March

This month's character trait is Self-Control. In Elementary, this month's classroom character lesson focus on courage and creativity.

Courage is choosing what is helpful, right, and kind even when it is hard or scary. Creativity is using your imagination to create something new or solve a problem. When we make sure we are courageously doing what is right and use our creative problem solving skills , we are using self control!

Questions to help facilitate character ed.

conversations this month:

What does it mean to have self-control?
How can we show courage in our community?
How can we be creative thinkers?
How do we show self-control at school? at home?

Monthly Challenge:

This month I encourage you to practice character ed at home through a game of emotion charades. Get Creative with expressing your emotions through a game of emotion charades! Gather as a family and brainstorm some emotion words. Write them on slips of paper and turn them facedown. Then, take turns choosing a slip of paper and acting out the emotion (assist with reading as needed). Other family members will guess the emotion that is being acted out. After each person’s turn, take a moment to talk about what we may need when experiencing these emotions to help us have self-control when our emotions take over.

Books to help facilitate conversations this month:

For even more practice!:

Following directions can be challenging for young students! An important way we will practice Courage and Self Control in the younger grades is by learning to follow directions. Whole Body Listening is foundational for following directions. When we listen with our whole selves, following directions (and practicing Courage) becomes much easier! Practice these steps at home!

Steps for Whole Body Listening:

1. Eyes are watching (point to your eyes)

2. Ears are listening (cup your ears)

3. Brain is focused (point to your brain)

4. Heart is caring (put your hand on your heart)

Strategies for Following Directions:

1. Pay attention to directions with Whole Body Listening

2. Ask questions if you are confused

3. Do what you are asked to do the first time

This month's counseling focus is on career readiness!

This month in classroom lessons we are talking about career readiness- we start building our skills and interests from a very young age, so starting to explore the various pathways out here early is important for students to be prepared for after their K-12 education.

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