This lesson teaches K-4 students the concept of reliability by connecting digital fact-checking with personal dependability, helping them develop critical thinking and social-emotional skills.
A powerful professional development lesson for teaching assistants based on Jim Harris's eye-opening presentation "What's Wrong with Kids These Days?". This lesson shifts the perspective from diagnosing student deficits to decoding behavioral communication and building emotional safety.
A reflective end-of-year lesson for grades 3-5 that frames the school year as a mountain expedition. Students map out their achievements ('peaks') and identify the strategies and support ('tools') they used to overcome obstacles, building self-efficacy for the next grade level.
A supportive social-emotional learning lesson for K-2 students to identify sources of joy, emotional safety, and positive connections to carry into the summer break. Students create a visual 'Sunbeam Jar' to serve as a mental bridge for their well-being.
A heartwarming social-emotional learning lesson for K-2 students to identify sources of joy, emotional safety, and positive coping strategies to carry into the summer. Students explore and build a mental "sunbeam jar" filled with favorite memories, safe spaces, supportive connections, and uplifting hobbies to maintain well-being during the long break.
A heartwarming social-emotional learning lesson for K-2 students to identify sources of joy, support, and emotional safety. Students create a visual "Sunbeam Jar" filled with positive memories, hobbies, and supportive people to carry into the summer break.
A nurturing Social-Emotional Learning lesson designed for K-2 students to identify personal sources of joy, support, and emotional safety. By creating a physical or visual 'Sunbeam Jar', children build a portable mental bridge to carry their well-being and positive connections confidently into the summer break.
A comprehensive preparation toolkit for Career Day, equipping both guest speakers and student interviewers with structured guides, question banks, and evaluation rubrics to ensure engaging and meaningful professional dialogues.
A heartwarming social-emotional learning lesson for grades K-2, exploring how simple acts of kindness ripple outward to create a positive school community during the final weeks of the school year.
A high-energy, collaborative building challenge where student teams design and construct towers under shifting constraints. This lesson is specifically engineered to target active communication, resilience when faced with unexpected roadblocks, and group decision-making.
A high-impact digital citizenship project lesson where students become 'Web Guardians' to design PSAs addressing digital footprints, screen time self-regulation, and online empathy. Includes interactive presentation slides, detailed teacher guides, a project menu choice board, visual tip-sheets, and scaffolded planning templates for posters and videos.
A complete printable board game kit for kindergarten and first-grade students, designed to teach the 'Size of the Problem' emotional regulation concept through an engaging animal rescue theme. Includes a visual anchor chart, printable board, scenario cards, and a comprehensive facilitator guide.
An introductory financial literacy lesson exploring systemic opportunity, critical vocabulary, basic calculations, and personalized future mapping. Includes a student-facing comprehensive work packet and an in-depth teacher discussion guide and answer key.
A cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused counseling lesson tailored for a 4th-grade boy struggling with anger and peer conflicts (particularly with girls). It reframes emotional self-regulation and social collaboration as the ultimate indicators of status and power, using a high-engagement retro video game theme.
A transition lesson for rising first graders focusing on self-regulation, coping with common classroom triggers, and building healthy friendships. Includes a slide presentation with visual social stories and printable visual communication cards for non-verbal calming support.
A lunch group board game curriculum for 2nd-grade girls designed to build social-emotional skills like empathy, active listening, kindness, and inclusion. Includes a printable game board, scenario-based prompt cards, and a counselor facilitator guide with paper dice and tokens.
An engaging, end-of-year counseling session for K-2 students. Focuses on equipping young learners with self-regulation tools and self-esteem boosters as they transition to the summer break.
The second week of Body Captain Academy focuses on 'dropping the anchor'—learning how to pause and take a deep breath when the engine runs too hot. Students practice physical grounding techniques to keep their ship steady during emotional storms.
A transition-focused counseling lesson for 5th-grade students preparing for the major shift to middle school, centering on identifying core supportive networks, framing complex feelings about change, and building a self-care anchor.
A developmental counseling lesson for 3rd-grade students focused on identifying personal strengths, tracking school year progress, and building a customizable summer coping suitcase to manage big feelings.
A supportive counseling session tailored for 1st-grade students to celebrate their visible emotional and social growth this year, introduce interactive 'Ocean Breathing' coping techniques, and capture their accomplishments in a highly visual, low-color printable keepsake.
A social-emotional strength inventory lesson designed specifically for middle school gifted students. Using a cartography and exploration theme, students identify, analyze, and map their unique cognitive, creative, and emotional strengths while addressing gifted-specific traits like asynchronous development and overexcitabilities.
A comprehensive professional development module on self-care and time management designed specifically for school-based staff. This lesson includes an interactive 11-slide presentation and a multi-page reflective companion workbook featuring role-play activities and micro-coping skills.
A high-energy, 20-minute small-group lesson for fourth graders focused on identifying negative self-talk and practicing the 'Catch and Flip' technique to build resilience and positive mindsets.
This session focuses on self-advocacy and seeking support. Students learn to recognize when to speak up for their physical and learning needs (trail signals) and identify trusted individuals who can help them navigate challenges (trail guides).
This session teaches students the science of self-regulation and reflection by studying 'reaction control' (thinking before acting). Students explore chemical-themed cooling strategies and reflect on their personal progress over the past school year.
A therapeutic lesson package designed for counselors working with 14-year-old girls struggling with self-sabotage. It includes a structured telehealth counselor guide and a highly aesthetic, Gen Z-friendly reflection workbook focusing on negative self-talk, canceling plans, and negativity bias.
Establish shared protocols and expectations for professional communication, calendar management, and focus boundaries in a collaborative team environment.
A self-control lesson for 3rd graders that introduces 'Fast Forward' as a mental remote control button. Students learn to pause, mentally fast-forward to visualize the consequences of their impulses, and choose better paths before acting.
A comprehensive training lesson designed to teach middle/high school students and social work interns how to navigate emotionally charged, difficult conversations using empathetic listening and structured communication frameworks.
A high-energy, 15-minute introductory lesson for 2nd graders to discover what makes a community kind and respectful. Students will brainstorm and commit to their own Classroom Promises to build a super-powered kind classroom.