Big Heart World Learning Guide
Grow Big Hearts With Catchy Tunes
Big Heart World draws upon best practices for social and emotional learning and standards, such as CASEL and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, to help families learn together about social and emotional skills — what it means to have a big heart and how to grow one.
Each Big Heart unit has an original music video which helps reinforce the theme. The songs, together, are called The Big Heart Beats Album. They are available for free here!
This guide helps you learn how to use the songs — at home or at school — to help students learn about social and emotional skills, from feelings to friendship to upstanding!
Get Noggin Free for Six Months
Noggin is committed to providing high-quality, digital learning experiences for kids. Get Noggin’s early learning app FREE for six months in partnership with our friends at Big Heart World. With Noggin, children can grow strong hearts, minds, and bodies alongside characters they know and love! Get 6 months of Noggin for free (no credit card required): Sign up on this special website. You’ll get an email confirming your information. Then you can download Noggin from the App Store or Google Play Store then sign in and start playing/learning! Feel free to share this offer with members of the National Head Start Association community!
Big Heart Beats Music Videos & More
Noggin is releasing a new music video each month to help families explore feelings, friendship and other "big heart" themes. Click to watch the videos, read interviews with the artists, and find games to play along with the songs!
Sing and Dance to Grow a Big Hearted Kid!
Listen to the 11 songs of Noggin's Big Heart Beats Album here or wherever you listen to your favorite songs. Watch the music videos and explore behind the lyrics below!
“I Love Myself” by Cal Shapiro
Learn about Self
“Like Nobody Else” by Alex Geringas and William J. Fuller
Learn about Identity and Belonging
“Share a Smile” by Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol, performed by Flor De Toloache
Learn about Citizenship
“The Sad Song” by Ryan & Courtney Lofty
Learn about Feelings
“Helping Others” by Harris Paseltiner, Donald Mitchell, David Senft, Auyon Mukharji, Performed by Darlingside
Learn about Helping
“How You Feel” by Chris Sernel, Grayson DeWolfe
Learn about Feelings
“A Friend Like You” by Mike Himelstein and Doug Petty
Learn about Friendship
“Up Up Up” by Gabe Sokoloff, Performed by Ty Taylor, Carmel Echols, and Gabe Sokoloff
Learn about Upstanding
“Help Work It Out” by Gabe Sokoloff, Performed by Carmel Echols and Gabe Sokoloff
Learn about Problem Solving
“Celebrate Our Difference” by Chris Sernel, Grayson DeWolfe, Matt Richert, Performed by Alex Hairston
Learn about Similarities and Differences
“Use My Ears to Listen” by Stacee Coleman, Adam Boukin, and Jenny Jones, Performed by Willow Stephens
Learn about Empathy