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📚 June Book Sale!

Featured picture books are just $8 each for a limited time.

Shop now:
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#SchoolCounselor #PictureBooks

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June is packed with opportunities for meaningful conversations about safety, belonging, family, and community.

What June observance will you be recognizing this year?

#SchoolCounselor #SEL

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Good values don't just happen.

Kindness, empathy, integrity, and respect aren't learned by osmosis. They are taught, modeled, practiced, and reinforced in everyday moments.

Character doesn't develop by accident. It develops because someone decided it was worth teaching.

#SEL

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The goal isn’t to fix the feeling or rush past it.

Sometimes students need less instruction and more presence. Calm, supportive phrases help communicate: You are safe. You are not alone.

#SchoolCounselor #TraumaInformedCare #AnxietyAwareness

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#Separationanxiety can affect a child’s school day before it even begins.
30-Minute Groups: Separation Anxiety helps PK–3 students build coping skills, confidence, resilience, and independence through ready-to-use 30-minute lessons.
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#SchoolCounselor #SEL

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The pressure to make summer count is real.

After a busy school year, maybe meaningful moments look less like perfection and more like slowing down, reconnecting, and finally having room to breathe again.

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Memorial Day is more than a long weekend.

We remember and honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to others — and hold space for the families and communities still carrying that loss. 🇺🇸

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Behavior is always communication.

The anger, withdrawal, tears, and bravado are not the problem — they’re the signal. Sometimes our job is simply to stay curious long enough for the story to emerge. 💙

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Big emotions can feel overwhelming for kids. 💥

Soda Pop Head helps children recognize anger, understand triggers, and practice calming strategies before they “blow their top.”

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Some of the heaviest things we carry aren’t circumstances. They’re beliefs we absorbed and never stopped to question.

Rest does not have to be earned. Mistakes are not shameful. Discomfort does not mean something is wrong. 💜

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The feedback on this card deck has been amazing. 💙

Let’s Get Curious: Resilience & Self-Belief helps students build confidence, reflect on self-talk, and learn through conversation, scenarios, and play.

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Compassion is not the same as excusing behavior.
When we see students compassionately, we’re not lowering expectations, we’re creating space for reflection, solutions, and growth. Punishment and blame rarely create lasting change. Compassion paired with accountability often does.

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May is National Foster Care Month.

Every child deserves to feel seen, valued, and worthy of belonging. This month we honor the children, families, educators, counselors, and caregivers working to make sure no child feels invisible. 💙

#NationalFosterCareMonth #FosterCare

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Bullying can leave children feeling powerless.

Bully B.E.A.N.S. helps kids identify bullying behaviors and reminds them of the power of using their voice to stand up for themselves and others. 💚

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#BullyingPrevention #SEL

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Friendship struggles can feel overwhelming for students—but they’re also opportunities to teach lasting skills.

Explore practical strategies to help students navigate social drama and build stronger relationships.

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The words we use about students matter.

Terms like “disadvantaged,” “struggling,” and “at-risk” can unintentionally frame children as the problem instead of examining the systems surrounding them.

Language shapes perception. Perception shapes practice.

#EquityInEducation

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Motherhood is not one thing.
It can be joyful, exhausting, complicated, beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful — sometimes all at once.
To the mothers who are celebrating, grieving, hoping, healing, and simply making it through the day: your love counts. 💖
#MothersDay #Motherhood

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Instead of “good job,” try this:

Name the quality you see —
curiosity, empathy, resilience, integrity.
That’s what kids build identity around.

Which one do you notice most in your students?

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Spending more time managing friendship drama than expected?

Most students aren’t taught how to handle it.

This helps—in just 30 minutes.

What’s the hardest part at your school?

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May 7 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.

A child’s mental health shapes how they learn, connect, and see themselves.

Thank you to every educator and counselor doing this work every day.