Thanks for stopping by my school counseling blog! You can keep up to date with what is going on in Guidance at Midway here. I will try to update with pictures of kiddos working on projects in counselor here on the home page but don't forget to check out the other tabs as well!

Let me fill you in on what has been going on so far this year!

Kindergarten:
In Kindergarten this year I not only get to work with kids in their classroom for "Counselor" but I also divided them up into smaller groups (with the help of their teachers) to work on positive school behaviors and making and keeping friends. We call these our Star Student Groups and so far the kids are having a blast!

In the classroom in K we have learned about what school counselors do, how to make and keep friends, identifying feelings, and self-esteem. This past week we read I Want Your Moo about a Turkey with low self-esteem. The wise owl helped her to like herself again so we made owls to remind us to love ourselves for who we are!

In first grade we have covered the same topics and last week we made self-esteem quilts!

In Second Grade we read A Bad Case of Stripes and made "I am a gift" boxes in Mrs. Roop's class (and decided they took WAY TOO LONG) so we made a self-esteem quilt in Mrs. Cunningham's class;)

In Mrs. Lenz's fifth grade class we watched a video called There is No One Quite Like You or Me and discovered we are all unique. The children then wrote poems about themselves. The first and last name has been blocked for privacy purposes:)

This week we are moving on to talking about Bullying!