snow day counseling  activities & REsources

Lesson One

Disappointment can be a common occurrence. This video is an excellent way to learn to help cope with stress particularly at this time. It is still important to find the good in each day! Using the Well Being Calendar below is a great activity to find the joy in each day! This an is ongoing resource we hope will be helpful!

lesson Two

Lesson One activities  provided deep- breathing exercises and ways to enhance well-being. This lesson we are focusing on strategies to handle our emotions , manage our tasks/responsibilities and help to improve our relationships within our environment. To this end, we are providing activities to help  strengthen our Time Management skills so we do not feel overwhelmed with all that we are facing.   The video about a Daily Schedule applies to schoolwork as well as time at home. We hope these suggestions will add to the many you have already been given by your teachers and parents. You got this!

Lesson Three

This lesson focuses on helping us to be patient as we face the unique challenges during this time. We all have responsibilities- for school work and tasks in the home- that have to manage. We  interact within our homes, sharing time and resources with family members. We often have to take into account others' needs and schedules, balancing them with our own.This can be challenging. It is important to find ways to  prioritize, and develop skills for patience and waiting to get our needs met without stress. These activities can help you manage some of these tasks.

 Please share your feelings with your families or us at any time. 

Lesson Four

At times, we may go through a variety of feelings on a daily basis. Sometimes we may feel worried or frustrated, or other times we feel secure and fortunate. We may experience many emotions in our interactions with our families or chats with others, as well as when we are alone in our thoughts.

It is important to manage these feelings in healthy ways

Mindfulness activities we have suggested, along with this example of a visualization is a useful strategy to help us through this process. The accompanying activity can help us find ways to stay calm and make positive choices to handle any stressors.

Relax & enjoy!

Lesson Five

This lesson we focus on managing our emotions and strengthening our Self-Control skills. These tools can help us to stay calm and use problem-solving steps when we are faced with a challenge, as we had addressed in our past counseling sessions in school.  There are times we face many unique stressors-managing our school work, feeling isolated at times, or struggling with our individual issues or interactions with others. These strategies will help us to identify our feelings, and find a path to make positive choices .problem solve, and maintain positive mental health.