Middle school guidance lessons

Are you a new middle school counselor? A school counseling student thinking about what level might be best for you? Or maybe you're a seasoned vet beginning to feel a little burnt out? Read on for the top 5 reasons to fall in love with middle school counseling!

This is friendship activity for middle school and upper elementary counseling and relationship building. Students learn the difference between true friends and toxic friendships. There is a reading and scenarios for students to determine if the friendships are true or toxic.

Get your students moving during counseling lessons! Maximize engagement with hands-on movement based counseling activities for retention and student buy-in.

Middle school minds are truly a work in progress. Kids and teens in middle school need extra support learning and applying social-emotional skills every step of the way. Learn how to use strategies and techniques to build SEL skills with your learners that are fun, engaging, and meaningful.

30 youtube videos for elementary school counselors to use during class lessons.

Teaching your students about having a Growth Mindset? Check out this great lesson! Musings from the Middle School: #BestFirstWeekEver

First Semester School Counseling Lesson Wrap Up: My 1st Semester of school counseling lessons and activities. This post explains what I did in my building before, during, and at the end of the first semester. Keep reading to find out more about each of my lessons and activities! #schoolcounseling #schoolcounselor #schoolcounselinglessons

Quick, fun, no-prep SEL lesson activities that are perfect for before and after breaks or any time you need an extra fun guidance lesson

Excellent and effective comprehensive school counseling programs aren’t a list of specific lessons or activities or celebrations, though. Great counseling programs meet the needs of their students. This means they look different. Your students can develop socially and emotionally and academically and behaviorally as a result of your work even if you don’t check off all of the boxes created by others.

Help students develop self-awareness by incorporating lessons that target social emotional learning in the classroom. Find ideas and lessons for addressing SEL along with actionable ideas for helping develop social emotional learning in upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

Building relationships with your grade 4 5 6 students should be your number one priority for a productive and engaging back to school class.

Sometimes your last school counseling lesson of the year comes so close to the end, that it doesn't seem helpful to teach a new social emotional skill. Or

Picture this...you’re 11-years-old and have been happy as a clam at your elementary school for as long as you can remember. But, your small, safe world is

Promoting self-esteem in the classroom can be beneficial for all students, especially the period in which preteens and teens experience their most formative years. Here's what you can do in the classroom to help your middle school students feel more comfortable about who they are. #CultofPedagogyPin

20 school-wide kindness initiatives for elementary school counseling. Get students engaged in kindness activities with these fun ideas!

This 3rd grade empathy lesson uses an empathy meditation, empathy read aloud, and empathy activity to teach kids about emapthy.

A complete middle school curriculum for social emotional learning covering all of the five core domains of SEL from self-awareness to decision-making. Get access to digital and printable materials for your students and pave the way for their success this back to school season. #pathway2success

8 Social Filter Activities for Kids | If you're looking for social skills activities that help teach children how to filter their thoughts and learn whether they should think it or say it out loud, we're sharing 8 ideas that can be used for elementary school, for middle school, for high school, and for kids with special needs like autism and ADHD. These are great team building exercises and will help develop friendship and conversation skills. #socialskills #socialfilter…

Kindness demonstration to give students a visual representation of how kind acts create a ripple effect in the school community!

We recommend asking your students to journal about topics related to anti-bullying. As kids write and reflect on how they can better foster acceptance in the classroom, they’ll become more prepared to recognize bullying when it first starts to happen—and they’ll be ready to actively work against it. Here are 10 effective anti-bullying journal prompts to use with your students.