This post contains affiliate links. This is Part 4 in my must have book series. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here! Obviously, as a school counselor, we spend a lot of time talking about feelings. There are one million gazillion trillion books out their for kiddos that have […]
Counselor’s Corner – Library Collaboration
Inspired by this article on the librarian’s role in SEL, I wanted to share about a small collaboration between our counseling department and library. In the corner of our library’s fiction section lives our “Counselor’s Corner”; a collection of books hand selected and recommended by myself and my co-counselor. Why? I love books. I […]
Miles McHale, Tattletales
This post contains affiliate links. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m picky. Really, super picky. That means it’s rare that I come across a new counseling book and think “YES I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW”…but I had that exact reaction to this new book on tattling, Miles McHale, Tattletale (Little Boost) […]
“Trouble Talk” Companion Lesson Plan
This post contains affiliate links. For my classes that needed an extra dose of gossip/rumors, I got to pull out Trudy Ludwig’s Trouble Talk. I’d been a little hesitant to use it before because all of the characters are female, but I think some of its themes apply to boys as well. In the future, […]
Baditude Lesson Plan
This post contains affiliate links. Since I’m a strong believer in the power of thought, one of the lessons for 3rd grade’s problem solving unit is on positive attitude/positive thinking. Enter: Julia Cook’s Baditude! What to Do When Life Stinks! (Responsible Me!) The kiddos were all excited to see another book with the main character Noodle from […]
“Making Friends is an Art”
Fall 2022 Note: I first read and used Making Friends Is an Art in 2017. I appreciated that the focus was mostly on what TO do versus what NOT to do. At the time, it was hard to find books like this. In this first edition of the book, the brown crayon is initially friendless and […]
Must Have Books – Anger/Frustration
This post contains affiliate links. This is Part 3 in my must have book series. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here! Part 3: Anger/Frustration Needless to say, there are a lot of books to choose from in the area of anger. Top faves, all of which also have a regulation component, are below. Anh’s […]
Gossip and Rumors Lesson
To go along with our THINK theme, I put a gossip/rumors themed lesson into 4th grade’s curriculum map. As expected, spring time has gotten these soon-to-be middle schoolers chatting about others’ business and stirring the drama pot. A couple classes in particular have been struggling with this so I decided to give them two lessons […]
Snoots Toots Game of Empathy and Manners: Review
This post contains affiliate links. With some of the money the counseling department was so excitedly given this year, we beefed up our collection of therapeutic games. Snoots Toots: A Kid’s Game of Empathy and Manners was one that had been on my wish list for awhile, given the ever present need for social skills […]
