Gentle Hearts Facilitator Guide

Counselor Planning Toolkit containing a K-12 annual pacing calendar, school-wide Career Day implementation action plan, and a printable Career Day Student Passport.

A comprehensive K-12 career exploration curriculum map linking school subjects to college, trade school, and workforce pathways. Spans elementary, middle, and high school grade bands with specific learning targets, activities, and developmental milestones.

A set of 4 vibrant, high-contrast classroom wall posters designed for elementary students. Includes step-by-step visual guides for asking permission to use the bathroom, borrow materials, and touch items in the classroom, paired with clear text scripts and support icons.

A comprehensive, single-page teacher facilitation guide for the 'Little Peacemakers' lesson. It includes circle time scripts, roleplay scenarios for PreK-K classrooms, and practical tips on how to introduce the 'Calm Down Castle' and 'Peace Path' anchor charts.

A highly visual, single-page conflict resolution anchor chart titled 'The Peace Path' for PreK-K classrooms. It features 4 simple, sequential steps to solve peer conflict peacefully: Stop & Cool, Talk & Feel, Listen, and Solve It, styled with friendly visual icons and colored blocks.

A highly visual, color-coded, single-page self-regulation anchor chart titled 'Calm Down Castle' for PreK-K classrooms. It features 3 simple visual steps: Stop & Breathe, Name the Feeling, and Choose a Calm Tool, decorated with friendly, engaging icons and bold text.

A practical step-by-step implementation guide for teachers, featuring classroom station setup instructions, child-friendly dialogue scripts, and a ready-to-use skill assessment checklist.

Hands-on task cards and practice guides for the shoe-tying and bottle-opening stations, featuring step-by-step visual sequences.

A printable set of days, months, and seasons cards that young students can cut out, color, sort, and sequence to build strong calendar awareness.

Playful personal information practice mats where young students can write and practice their parents' names, phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays on clear, structured templates.

A printable set of 8 garden-themed 'Transition Talk' discussion cards for partner sharing. Each card includes a child-friendly reflection prompt, a charming color-coded garden icon, and dotted scissors lines for easy cutting.

An interactive, student-facing printable drawing worksheet. Features a curated 'My Mind Garden' graphic canvas with dedicated sections for roots (skills learned), blossoms (achievements), and sky (feelings about next year), with a primary writing line at the bottom.

A highly engaging, visual 5-slide presentation designed for class instruction. It introduces the garden metaphor, validates feelings about changing grades, guides the drawing activity, and models the breathing ritual.

A comprehensive, teacher-facing 2-page lesson plan for 'Growing Mind Garden'. It outlines a 45-minute lesson structure with step-by-step instructions, discussion prompts, classroom setup tips, and differentiation options for K-2 students.

A 2-page, professionally designed teacher lesson plan and facilitation guide that provides a materials checklist, ASCA alignment, interactive facilitation scripts, adaptation tips, and debrief prompts for delivering the lesson.

A hands-on, 2-page printable activity where K-5 students create a physical paper 'Pocket Toolbox of Calm'. Page 1 serves as the background board with a 'Happy Place' drawing space. Page 2 provides the foldable pocket cover and 6 coping cards (4 pre-populated, 2 blank) to color, cut, and slide inside.

A vibrant, colorful 16:9 slide presentation for interactive classroom instruction. It teaches K-5 students the concept of coping mechanisms, demonstrates ocean breathing and sensory grounding, and guides them in building their own Summer Calm Toolbox.

A student-facing sensory warm-up worksheet featuring a summer-themed 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise and an interactive breathing trace tool to help K-5 students focus and regulate before the lesson.

A daily parent-communication slip designed to be cut in half, allowing teachers to share a student's emotional regulation success, coping strategies used, and a positive highlight of the school day.

A teacher data logging sheet to monitor student emotional states at key intervals during the school day. Helps track triggers, measure self-regulation success, and note effective coping strategies.

A clean, teacher-facing facilitation guide outlining a mini introductory lesson to teach a student how to use the Daily Zone Mat and Coping Strategy Menu. Includes scripts and supportive verbal cues.

A kid-friendly visual choice board presenting three actionable, evidence-based coping skills for each of the four emotional zones.