5 key reasons to teach students to analyze differing perspectives with FREE printable and digital graphic organizer.
Looking for a perspective taking activity? Try this simple activity for teaching perspective taking skills to kids
Sometimes what we think is a parental discipline issue is really a perspective issue. Use these 4 questions to determine how to approach the next discipline issue in your home.
5 key reasons to teach students to analyze differing perspectives with FREE printable and digital graphic organizer.
Create a "Perspective Cube" and teach your students about perspectives and empathy.
I’m realizing ‘quirky’ aspects of my personality may be related to my illness.
Restorative practices are an effective way to improve class and school culture, decrease negative behaviors, and develop successful citizens of the school and world. These tools help you implement the practices in a developmentally appropriate way for elementary students! Restorative circles are one important component of restorative practices. In circles, power and responsibility are […]
I’m realizing ‘quirky’ aspects of my personality may be related to my illness.
Perspective taking activities, games, and printables for kids and teens
When teaching first person point of view, there are many ways to engage students. Task Cards are a hands-on way to increase engagement.
We all have students who want to control everything! Use this simple activity to help students visualize what they can and cannot control in individual counseling or small group counseling.
A list of Zones of Regulation activities and printables for school-age children to help reinforce the Zones curriculum.
Use this free growth mindset for kids printable book to encourage your kddos to keep tyring new things. It's full of easy to try growth mindset activities!
Check out this perspective taking lesson I did for a classroom guidance activity with 5th graders! Use it in classroom counseling or small group counseling.
Use these social skills visual posters to teach, discuss, and practice social skills in the classroom! They include 9 unique posters with a total of over 80 social skills. Each poster highlights a different area of social skills, including basic skills, empathy and perspective-taking, academic skills, conversation skills, friendship skills, emotions, and decision-making skills. These posters are a fun way to integrate social skills and SEL in the classroom! Additional posters are included with several of the skills put together in one large poster. They highlight: Social Skills Kids Need Social Skills We All Need Social Skills We Are Building How Can I Use Social Skill Visual Posters? You can use these social skills posters in multiple ways to integrate social skills into the classroom. Here are some simple suggestions: Post these visuals around the classroom or school to provide reminders about critical social skills. Create a social skills bulletin board. Post one poster a week or month, highlighting each of the skills throughout that time period. Use the black/white version as a coloring book as you discuss each skill. Skills Targeted: Basic Skills: following directions, using manners, having a positive attitude, working with others, good hygiene, using polite words, taking turns, greetings, waiting and having patience, being a good sport, listening to others, understanding personal space Academic Skills: paying attention, starting tasks independently, taking pride in work, participating, asking for help, cooperating and collaborating, accepting criticism, self-advocating, staying organized, persevering through challenges, avoiding and ignoring distractions, presenting and speaking in front of others Conversation Skills: introductions and greetings, starting a conversation, expressing ideas and feelings, giving compliments, using active listening skills, taking turns in conversation, showing interest in others, noticing others' social cues, thinking before speaking, staying on topic, finding similar interests, leaving a conversation Friendship Skills: expressing ideas, feelings, and thoughts, getting along with others, showing interest in others, keeping social boundaries, disagreeing respectfully, compromising, sharing, bringing out the positive in others, apologizing, repairing relationships, resisting negative peer influence, showing empathy Empathy & Perspective-Taking Skills: thinking about others' feelings, reading social cues, seeing someone else's perspective, staying open-minded, helping others in need, treating others with kindness, appreciating differences, using flexible thinking, showing empathy, thinking before speaking or acting, accepting different opinions, solving conflicts with perspective-taking Emotional Skills: being self-aware, self-regulating emotions, labeling different emotions, expressing feelings, using coping strategies, dealing with disappointments, dealing with worries, using positive self-talk, staying calm in times of stress, adapting to change, dealing with anger and frustration, being resilient Decision-making Skills: understanding choices, using self-control, seeing how actions impact others, brainstorming solutions, developing healthy habits, taking responsibility, considering consequences, weighing options, admitting mistakes, being reflective, accepting consequences Digital Version A digital version for Google Slides is now included! This means you can use these posters to highlight social skills digitally with your students through Google Classroom or other digital means. Yearlong SEL Yearlong Curriculum If you are looking to integrate social emotional skills into the classroom, consider this Social Emotional Learning Yearlong Curriculum! It is filled with specific lesson plans, activities, projects, task cards, discussion starters, and more for a year of social emotional learning. Follow Me! { Click here to follow my store! } Tips for Customers: If you have questions, please contact me through Q & A and I'll get back to you as soon as I can! Please consider leaving feedback on this resource to receive TpT credits! I always strive for 5 stars and love hearing your feedback. Follow my store for notifications about new resources and freebies. Terms of Use: © Pathway 2 Success. One license is for the classroom/personal use for one educator and their students. Materials may not be shared with other educators without the purchase of extra licenses. Materials may not be posted on the Internet where they can be publicly accessed. Personal and classroom use only. Please see full terms of use for more information. Disclaimer: These resources are for supplementary support/education purposes and are not a replacement for education or other necessary supports. Educators, parents, and others who utilize these materials are encouraged to seek out additional support, as needed.
