The Honesty Circle

A 6-session social-emotional learning series tailored for kindergarten small groups to nurture self-worth, positive self-talk, and growth mindset through hands-on play and guided reflection.

A 30-minute first-grade foundational lesson that introduces the SMART goal framework through child-friendly vocabulary, visual icons, guided practice, and an interactive goal-setting activity.

A picture-based desk self-regulation poster designed for non-reading elementary students, featuring large visual strategy cards, color-coded emotion cues, and minimal text to encourage independent refocusing.

An 8-week foundational habits and social-emotional learning unit designed for first graders. Students master key routines including whole-body listening, fast direction following, hand raising, tool care, resilience, kindness, asking for help, and superstar citizenship in daily 15-20 minute sessions.

A 30-minute kindergarten school counseling lesson introducing problem sizes (small, medium, big) and matching reaction scales using Leader in Me Habits 1, 2, and 3 through a playful detective lens.

A complete step-by-step teacher facilitation guide and verbatim script for delivering the 30-minute first-grade SMART goal lesson, including kinesthetic cues, think-alouds, and misconception fixes.

A six-week kindergarten emotional regulation lunch bunch sequence. Students learn to identify emotions, notice body clues, use sensory breathing, build coping toolkits, resolve friendship bumps, and celebrate self-regulation growth.

A targeted social-emotional counseling lesson that teaches students to recognize protesting—verbal pushback such as arguing, complaining, and saying no—as behavior that pushes away rules and requests. Students practice sorting phrase cards and responding to auditory scenarios with signal cards to master calm, cooperative communication.

A first-grade student worksheet featuring structured sentence starters, count selectors, an illustrative drawing frame, and a partner high-five checklist to draft a classroom SMART goal.

A targeted 5-part executive functioning sequence for 2nd graders to master impulse control, active listening, and following multi-step directions. Students progress from physical self-stopping strategies to verbal rehearsal and independent classroom task execution.

An elementary social-emotional learning lesson for Kindergarten through 4th grade teaching students how to take ownership of their feelings. Students discover that while all feelings are okay, they are in the driver's seat of their actions, exploring how their choices affect their body, their classmates, and classroom learning.

A classroom anchor chart and reference poster featuring child-friendly icons, simple explanations, and concrete first-grade examples for each letter of the SMART acronym.