Some mornings I have time to think about what I am wearing, make coffee slowly and actually finish it while it is still hot. Other mornings are very much not like that. On a normal school day, I need to get ready quickly enough that I am not turning my morning into another task list
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Getting dressed for work as a school counselor is one of those things that sounds simple until you think about what a normal school day actually involves. I might spend part of the morning at my desk, walk through the school several times before lunch, sit beside a child at a low table, join a
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Winter has a funny way of changing the rhythm of a school day. Recess moves indoors. Wet coats pile up by the door. Children spend more time sitting. Holiday events interrupt familiar routines. And somewhere between December excitement, dark afternoons, indoor recess, and the long stretch toward winter break, asking a room full of children
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A child walks into the counseling office straight from recess. Another arrives after an argument with a friend. Someone else has been quietly working at a desk for the last hour and suddenly finds themselves sitting across from an adult who asks, “So, how are you feeling today?” Those are very different arrivals, yet counseling
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Sometimes the next thing a child needs is not another instruction. They may have been sitting through a long lesson, just walked in from a noisy lunchroom, come back from recess full of energy, or arrived at the school counselor’s office still thinking about something that happened five minutes earlier. Then we ask: “Okay, sit
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This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon Associate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Some of the loveliest Christmas crafts are the ones children can actually make themselves. Not the ornament that requires an adult to carefully reposition every
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This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon Associate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. There is something wonderfully forgiving about painting Christmas ornaments with kids. The finished ornament does not need perfectly straight lines or matching colors. A snowflake
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This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon Associate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. December can be emotionally complicated for children. There may be excitement about Christmas, classroom parties, gifts, winter break, concerts, crafts, and special events. At the
Christmas ornaments can be more than decorations children make, admire for a few weeks, and pack away in January. With a small change in the prompt, an ornament can become a way to talk about a feeling, remember a moment of courage, identify someone supportive, name a coping strategy, or reflect on something a child
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This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon Associate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. There is something about December that makes a good mug feel like exactly the right gift. It is useful without being complicated. It can sit
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