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 …
Need some resources for teaching mindfulness for your student? Want some ideas to encourage self-care for your staff? Below are some resources! There are lesson ideas and video clips listed that I hope will be useful. Shout out to the counselors of Irving, TX who I’ll be joining in a few weeks to do a Read More …
I was prepping for lessons this week … and I realized these lessons didn’t have games embedded in my plans. Well, I fixed that real quick and immediately increased student engagement. Games are great for lessons and groups of course. I’ve always used games in teaching the “Power of Yet” in Mindset Matters, but the Read More …
I realize that although I use this space to share with others, I also use it as a digital portfolio of sorts. There are times when I can’t find a lesson, but I know it’s on my blog, so I search here. So, I’ll use this post as a way to share with you (and Read More …
I created a new lesson for my first one of the year. I did this lesson with 3rd grade, but I’d say you can adapt K-5. This is a great lesson for inclusion, fitting in, class dynamics, teamwork, and being true to yourself. Could be used for start of year, end of year… or anytime Read More …
ASCA 2022 in Austin, TX…. here we come! (Or depending on when you read this, here we are). This session will have lots of practical ideas of how to teach growth mindset AND have a growth mindset as we enter a new normal again. and again. and again. The world is moving fast and I Read More …
If you can find enough lego to use, you have an engaging classrom or group lesson for every grade level (K-5… maybe even middle school). I have been doing this lesson for my end-of-year lesson in 2nd grade this week and I’m bringing it to 4th grade next week. Of course, for noise control… you Read More …
I love teaching my lessons in counseling centers. While many of my centers are growth mindset mini-lessons using my curriculum Mindset Matters, some centers about totally different topics. In fact, you could do centers on any subject. I had lots of questions on Instagram about how I implement these… so here are some details. Below Read More …
After 2 years of not having Live Career Days…. we’re baaaaaaaaack. We have a Career Day for K-3 in the form of Careers on Wheels and for Grades 4-5, we do a College/Career Fair and College Day. Leading up to our events we do Career Exploration lessons. This week I’m in grades K-2, so here Read More …
Need a new growth mindset lesson for K-3? Growth Mindset Ninja by Mary Nhin is a great book to introduce the power of yet and I found a great craft to go with it. I used it this year in 2nd grade but this can be a K-3 activity. The book is short and sweet Read More …
