Introductory Presentation

This presentation introduces students to the three Start With Hello steps as well as strategies students can use to apply these steps everyday in their school community.

Recess on the Moon

Students engage in an interactive storybook located on the moon! The storybook’s narrator and colorful characters explain the three Start With Hello steps during recess in a cosmic location. While on the moon, students practice Seeing Someone Alone, choosing different ways to Reach Out and Help, and implementing their unique Hello Style to help them Start With Hello.

This comes with an Educators Guide for grades K-2 and 3-5.  Find it on our Digital Library by searching for Lessons under Resource Type.

After School Dismissal

This second video for the K-2 audience takes the viewer into a school’s hallway after class has been dismissed. Immediately, the viewer sees a student struggling as others are laughing at him. The video acknowledges that reaching out and starting with hello can be scary, but doing so is well worth it. Through an empathetic, helpful character, students see the benefits of helping others feel more included and comfortable with their differences.

This comes with an a lesson.  Find it on our Digital Library by searching for Lessons under Resource Type.

Arts & Crafts

Designed for students in grades K-2, this video showcases animated characters in their classroom working on an arts & crafts project. Viewers watch as one student struggles with feeling excluded from his classmates. The benefits of the 3 Start With Hello steps become obvious to viewers as the situation resolves thanks to a friendly character who decided to just Start With Hello.

Includes a lesson.  Find it on our Digital Library by searching for Lessons under Resource Type.

Playground Basketball

Students are taken to a familiar and favorite scene, the playground, but see that Naomi is excluded from a game because she is in a wheelchair. Students leave the video with an open-ended question asking them to consider how they could find ways to include Naomi in their game.

This comes with an a lesson.  Find it on our Digital Library by searching for Lessons under Resource Type.

Mission Start With Hello

This interactive experience allows students to apply what they’ve learned about Start With Hello in gamified scenarios. A mission that starts by asking students to See Someone Alone evolves into a fun and meaningful application of how students can talk with another student who may be experiencing social isolation. Students are empowered to make choices that lead them to ultimately connect with a lonely student.

Project Promise

In the Project Promise interactive challenge, students bridge the connection between the three Start With Hello steps and the concept of empathy.  Students develop a deeper understanding of empathy as well as practice responding with empathy in three realistic scenarios.  At the end of this activity, students choose a Promise Challenge that asks them to go beyond the computer and reach out to someone who may need a little extra help.