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"Act as if what you do matters. It does." ~ William James
february's guidance lesson:
The W.H.O. Program
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January's guidance lesson:
Fill People's Buckets with Kindness...Including Your Own
Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to a friend.
small group lesson
positive affirmations & breathing strategies
stickers and cards
She's her own best friend!
Presley's card
We made kindness cards for ourselves.
added a breathing strategy to each card
things that make us happy
coloring our buckets
read "Have You Filled a Bucket Today"
reading station ... books on kindness
reading tent ... books on kindness
collaboration station - completing bucket filling puzzles together
working together
November's guidance lesson:
Accepting Others' Differences and Embracing Our Own
Small group discussion about how to work & play with people who are different from us.
small group discussion
the Counselor's Table
books about diversity
more books
relevant books
The Reading Station
The Reading Station
focusing on our favorites
graffiti - "leaving our mark"
our graffiti
diversity is beautiful
Tech Station - "The Power of Our Name"
Names
reading of Odd Velvet (I cloned myself.)
reading of Odd Velvet
Book Talk - The Name Jar
my example
our hand, our name ouar symbol
our very own Name Jar
the finished product
hands on the door
Together we can do great things.
Diversity is beautiful.
"Diversity is the art of thinking independently together." - Malcolm Forbes
"Be here. Be you. Belong."
Bear Graffiti
October's guidance lesson:
Calm, Think, & Choose
Station 1: K-3 (clip from Inside Out about feelings & 4-5 (feelings & the brain ... scenarios
identifying feelings after looking at scenarios
K-3rd watched a clip from Inside Out; 4th & 5th learned about parts of the brain controlling emotions
Station 2: Identifying the size of the problem
Discuss our answers.
Station 3: Create your own Calming Wheel.
She can finish coloring at home!
wheel
Station 4: small groups learned how to use their calming wheel using real-iife scenarios
September's Guidance lesson:
Calming Strategies
bulletin board anchors the learning throughout the month
teaching the students how to use the Mind Jar
Click here for a Mind Jar recipe to create your own!
One will be in each teacher's calm down corner in her/his classroom.
Calming Station - exercise
Calming Station - yoga poses
Calming Station - reading
Calming Station - reading
Calming Station - writing
Calming Station - coloring
Calming Station - Happy Place guided imagery
Calming Station - Happy Place guided imagery
Calming Station - doodling/drawing
Kinder Kamp
topics of tattling and making friends
The school counselor is like Mrs. Potato Head!
Bully Beans lesson
illustrating the power of the group
skit time!
anchor posters around the school building
Kinder Kamp read aloud
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