Are you searching for ways to make being kind a concrete concept? Nine TpT Sellers and bloggers got together to provide FREE materials to help!
Social stories are great tools for teaching students what to expect in a given situation. This social story focuses on being first in line. It will teach students that they cannot always be first and that it is okay. Social stories should be read frequently and especially leading up to the time wh...
Recently I had a conversation with a friend who was upset about some directional shifts and looming job shuffles swirling around their company. As I listened to the lament, I recognized the fact that they were focusing on the symptoms of the issue. All of his reactions and proposed courses of action in response to
Woman’s viral thread perfectly breaks down how grieving feels over time.
Our Self-Regulation Coping Skills Bundle is jam-packed with effective and fun calming tools for kids! Students learn and practice emotional regulation skills to deal with uncomfortable feelings, getting them ready to learn and get along with others. In other words, the strategies will be a game-changer for your classroom management! Increases Student Engagement & Buy-In The strong visual supports are great for differentiated instruction and a wide range of learners. Not only do the tools look "interesting," "pretty" or "cool", the visual emphasis helps young people better communicate, remember, and "get it". Save Money Save 30% with this bundle, compared with purchasing each self-regulation resource individually! To see more, click on the VIEW PREVIEW button above! Ways to Use these Coping Skills Resources ➜ Classroom Calm Corner, Peace Area, or Take A Break Station ➜ SEL Curriculum ➜ Classroom guidance lessons ➜ Small Group Activities ➜ Therapeutic Intervention & Assessment ➜Counseling Office and Classroom Decor What's Included? (Click on the PREVIEW above to get a good look of each resource!) Self-Regulation Strategies for School Calm Down Corner 50 Kids Coping Tools Coping Skills Game Show Lesson Self-Regulation Name Plates Coping Tools Card Game Coping Skills for the Classroom Fortune Tellers Coping Skills BINGO Worry Boxes Kit Feelings & Coping Skills Games Self-Management Journal FREE BONUS: Digital Calm Corner Why Teach & Practice Healthy Coping Skills? Life can get really tough. So it's important to help young people -and ourselves too- to cultivate tools and tricks that can support us to get through the hard stuff of living, to relate to uncomfortable feelings with self-compassion and to practice skills that can help us to feel calmer and more relaxed. This is where using healthy coping strategies come into play. Healthy coping skills will not get necessarily get rid of the challenging, stressful situations (especially those we don't have control over), but they can help us to make better, more empowering choices and move aside some of the confusion, chaos, blahs & crazies so that we can better see the silver lining, cup-is-half-full perspectives and possibilities. Moreover, using healthy coping strategies can help us build our strengths and resiliences and are a means to take good, kind-care of ourselves. ___________________________________ Learn about sales, freebies & new resources (that are always 50% off the first 48 hours!): Follow WholeHearted School Counseling™ on TPT Join our Newsletter Follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter ___________________________________ Earn TPT credit to Use on Future Purchases: Visit your My Purchases page. Click on the Provide Feedback button for any Paid Resources. Leave a short comment and rating. ___________________________________ Need Help With Your Files? Visit the FAQs section Contact TpT Tech Support and submit a help ticket Ask WholeHearted School Counseling™ a question via the Q& A tab ___________________________________ Terms of Use This resource was created by WholeHearted School Counseling™, all rights reserved. When you purchase a license, it may be used for your personal single classroom, counseling office, or home use only. If you would like to share this product with other teachers, counselors, staff, or administration, please either refer them to WholeHearted School Counseling's™ store or purchase an additional license for each adult use. You can read more details about copyright and terms of use here. Thank you for respecting the Copyright and Terms of Use boundaries. Take good, kind care of yourself. ❤️
When kids talk back, the way we respond makes a difference. Here are some wise words for the next time your children talk back.
