Quote :: How to Help Your Students

"If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others." - Haim Ginott

Student Funnies :: How they spend their recess

Me: Sorry guys. I can't keep you for recess. I have another group coming in.

2nd Graders: That's ok. We have plans for recess.

Me: Oh, you do?

2nd Graders: Yeah! The girls are chasing us.

Wouldn't want to miss that!

New Product :: Social Emotional Trivia Games

All right...so it's getting to that time of year when I really start running out of new ideas for my social skills and counseling groups. I feel like there's only so many ways we can go over controlling anger before I (and they) are ready to pull our hair out. It seems like at least once a week someone asks me, "but can't we play a game on your computer?"

And really, they have a point. I mean, there are so many websites that have reading and math games, but far fewer that have counseling and social work games. So, I made these!  They're Jeopardy-style trivia games in Powerpoint format that cover a whole bunch of different topics. Even my squirmy kids pay attention :)

Each has 24 editable questions to help kids learn about a variety of social and emotional skill topics:

- Anger Control
- Bullying
- Feelings
- Friendship
- Peer Pressure

The questions are just "think and answer" questions either. I made sure to make it interactive, so they'll be drawing, acting, thinking, and talking! And while I don't have a Smartboard, a few lucky people I've talked to do and they've been able to use this on their as well for a whole class.

So hop on over to my store and pick them up for yourself!  There's also a version for Divorce that's free if you'd like to try it out first!

New Product :: Holiday Social Emotional Activity Pack

Need some holiday-themed activities? Check out this activity pack! It's got lots of fun social-emotional learning activities that will be sure to keep your students' interest!

This activity pack contains several social skills, anger management, and social emotional activities in a fun holiday theme! It contains the following 10 activities:

- Emotion Matching Candy Canes


- 24 “Naughty or Nice?” School Rules Cards


- Compliment Skiing Activity


- Positive Thinking Skiing Activity
- “I’m Unique Because…” Snowflake Class Activity
- “The Children Were Nestled” Positive Thoughts Activity


- Christmas, Hanukkah, and Holiday Wishes Sheets
- “Don’t Have a Meltdown” Snowman Activity w/ 35 Coping Strategy Cards (strategies also available in Coping Skills Bingo Game)

Activities are presented in PDF format in color and in black and white and include answer keys when applicable!

Sale :: Cyber Monday + Tuesday!

Visit my TeacherspayTeachers store today and tomorrow and enter the code "CMT12" to save 28% on everything!

Student Funnies :: My Portrait

One of my students is a very good artist. She drew me the following picture of myself today. I do have to say, she gives me much to much credit for being able to walk in heeled boots and grow Repunzel-esque hair!  Nonetheless, it is proudly hanging in my room now, even if there's no way I can possibly live up to it!

Student Funnies :: My leg...

Student: My leg is swollen. I have to go to the hospital after school to get it x-rated.

Me: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that!

Me (thinking): I didn't realize hospitals were doing that now. They really are becoming full-service!