I’ll admit it – I bought The Bad Seed after seeing it on a few education instagrams, just crossing my fingers that it would live up to the hype. Spoiler alert: It does! It’s amazing. Here’s my Bad Seed review and some activities to go along with the book for you to use. This. Book. […]
The Responsive Counselor on a Podcast
After a few years of obsessively listening to all sorts of podcasts (true crime, home DIY, TED talks, etc.), I had the honor of being the first guest on a brand new school counseling podcast. Alaina of Cutting Edge School Counseling took on the challenge of hosting and I’m really excited to add it to […]
School Counseling Office Tour: Round One
I’ve been meaning to do a post about my office for five years. I procrastinated because my office was either “too messy” or, when it was clean, I realized it looked crazy blue due to the filters I put on my fluorescent lights (#excuses). So then when it got closer to time for me to […]
The Kid Trapper Personal Safety Lesson Plan
This post contains affiliate links. I really like Julia Cook’s The Kid Trapper for personal safety lessons with 4th grade and this year, I finally made a complete lesson plan to go with it, pushing beyond just the content and message of the story. The school counselors at the middle school many of my students […]
Going to a New School
This is my final year at my school – I accepted a new position for next year. To say that I am filled with feelings about it all is an understatement. A month from now I will be saying goodbye to a major chapter in my life. This change was entirely by choice, and I […]
Stand in My Shoes Lesson Plan: Redux
This post contains affiliate links. Many moons ago (4 years and 3 months to be exact), I wrote a blog post about teaching empathy with the book Stand in My Shoes and a bunch of old shoe boxes. I used it a couple more times in the classroom and then a few more times in small […]
A Day in the Life of a School Counselor
Back when I was deciding what type of grad school program I was interested in, I found it super helpful to read about what typical days looked like for different professions. A typical day for a school counselor is…anything but typical…and varies drastically depending on school and district. That said, for any aspiring school counselors […]
Snowball Fights for Sorting in School Counseling
Snowball fight is a super engaging activity to use with students of all ages. Who doesn’t enjoy crumpling up paper and throwing it?! *I know some folk are averse to using the phrase “snowball fight” because the word fight connotes violence. I get it. At the same time, my students have never become violent while […]
School Counseling Escape Room: Social Skills
Everybody is doing escape rooms these days…and I’ve jumped onto the bandwagon with enthusiasm! Even though the kids had tons of fun with the safari conversation skills lesson and safari social filter lesson, I knew they would need additional reinforcement of those skills. Because escape rooms are best for review, this was the perfect opportunity […]
