Below are stories tied with counseling lessons for elementary students. Each lesson will take about 20 minutes to complete the reading and activity. Small group and individual deliveries can be held in the counseling office. Teachers, please email me (
[email protected]) with the book title and a few dates and times that fit with your schedule if you would like me to give a lesson to your class. Also, I am open to suggestions. If there is a book or a topic that will benefit your class that is not listed here, let me know!
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Theme: Positive identity, self-esteem, and empowerment
Grade level: K-3
Delivery: Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: The Mud Bucket: Positive self-talk
Dinosaurs Divorce
Theme: Coping with
parent’s divorce
Grade level: K-5
Delivery: Small
group or individual
My Mouth is a Volcano!
Theme:
Self-control and interrupting
Grade level: K-3
Delivery:
Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: Paper volcanoes:
“When I am about to erupt, I can _______”
The Ant Bully
Theme: Bullying
Grade level:K-2
Delivery:
Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: Drawing a piece of
the story
Woolbur
Theme:
Individuality
Grade level: K-3
Delivery:
Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: Woolbur
coloring page or snowflake: What makes you unique?
The Way I Feel
Theme: Labeling
feelings
Grade level: K-2
Delivery:
Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: How am I
feeling now?
Look Out College, Here I Come!
Theme: College
awareness
Grade level: K-2
Delivery:
Classroom
Activity:
Connecting college to careers: What do you want to be when you grow up?
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Theme:
Perspective taking
Grade level: K-3
Delivery:
Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: Optical
Illusions
Personal Space Camp
Theme: Personal space
Grade level: K-3
Delivery: Classroom, small group, or individual
Activity: Space circles
Wishlist
Moody Cow Meditates
Mr. Peabody's Apples
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
A Bad Case of the Tattle Tongue