Songs that help kids feel, learn & grow
Music-based Social Emotional Learning (SEL) resources for classrooms, therapy sessions, and home. Designed for real life.
Narwhals & Waterfalls creates original SEL songs and ready-to-use resources that help kids name their feelings, build empathy, and regulate big emotions through music and movement.
10,000+ educators served worldwide
50+ original SEL songs
Created by teachers/parents, for teachers & parents
Used by schools across the US
We are proud to work or have worked with:
SEL doesn't have to be one more thing on your plate
Too many educators want to weave Social Emotional Learning into their day, but can't find resources that are actually engaging, affordable, and ready to use.
That's exactly why we built
Narwhals & Waterfalls.
We make SEL music, songs, and resources that are joyful for kids and stress-free for the adults who teach them. Whether you're starting from scratch or rounding out a long-term SEL program, we've got something for you.
We have something for everyone
Parents & Families
Stream our music everywhere or watch on YouTube. Perfect for car rides, bedtime, and everything in between.
Teachers & Therapists
Join SEL Core: our resource library with songs, lesson plans, curricula, and a private community of educators who get it.
Pre-K & Early Childhood
Little Narwhals is built for the 0–5 crowd: circle time, routines, fingerplays, and joyful SEL made for tiny humans.
Schools & Districts
License SEL Core for your entire staff. Scalable, aligned to 5 core competencies, and teacher-approved.
A system, a toolkit, a resource library and community support, together in one place
SEL Core gives teachers, music educators, and therapists everything
they need to bring
Social Emotional Learning
to life through music without the scramble.
Inside you'll find...
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All N&W original SEL songs + MP3s and chord sheets
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Hundreds of ad-free videos in a full video library
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Two complete, downloadable SEL curriculums
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Lesson plans + classroom-ready slides
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Full Calming Corner setup
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Greetings charts, feelings charts, and classroom management tools
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Schoolwide and districtwide SEL resources
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Monthly Planning Spotlights delivered to your inbox
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Private community of music educators, therapists & counselors
No music background required. Just press play and teach.
SEL you'll use and enjoy
Created by educators, for educators
You get songs AND the lesson plans, slides, activities, and community to back them up. SEL Core is designed to flex across grade levels, teaching styles, and school settings.
Interactive, not passive
Paige and Adrien are both teachers. They built Narwhals & Waterfalls because they couldn't find what they needed, so they made it themselves.
A system, not just songs
Every song is built around a specific SEL skill and comes with movement, activities, and lesson plans to bring it to life.
As a therapist and mom, I cannot say enough good things about The Zoo of Emotions. My kids are OBSESSED with the song and book. My toddler specifically keeps asking for it again and again. He loves making all the animal sounds and I love that he’s learning how to identify feelings. It’s a win-win!
Carlee Kumler
MS, LPC
There is a LOT of content and it's well worth the money! My students loved these SEL activities and all the extension ideas. Will be using this for years to come.
Mrs. M
Elementary Music Teacher
“Zoo of Emotions” is one of my favorite songs by Narwhals & Waterfalls (I have so many ☺️) and it’s now a book!!! 📚 My preschool class absolutely LOVED “Zoo Of Emotions” 🦁🐧🐶🐬🐰 and I used this song in accompaniment with so many SEL activities. Acting out our emotions helped us all express ourselves, explore our emotions and calm our bodies in morning meeting to start our day as well! ☀️ So many possibilities! I love that it’s now also available in book format!
Angie Mitchell
Organic Early Childhood Education
