After a year of building, testing, and refining, we're excited to share: The Catbears Show is here!
Try the SEL Game → · Season 1, Episode 1: Fair or Not Fair
For the past year, we've been looking for a better way to teach SEL in real classrooms. We talked with teachers, ran surveys, and kept hearing the same needs: SEL has to be quick to start, easy to use, well structured, and engaging for the whole class.
Why we started with video
Video felt like the natural place to start. There is no better way to tell a story, create emotion, and bring children into a shared moment. But video has a problem: children can become passive very quickly. It moves forward, the class watches, and sometimes the moment you wanted to talk about is already gone.
A 5-minute interactive SEL game for the whole class
So we created something different. The Catbears Show is a short, 5-minute interactive SEL game built for the whole class.
It takes everyday social situations children know well, makes them concrete through our cute characters, and helps the class think about what is happening, what each character may feel, and what different choices can lead to.
But instead of reading or watching the story passively, the teacher leads the class through it. At the right moments, the story opens up with simple questions like: "Is this fair?" "What should they do now?" "How would you respond?"
The teacher leads, the class decides
The teacher can decide to slow the class down, invite different voices in, and bring in students who do not usually take part. Then the class chooses together and sees what happens next. They can also go back, try a different choice, and see how the story changes.
This lets children practice something very real: how we respond, what our choices create, and how small moments can lead to different outcomes.
A shared language for the whole class
The class now has a simple shared language they can return to. Each show is captured in one clear idea, like our first SEL game: "Fair or Not Fair?" So when something happens in class, the teacher can bring it back with a short phrase, and everyone understands the context.
That is the goal: to take complex social and emotional ideas and make them simple, memorable, and actionable for both children and teachers.
Try the first game
We're happy to share our first Catbears Show, "Fair or Not Fair?", for you to try with your class.
Play Fair or Not Fair →, a 5-minute game your whole class can join.
Season 1, Episode 1: Fair or Not Fair
We hope it sparks meaningful conversations in your classroom. Stay tuned! More shows launching soon!
Love,
The Catbears
