Elementary School Counseling

Whether it’s a toy-related conflict, a tough math equation, or negative peer pressure, kids of ALL ages face problems and challenges on a daily basis. As parents or teachers, we can’t always be there to solve every problem for our children. In fact, this isn’t OUR job. Our job is to TEACH our children how to solve problems for themselves. This way, they can become confident, independent, and successful individuals.

Download free poster and activity guide to support self-regulation and mindfulness practices.

FREE STEM Activity to Build Teamwork: The Longest Paper Chain STEM Activity (Free)

Compliment circles are one of our favorite activities and probably one of the most important things I do in my first grade classroom. They teach my students how to give and receive compliments as well as create a classroom of respect and kindness. Keep reading to see how you can transform your classroom into a compliment giving, respectful, and kind classroom. Compliment circles are something that I do in my classroom every couple of weeks. I'd love to do it weekly, and that's my goal, but…

Which fidget spinners spin the longest? Use this complete STEM Challenge to investigate fidget spinners in the classroom.

In elementary school, a large part of what I do involves talking to students about the words that they use – the words that hurt, the words that help, and all the words in between. Although we do m…

Encourage a Growth Mindset in your classroom with these FUN activity pack! This resource contains ENGAGING activities that help students understand and develop a growth mindset.Included:* Cut and paste worksheets: the students will cut the sentences at the bottom of the page and glue them in the cor...

Teach children to self-regulate, manage their emotions, develop self-control and self-esteem, and mindfulness with this SEL resource. Children will make their own calm down kit and stress ball. Teachers will facilitate the class learning and practicing yoga, brain breaks, and many other mindful strategies in the classroom.

Here's an idea for sending love into the universe without spending a lot of money! DIY Kindness Rocks

A fun self-esteem activity to help children explore all the things they love and appreciate about who they are. In this self-esteem activity, kids get to complete sentence stems to help them identify things they are good at and positive qualities they like about themselves.

Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt. Teach the coping skills of mindfulness for anxiety management and concentration.

Get your FREE printable HERE ! You and Your Anxious Child If you parent or care for an anxious child, you will NOT want to miss this post, or this book .…

Zen Kids: Elementary Small Group Counseling Curriculum training students in mindfulness from The Counselor's Corner

Growth Mindset Activity: This classroom guidance lesson introduces the concept of growth mindset by comparing two students: Fixed Freddie and Growth Gretchen. Students identify things they can't do YET and participate in a fun growth mindset demonstration using combination locks. Students create gro...

Over 100 pages of activities to help kids problem solve, understand their…

An engaging way for students to get to know their school counselor!