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Helping young learners thrive inside and outside the classroom.

Positive Emotional Development and Learning Skills (PEDALS) engages early childhood education professionals and programs in building and sustaining a comprehensive approach to social-emotional learning (SEL).

Why PEDALS

SEL is critical for young children, especially from infancy through entering kindergarten. PEDALS is a strengths-based organization working toward professional development.

Our research-informed approach empowers early childhood educators with SEL curriculum, in-classroom coaching, and additional support. The PEDALS model builds productive relationships, nurtures brain development, and creates a positive learning environment.

Our Impact

600+ coaching hours provided each school year

100+ current classroom partnerships

5,000+ students served since 2017

Using music, activities, and stories, PEDALS helps teachers cultivate students’ self-awareness, empathy, emotional management, and cooperative skills.

Lessons are designed to engage children in recognizing and expressing feelings, advocating for personal needs, and developing friendship skills.

Our evidence-based curriculum not only builds strong social-emotional foundations but also enhances academic performance and fosters positive social behaviors, making it an effective tool for educational and personal development.

What we offer

PEDALS is tailored to simplify the responsibilities of educators and administrators by providing all necessary training and resources for effective strategy implementation in classrooms. Our program supports early childhood educators with a comprehensive curriculum and coaching, focusing on teaching social-emotional skills essential for kindergarten readiness.

In-classroom coaching.

PEDALS provides individualized and intentional in-classroom coaching to early childhood educators and agencies teaching social-emotional learning curriculum.

Preschool Program.

Implement an evidence-based SEL curriculum that fosters students' emotional intelligence, empathy, and problem-solving.

Infant Program.

Our professional development initiative helps educators foster intuitive modeling skills through experiential learning and reflective practice.

Community partnerships.

PEDALS can be tailored to bring SEL to children in your community, from childcare to summer programs.

Who we are.

Learn how PEDALS helps young learners thrive inside and outside the classroom.

About Us