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HELPERS OF THE DAY — SEASON 1

Eight Missions. Essential Skills. One Helper Journey.

Helpers of the Day Season 1 Training Academy introduces Kindergarten through 2nd Grade students to essential social-emotional skills through eight engaging story-based missions featuring Savannah, Jonah, and Mac the Toy Soldier.

Each mission focuses on a specific skill children can understand, practice, and apply in the classroom, at home, and in everyday interactions. Through storytelling, guided discussion, interactive activities, reinforcement, and reflection, students learn that becoming a Helper happens one good choice at a time.

EXPLORE THE 8 SEASON 1 MISSIONS

The Intro Story story screenshot Mission 1

The Intro Story

SEL Focus: Helping Others • Responsible Decision-Making • Community

Story Description

Savannah and Jonah meet Mac the Toy Soldier and discover what it truly means to become a Helper. Students are introduced to the idea that their everyday choices can positively affect their classroom, family, and community.

Students Practice

  • Recognizing opportunities to help
  • Making thoughtful choices
  • Understanding personal responsibility
  • Contributing positively to a classroom community
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Gingerbread Parade Rescue story screenshot Mission 2

Gingerbread Parade Rescue

SEL Focus: Teamwork • Cooperation • Problem-Solving

Story Description

When a challenge threatens the Gingerbread Parade, students discover that problems become easier to solve when people listen, cooperate, and work together.

Students Practice

  • Working as part of a team
  • Sharing ideas and responsibilities
  • Cooperating with others
  • Solving problems together
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The Kindness Secret story screenshot Mission 3

The Kindness Secret

SEL Focus: Kindness • Empathy • Friendship

Story Description

Students explore how kindness can strengthen friendships, especially when mistakes happen. The mission encourages children to consider the feelings of others and understand how their words and actions can help someone feel supported.

Students Practice

  • Showing kindness through words and actions
  • Recognizing the feelings of others
  • Responding with empathy
  • Building positive relationships
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The Patience Mission story screenshot Mission 4

The Patience Mission

SEL Focus: Patience • Self-Control • Managing Emotions

Story Description

Savannah and Jonah discover that some things take time—and that waiting does not have to mean becoming frustrated. Students practice strategies for managing their emotions while learning the value of patience.

Students Practice

  • Waiting appropriately
  • Managing frustration
  • Using self-control
  • Staying calm when something takes time
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Starlight Classroom Clean-Up story screenshot Mission 5

Starlight Classroom Clean-Up

SEL Focus: Responsibility • Cooperation • Caring for Shared Spaces

Story Description

Students learn that being responsible means taking care of the places and materials everyone shares. Small acts of responsibility can make the classroom better for the entire community.

Students Practice

  • Taking responsibility for their actions
  • Caring for classroom materials
  • Helping without always being asked
  • Working together toward a shared goal
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Listening Ears Mission story screenshot Mission 6

Listening Ears Mission

SEL Focus: Active Listening • Communication • Respect

Story Description

Students discover that listening involves more than simply hearing words. Good Helpers listen with their ears, eyes, and attention so others know that what they have to say matters.

Students Practice

  • Listening without interrupting
  • Giving others their attention
  • Following directions
  • Demonstrating respect during conversations
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The Disappointment Discovery story screenshot Mission 7

The Disappointment Discovery

SEL Focus: Resilience • Coping Skills • Emotional Regulation

Story Description

Things do not always happen the way we hope. This mission helps students recognize disappointment, express their feelings appropriately, and discover healthy ways to move forward when plans change or things do not go their way.

Students Practice

  • Identifying disappointment
  • Managing difficult emotions
  • Adjusting when plans change
  • Recovering from setbacks
  • Developing resilience
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Jonah Gets Jealous story screenshot Mission 8

Jonah Gets Jealous

SEL Focus: Managing Emotions • Self-Awareness • Friendship

Story Description

Jonah experiences jealousy when his friend Joshua receives attention. Students learn that having a difficult feeling is different from allowing that feeling to control their behavior.

Students Practice

  • Recognizing jealousy
  • Naming and understanding emotions
  • Pausing before reacting
  • Choosing positive responses
  • Supporting friends even when emotions are difficult
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THE SEASON 1 SKILL JOURNEY

Across all eight missions, students progressively practice skills connected to the major areas of social-emotional development:

Self-Awareness

Recognizing emotions and understanding how feelings can influence choices.

Self-Management

Practicing patience, self-control, resilience, and healthy responses to frustration and disappointment.

Social Awareness

Developing kindness, empathy, respect, and awareness of the feelings and needs of others.

Relationship Skills

Practicing listening, communication, cooperation, friendship, and teamwork.

Responsible Decision-Making

Learning to pause, think, solve problems, accept responsibility, and make choices that positively affect others.

MORE THAN A STORY

Each Season 1 mission is supported by developmentally appropriate educational materials designed to turn the story's SEL concept into practical learning.

Depending on grade level and implementation, resources include Lesson Plans, Mission Cards, Vocabulary Cards, Roleplay Cards, Anchor Charts, Student Worksheets, Assessment/Check-Ins, Story Actions, SEL Wrap-Ups, Helper's Promises, Mission Certificates, Teacher Companion resources, and Family Connection activities.

The goal is not simply for students to watch a story.

It is for them to understand the skill, practice the skill, talk about the skill, and begin using the skill in everyday situations.

BUILT FOR K–2 CLASSROOMS

Season 1 uses a structured biweekly implementation model that gives teachers time to introduce each mission and reinforce its SEL skill before moving to the next learning experience.

Story Week

Students meet the characters, experience the mission, explore the featured SEL skill, participate in guided activities, and begin practicing the skill.

Reinforcement Week

Teachers revisit the skill through discussion, activities, roleplay, reflection, and real-world classroom application.

This structure helps transform each mission from a one-time video into an ongoing learning experience.

THE HELPER JOURNEY STARTS HERE

From learning to listen and cooperate to managing jealousy and disappointment, Season 1 gives young students a foundation of skills they can continue building throughout elementary school.

Eight missions. Eight opportunities to grow. One classroom of Helpers.

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