Starting Conversations Answer Key

A professional facilitation and implementation guide for teachers or parents, including reading prompts for the social story, common sensory misconceptions, preparation protocols for outdoor sensory walks, and an observation progress checklist.

Printable pocket-sized coping cards that students can cut out, color, and carry with them. Includes 6 distinct cards with clear visual icons and actionable coping strategies for outdoors sensory triggers and insects.

An interactive printable social story workbook designed for children with sensory sensitivities or bug fears. It tells the story of Leo, a boy learning to take brave steps outside using simple coping tools, and includes reflection questions, matching activities, and a personal coping plan page.

Printable, color-coded daily schedule cards for classroom wall or pocket chart display, featuring bold times, beautiful icons, and clean cutting lines.

A detailed, 2-page structured lesson planner and routine guide for teachers to lead the Elf Academy daily schedule, with pacing, scripts, and differentiation tips.

A simplified, 1-page hands-on daily coloring tracker and activity sheet for kindergarteners to follow their routine, trace letters, and design a custom toy blueprint.

An interactive morning meeting slide deck for kindergarteners that structures the day at Elf Academy, blending standard subjects with magical routines.

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 professional 1-page counselor facilitation guide to navigate transition sessions. Provides slide-by-slide scripts, interactive coaching strategies, coping skill prompts, and home integration tips for parents.

A print-ready 2-page passport worksheet for students to complete during counselor sessions. Features spaces for a self-portrait, personal details about their new school, and a coping mechanism checklist with interactive stamps.

An engaging 8-slide digital presentation for counseling sessions. It uses an explorer theme to walk a rising 2nd grader through transition feelings, school spaces, routines, key staff members, and personal coping skills.

Printable collection of 16 color-coded functional life skills task cards. Designed to be cut out and placed on a binder ring, each card provides a real-world social scenario, a conversational prompt, and scaffolded sentence frames.

A set of 6 printable roleplay scenario cards for K-2 students. Each card details a common classroom sharing dilemma, a roleplay challenge, and a kid-friendly reflection question, structured with dashed lines for easy cutting.

A 1-page printable turn-tracking worksheet for K-2 students. It features large, clean outlined shapes of stars and trophies that students can color or stamp to track positive behavior, alongside a checklist of friendly words and a drawing area.

A set of 2 visually engaging anchor charts designed for classroom display. Page 1 outlines the 'Golden Rules of Sharing' with friendly graphics, and Page 2 details 'The Turn-Taking Steps' to support student self-regulation and waiting skills in grades K-2.

An identical pre and post-test student worksheet featuring visual emoji scales and scenario-based multiple-choice options. It allows K-2 students to demonstrate their social-emotional growth in sharing, turn-taking, and conflict resolution using high-contrast, bias-free styling.

A comprehensive 2-page teacher-facing lesson plan outlining the 3-day Teamwork Treasures small-group intervention. It provides discrete 20-minute daily sessions with rigid timestamps, step-by-step facilitation prompts, and alignment with the CASEL competencies for grades K-2.

A colorful 4-slide K-2 presentation introducing the rules of sharing, the standard sharing script, and the sharing oath. All slide text sizes strictly meet presentation guidelines.

A highly visual, 1-page student pre- and post-test assessment for grades K-2. Features simple social situations about sharing, grabbing, waiting, and teamwork with friendly face options (Happy/Sad) for students to color or circle. Includes score-tracking and teacher-administration guidelines.

A comprehensive 2-page teacher facilitation guide for the 3-day SEL small group intervention. Includes CASEL alignments, material checklists, 20-minute daily session plans with precise minute-by-minute timestamps, and behavioral management tips for grades K-2.

A comprehensive, structured 1-page facilitation and closure guide for school counselors. Features a step-by-step session pacing plan, clinical prompts for discussing transitions/goodbyes, and strategies to support IEP students with change.

A printable 1-page takeaway resource. The top half is a rustic "Summit Certificate of Excellence" celebrating the student's growth and resilience. The bottom half is a cut-out "Pocket Coping Compass" that students can carry home to guide their summer wellness.

An interactive mountain-themed student workbook (2 pages). Page 1 guides students through a reflective climb of their progress, supports, and proudest moments this year. Page 2 helps students identify summer transition feelings, pack a custom list of summer coping tools, and set visual goals for next year.

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 visually striking, highly graphic classroom anchor chart (wall poster) contrasting negative self-talk with 'YET' statements, plus a simple explanation of how mistakes help the brain grow.

A 1-page leader script and facilitation guide designed for teachers, counselors, or facilitators running a 15-minute growth mindset Lunch & Learn session for grades 1-3. Includes pacing tips and direct speaking scripts.

Printable handheld discussion cards for student tables. Features six colorful, double-sided styled cards covering before, during, and after video discussions, plus think-pair-share prompts designed specifically for 1st-3rd grade engagement.

A bright and encouraging growth mindset reflection worksheet for grades 1-3. It features drawing space for students to illustrate their learning goals and large, guided handwriting lines for the 'YET' sentence frame.

A beautiful 6-page therapeutic workbook and anchor chart styled around a calming wave theme. It features interactive worksheets, tracing guides, emotions charts showing adaptive and normative focuses, progressive muscle relaxation exercises, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, and help-seeking sentence stems, with a dedicated second page of positive affirmations.

A cohesive 2-page growth mindset resource including Counselor Discussion Cards for Wellness Wednesday on Page 1, and a Student Exit Ticket for Thoughtful Thursday on Page 2, featuring custom TLC Gators branding.

A 2-minute growth mindset drawing and writing exit ticket for students in Grades 1-3, designed with the TLC Gators school mascot.

A printable counselor card set and guide for leading a 10-minute Wellness Wednesday discussion about the 'Superpower of Yet' with TLC Gators branding.

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.