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3 Growth Mindset Lessons For Elementary Grades

Posted onNovember 23, 2023December 3, 2023Leave a comment

As many of you know, teaching growth mindset is my jam. While I use the framework of Mindset Matters, I tweak lessons a bit each year. This year these are the 3 lessons I taught in 4th grade this year. Don’t forget to click on the links for the resources including PowerPoints and worksheets. Growth Read More …

Parent Workshops “On Demand”: An Easy Way To Increase Participation

Posted onAugust 24, 2023August 27, 2023Leave a comment

Have you ever planned a Parent Workshop and spent hours of planning only to have 3 or 4 parents attend? I have…. and it’s a bummer to invest all that energy and have a small turn out. During the pandemic, I discovered a great way to increase participation in parent workshops and post-pandemic it’s proven Read More …

MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS: Strategies for Connection and Wellness

Posted onAugust 13, 2023August 24, 2023Leave a comment

I think we can all agree that we are seeing an increase in student mental health issues in schools post-pandemic at a level that we’ve never seen before. Right? Like things we used to see once or twice a year we see every other week. Elopement, Severe Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Suicidal Ideation. And more. It Read More …

Presentation: Self-Advocacy (Teaching Kids To Be Their Own Hero)

Posted onJuly 10, 2023January 24, 2024Leave a comment

This past summer, I was honored to present at ASCA is in my hometown of Atlanta. My presentation on SELF-ADVOCACY seemed to resonate with people b/c now more than ever we need to teach our students about communication and finding a way to be heard. And we need to practice those skills too in the Read More …

Penelope Rex Lessons: We will Rock Our Classmates

Posted onApril 27, 2023August 31, 2023Leave a comment

If you don’t know Penelope Rex, you should. Thank you Ryan T. Higgins for creating these books! They are just perfect for teaching social emotional lessons with kids, and they’re SO MUCH FUN. Last year in kindergarten we read We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (practicing social skills) and this year those same kiddos learned with Read More …

Worry Stones and Other Tools For Managing Anxiety

Posted onApril 5, 2023April 6, 2023Leave a comment

To say that student anxiety and worry have increased in schools, is an understatement, right? Let’s look at some creative ways to tackle this issue and teach kids that stress and worry are natural and there are many ways to address our worries that will help us deal with life’s ups and downs in a Read More …

Creating a College/Career Fair in Elementary School

Posted onMarch 26, 2023May 21, 20232 Comments

A few years ago, I introduced a new way for our 4th/5th graders to experience Career Day in a College/Career Fair format. This format is waaayyyyy better than what we were previously doing. It’s more fun, and teachers, students, and parents love it! Setting up a Career Fair For the event, we start planning about Read More …

Top 6 Resources in My Counseling Program

Posted onMarch 17, 2023March 28, 2023Leave a comment

Affordable resources to amp up our counseling program. Read More …

Goal Setting Is Like the Domino Effect: Lesson Ideas

Posted onMarch 9, 2023March 19, 2023Leave a comment

This year when I talked about GOAL SETTING with 3rd grade, I used the metaphor of the domino effect. I did a lesson using this PPT. In this lesson, I show this video showing how a tic tac size domino is all that is needed to start the domino effect where eventually a 100 pound Read More …

Kindness Week Ideas: Coffee Sleeves & Secret Missions

Posted onFebruary 23, 2023March 13, 2023Leave a comment

This year we amped up our Kindness Week. Thank you to social media and those creative people I stole from! Here is the overview that we gave to teachers this year. Secret Missions: This was the fan favorite addition. Only teachers who wanted to do it, signed up to participate. We had about 15 classes Read More …

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