Staying Relevant While Remaining Resilient: Opening Session VSCA
Here is an overview and some links from Lisa King’s opening session at VSCA 2026 Read More …
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K-2 Lessons: Movement, Music, Props and Structure
A counselor friend recently asked me for some fun movement ideas to add to her kindergarten lessons to help keep her students engaged. While these simple activities are absolute “must-dos” for the little ones, they can easily be used across any elementary grade! Here are a few quick ideas to get those wiggles out and Read More …
Worry Monster: A Coping Skills Craft
This is a fun and interactive Worry Monster/Coping skills lesson with a PPT to guide you through this fun craft. Teach students self-regulations skills and send home “not-a-worksheet” that parents are sure to see and …. poof…. a home discussion ensues. The poem on the card says: “Whisper your worries in the monster’s ear. It gobbles Read More …
Stop, Walk, and Talk: New Worksheets and Songs to Support
Worksheets: There are many bully prevention programs for elementary schools that include the steps of Stop, Walk, and Talk. To increase student engagement in these lessons, I created some worksheets to supplement the curriculum. Word Searches, I-Spy, Word Scrambles and Color By Keywords are available. Here is a link to get the word puzzles. Songs: Read More …
Back to School Ideas For Counselors (Coloring Booklet template included)
The “Back-to-School” season is upon us and after a well-deserved and much needed summer recharge, I’m ready to be back. This post will be filled with random things that hopefully will be helpful for some fresh ideas for the start of school. Idea #1 “Who is Your Counselor” Coloring Booklet Just print this out back Read More …
Ideas for Teaching Erin’s Law
Erin’s Law requires that all public schools in each participating state to implement a prevention-oriented child sexual abuse program. 38 states have passed this law that requires students in preK – 12th grade to be taught age-appropriate techniques to recognize child sexual abuse and tell a trusted adult. All districts have different curricula they use, but Read More …
Bilingual Buddies: A Mentoring Program
Bilingual Buddies is a peer mentoring program I started at my school to help our ESOL students who enter school speaking limited or no English. I know you have these students too, and it has to be a scary experience for these little ones. This program was born to increase their level of comfort and Read More …
Best Songs/Music For Elementary Brain Breaks and Student Engagement
As you know, we need to pull out ALL of the student engagement tricks. Turn it up a notch by using songs in your lessons or brain breaks? Freeze dance, follow the leader, & sing and dance with them (even if you are tone deaf… like me). Here is a list I know that I Read More …
Lessons with Penelope Rex: We will Rock Our Classmates
If you don’t do lessons with 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 Read More …
Top 6 Resources in My Counseling Program
Affordable resources to amp up our counseling program. Read More …