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- K-2
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- Kindergarten
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K-2 LessonsEvery Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade class receives monthly counseling lessons. These lessons are typically 45 minutes and cover developmentally appropriate topics to support social-emotional growth, academic success and career readiness for all students.
Every lesson is aligned with Mindsets and Behavior Standards created by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) as well as Social Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies and North Carolina Guidance Essential Standards (NCGES). September LessonsKindergarten
Meet their School Counselor & Whole Body Listening Kindergarten will meet their School Counselor, Mrs. Armstrong and learn that she is a trusted adult at school who listens, cares, and teaches the Kindergarten counseling lessons. We will also learn about Whole Body Listening and read "Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen." The book is about a rabbit who experiences all kinds of problems by not practicing listening with his whole body...his ears, his eyes, his mouth, his body, and his brain. Students will practice WBL through a fun game of CLAP-DOWN...SNAP-UP! 1st Grade First grade classes will meet with their School Counselor, Mrs. Armstrong and learn that she is a trusted adult at school who listens, cares, and teaches the Kindergarten counseling lessons. Students will also review the Zones of Regulation which they learned about in Kindergarten. The Zones of Regulation are 4 zones or colors that help describe how we are feeling...GREEN is happy and ready-to-learn, BLUE might be sad, sick, bored or moving slowly, YELLOW might be silly, anxious, worried, frustrated, or starting to lose-control, and RED is angry, furious and out-of-control. We will also review strategies to manage emotions no matter zone students are experiencing. 2nd Grade Second grade classes will meet their School Counselor, Mrs. Armstrong and learn that she is a trusted adult at school who listens, cares, and teaches the Kindergarten counseling lessons. We will also review the 12 Peace Club small problem solving strategies students learned in 1st grade: ignore, walk away, talk it out, apologize, forgive, share and take turns, go to another game, stick with friends, say “please stop”, wait and cool off, use your coping strategies, make a deal. We will also review that students should try 3 strategies before they ask a trusted adult for help - “Try 3, then ask me”. Tips for Home: Ask your child who their school counselor is! I invite you to read "Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen" with your child by clicking on the link wedolisten.org October Lessons
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