaction, and establish a healthy social and emotional foundation for growth and development.
ELA was founded on a passion and vision for providing quality programming, staff development, family involvement as well as community partnerships that positively and immediately impact the lives of elementary school students. Our constantly evolving team of education professionals comes from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Teaching style
We develop, build, deliver, implement, and support a variety of SEL, CASEL, Creative, and Fun activity programs to both schools and recreation programs of all sizes. Each of our programs offers a special set of goals and is guided by determined criteria.
We incorporate the latest in educational standards and best practices into each program design including those provided by the California Department of Education, CASEL, California After School Network, and the National After-school Association. We work with school districts to build programs that meet their LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan) priorities and expected school-wide learner outcomes.
Over the last 10 years, our programs have truly made a change in students' lives by opening their world to new ideas and possibilities. By empowering students today, we can ensure the leaders of tomorrow are filled with knowledge, empathy, compassion, kindness, and curiosity.
Additional biographical information
ELA brings direct, classroom-based services such as After School Academies, school day embedded programs for unstructured times, Camps and Intersession programs, as well as specialized add-on programming in a variety of disciplines throughout the year. We serve students through engaging, interactive, and fun activities designed to capture their imagination, play to their interests and evoke curiosity.
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