A Note from Your School Counselor!

Hello Boys and Girls!

I am your school counselor.  A counselor is someone who can help you when you feel worried, sad, confused, angry, or loney.  In my room, you can:

...talk about things that are important to you.

...play games to help you learn about yourself and others.

...talk with other children.

...just sit and think. 

September Guidance

This month, we are focusing on feelings.  Resilient children are able to understand and communicate feelings found in their selves and in others.  Their academic success, classroom productivity, teacher relationships, and behavior problems are all affected by their ability to control their emotions.  Students are able to become more focused students who are able to complete school tasks and develop more positive relationships.  They also display fewer behavior problems.  Children who are in control of their emotions are PROACTIVE by being in charge of their emotional reactions to situations.

 Kindergarten and first grade classes will learn to identify feelings such as:

Frustrated

Embarassed

Sad

Mad

Nervous

Happy

Proud

Scared

Loved

Lonely

We will talk about different situations where these feelings may surface, as well as identify times where students have felt these emotions.  We are reading, "Glad Monster, Sad Monster" by Ed Emberly and Anne Miranda. 

Second and Third Grades will also be reviewing feelings, but with an extension on ways to control emotions by changing their thinking.  Any situation can be looked at through two different frames:  Positive Frame and Negative Frame.  We will be reading, "The Boy Who Didn't Want to Be Sad" by Rob Goldblatt.

Students will be sent home with a feelings chart titled, "This is how I feel today!" You may want to hang it on your refrigerator and have a conversation with your child about how he/she feels.  Talking about feelings builds relationships.