Try 3 Then Me

Banners - Medium by Vistaprint

In an effort to encourage our students to try some strategies to solve friendship issues during recess my AP and I came up with an idea to display a banner on the fence of our playground.  I can't wait to report back and share how it goes :)

Finally ... Made Some Calming Jars

I've decided to be a bit quicker about making my counseling crafts when I discover them.  It started with these calming jars.  I started with one, got a little glitter happy, and ended up with three.  It turns out if you add a ton of glitter to one, it might just be too much :)  So a little back and forth, some hot water, and voila!  Can't wait to bring these to school on Tuesday (yay President's Day).

If you have some cool counseling craft ideas I would love to hear about them!

The School Counselor's Chronicle: Bloglovin!

Check this out!  Very Cool!

The School Counselor's Chronicle: Bloglovin!: My bookmark toolbar is so over crowded its become quite the chore to click through all the blogs I read looking for updates. This predicamen...

Another Great Idea from Awesome School Counselors

Coral Canyon Elementary School Counseling: National School Counseling Week Link Party: The first week in February has been declared National School Counseling Week and it's a great opportunity for School Counselors everywher...

National School Counseling Week Link Party!

Woo-Hoo!  I'm so excited that it is National School Counseling Week.  My single favorite week of the year.  Here at I (Heart) School Counseling I love to advocate for our profession.  There are so many wonderful school counselors out there I can't think of a greater profession to give props to :)

This year, my second year as a professional school counselor, I am continuing my efforts last year by going on the morning news every day (hopefully not over the top) and reading a version of the wonderful words put forth by the American School Counseling Association.  (If you're interested get them here down at the bottom of the page).  In addition, I want our staff to know just how much I value them and they make my counseling program possible.  And, since it is the month of love, I'm going to make a version of this super cool idea I found on Pinterest.  Check it out here!  I haven't come up with my notecard idea to put them on, but it will most definitely have to do with love.

A shout-out to jyj counselor for reposting Danielle aka schcounselor.com for this amazing idea.

WOW! This is exciting!!

The intent of this blog was to compile cool ideas and links to great resources!  Somehow I made it a list of amazing counseling sites/blogs (the description is slightly off, but the publicity is nice).  Such an honor, especially since I am quite new to blogging (and counseling too)!  Just wanted to send out a BIG thanks to anyone who has viewed this blog!!!  Check it out ... there are 100 sites on this link and so many are amazing!!!!

http://www.mastersincounseling.org/counseling-sites.html

My New Favorite Thing

As the new school year is in full swing, and referrals are beginning to make their way in, I wanted to come up with a cool way to help kids (immediately) with all of those useful strategies that we teach day-in and day-out.  Since I can't see every student right away, for those who just need some reminders of strategies I created these "Be A Gecko Problem-Solver" cards.  I heart these cards!  On the back of the card are 11 strategies kids can try to solve their problem.  There is also a reminder at the bottom to seek an adult if their is a safety concern, otherwise the good-ole standby of "try three before me" can be used.  They just arrived.  I think I will give one to each teacher to put in the classroom.  What do you guys think?