While I’ve shared before about using The Kid Trapper for my personal safety lessons with 4th grade, I forgot to ever write about what I finally landed on (and felt good about using) with my 3rd graders. The winning book for this Erin’s Law lesson: Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept (affiliate link). Before I […]
10 (more!) Classroom Management Strategies for School Counselors
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post of 10 Tips for Better Classroom Management as a School Counselor. After giving a couple PD’s on classroom management recently, I’m back with a Part 2 on classroom management for school counselors! Before I start, I have to provide a reminder that classroom management and behavior […]
Books to Teach Kids About Social Justice and Action
Social justice is a really broad concept. Teaching Tolerance broke it down by creating standards in four smaller topics that each build-up to an understanding of social justice: Identity, Diversity, Justice, and Action. I followed this model in creating guidance lessons about social justice. My book recommendations are broken into those categories as well ending with: […]
Books to Teach Kids About Stereotypes and Discrimination
This post is a part of a series: Books to Teach Kids About Social Justice Identity / Diversity / Stereotypes and Discrimination /Action Social justice is a really broad concept. Teaching Tolerance broke it down by creating standards in four smaller topics that each build-up to an understanding of social justice: Identity, Diversity, Justice, and Action. I […]
Books to Teach Kids About Diversity
This post is a part of a series: Books to Teach Kids About Social Justice Identity / Diversity / Stereotypes and Discrimination /Action Social justice is a really broad concept. Teaching Tolerance broke it down by creating standards in four smaller topics that each build-up to an understanding of social justice: Identity, Diversity, Justice, and Action. I […]
Books for Teaching Kids About Identity
This post is a part of a series: Books to Teach Kids About Social Justice Identity / Diversity / Stereotypes and Discrimination /Action If you’re reading this post, you are also a believer that books are magic. So when you want to talk to students about something challenging or deep, you reach for a book. Teaching […]
Free Resources to Promote Body Positivity in Children
I am lucky to have partnered with Dove Self-Esteem Project and Discovery Education for this post about their new amazing, free resource. All opinions are my own. I remember very vividly the first time I started feeling self-conscious about my body: I was 9, in the 4th grade, and “developing” (y’all, I hate that term). […]
6 Things to Teach Kids About Anxiety
As Dr. Dan Siegel says, we have to “Name It to Tame It”. One of our jobs as counselors is to help our students with their emotional vocabulary so they can “name it” and understand their own emotions as well! In this 20-21 school year, there are many concerns about our students being anxious. Let’s […]
Making Your School Counseling Lessons More Anti-Racist
I feel a little lucky because I think I got to know Jennifer Susko before the rest of the counseling world saw her brilliance. We met through Instagram a few years ago and I realized quickly that our school counseling styles had a lot in common. And then I learned that she’s extra smart and […]
