Guidance Lessons
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. ~Aristotle
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Guidance Lessons Scheduled for 2024-2025
(Lessons are subject to change)
August: Meet the Counselor & Understanding the counselor’s role.
September: The Zones of Regulation: Understanding our feelings and defining emotional regulation.
September: Triggers: The things that cause us to have big feelings.
October: My Incredible Talking Body: The physical signals/cues our bodies give us about our emotions.
October: The Size of the Problem: Recognizing the size of our problem and learning to match our reactions with the size of the problem.
November: The Power of our Thoughts: Recognizing the connection between out thoughts, feelings and behavior/actions.
December: Tattling vs. Reporting (K-2nd). Empathy and other people's feelings/perspective taking (3rd-5th).
January: Expected and Unexpected behaviors, and how they impact the way others feel about us (K-4th). 6th Grade Transition (5th).
February: Kindness, being a friend, and healthy friendships (All).
March: Growth Mindset (All).
April: Choices and consequences (K-2nd). Test Anxiety (3rd-5th).
May: Teamwork & Sportsmanship (K-2nd). Peer Pressure & Decision Making (3rd-5th).
It's never too early to begin teaching kids about their feelings, to recognize and name them. We want kids to know that all of their feelings are important.
You can contact me at: cchumbley@mckinneyisd.net
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