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Counselor Keri

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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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I am a public school counselor in a K-6 school on the beautiful island of Oahu! I am also a 5x published author and curriculum writer. I have worked in a variety of settings across the country such as free mental health agencies, community behavioral health clinics, a university counseling center, elementary schools, and middle schools! No matter the setting, the goal is the same: social, emotional, and academic growth and successful community integration for all students and clients.
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Preview of Winter Mindfulness Activity and Winter Craft: Joy and Gratitude Activity

Winter Mindfulness Activity and Winter Craft: Joy and Gratitude Activity

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Counselor Keri
In this winter mindfulness activity, students will participate in a mindfulness exercise to explore joy and warmth through their senses! Use the mindfulness script included to lead students through the exercise and reflect on their experience of joy or warmth in their hearts. Students then create a hot cocoa craft and identify things that bring them joy. This includes a mindfulness script and cut and no-cut craft printables. This activity is perfect for classroom guidance lessons, small grou
Preview of Friendship Group Counseling Curriculum Social Skills Group Friendship Activities

Friendship Group Counseling Curriculum Social Skills Group Friendship Activities

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Counselor Keri
This low-prep 10-session friendship social skills elementary school counseling small group counseling program aims to empower students to maintain positive friendships by teaching key friendship social skills such as conversation skills, listening skills, playing fair, accepting others, conflict resolution, and more! These friendship activities and friendship lessons will help kids understand how to be a friend and how to treat others! What's included: This curriculum includes student self-asse
Preview of Career Bingo Career Counseling Game for Career Exploration Community Helper Game

Career Bingo Career Counseling Game for Career Exploration Community Helper Game

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Counselor Keri
This Career Bingo game is great for a fun elementary school counseling career education lesson! Includes 30 unique bingo cards, 24 community helper description cards with 3 clues/facts per career to teach students about interests/work environment of the careers listed, and bingo markers with career pictures. 30 unique cards are included for whole group classroom guidance lesson fun! For more career fun, you might like Career Bingo 2 and Career Bingo 3! Check out my other career education res
Preview of Kindergarten Social Skills Group: Social Skills Activities for Group Counseling

Kindergarten Social Skills Group: Social Skills Activities for Group Counseling

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Kindergarten Social Skills Group Counseling Curriculum - It's time to learn through play! These 8 highly-engaging, fun lessons will help your students better understand the concepts of sharing, taking turns, transitioning from activities, sharing their feelings and needs, following directions and rules, and more! Your students will love the puppet friends in each lesson and getting to practice their new skills right away in fun learning opportunities. What's included: Pre/post screening toolT
Preview of Coping Skills Activities: Coping Skills Bingo Counseling Game

Coping Skills Activities: Coping Skills Bingo Counseling Game

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Coping Skills BINGO: Looking for a fun way to reinforce coping skills with your students?Play BINGO! This game includes 30 unique Coping Skills Bingo cards using 24 different coping skills, so you can play with your whole class in a coping skills classroom guidance lesson or in a coping skills small group counseling session. Your students will love talking about when they have used these coping skills or situations when they will be helpful all while playing a game. What's included:30 unique BI
Preview of Self Control Group Counseling Curriculum: Self Control Activities

Self Control Group Counseling Curriculum: Self Control Activities

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Self Control Surfers: Ride the wave in this 8-session elementary school counseling small group counseling program that empowers elementary students to engage in self control strategies! Students learn strategies for delayed gratification, body control, taking turns, attending to auditory and visual cues, filtering thoughts, and more! This group is perfect for your wiggle worm students who may struggle with impulse control and need direct instruction with strategies to help them succeed in the
Preview of Worry Workbook: Worry Activities & Journal for Anxiety Management

Worry Workbook: Worry Activities & Journal for Anxiety Management

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Worry Management Workbook - Looking for a great worry coping skills tool for school counseling and the classroom? This printable worry workbook is perfect for your kids who worry! Help your students explore what worry is, how worry affects the brain, the physical experience of worry, and effective strategies for dealing with worry at school and at home. This workbook is perfect for individual counseling or small group counseling and now includes a digital workbook for use with Google Slides TM
Preview of Worry Warriors: Worry Group Counseling Activities for Anxiety Management

Worry Warriors: Worry Group Counseling Activities for Anxiety Management

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Support elementary students in building lifelong anxiety management skills with this comprehensive Worry Warriors small group counseling curriculum. Designed specifically for elementary school counseling small groups and individual counseling sessions, this evidence-informed program helps students understand what worry is, how anxiety shows up in the brain and body, and how to use practical coping strategies in real time. Through structured psychoeducational lessons and hands-on skill practice
Preview of Ultimate School Counseling Classroom Guidance Lessons Bundle

Ultimate School Counseling Classroom Guidance Lessons Bundle

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This is the ULTIMATE classroom guidance lesson bundle! Make classroom guidance lessons a breeze ans give your school counseling program a boost with these engaging, interactive activities.Cover topics such as SMART goals, feelings, responsibility, career education, self-esteem, friendship and more with fun, themed units for each grade level. This bundle includes:⭐ Pre-Kindergarten classroom guidance lesson bundle (circus theme) ⭐ Kindergarten classroom guidance lesson bundle (gardening theme)
Preview of Big Deal Little Deal Activity Counseling Lesson: How Big is the Problem?

Big Deal Little Deal Activity Counseling Lesson: How Big is the Problem?

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Big deal or little deal? - In this classroom guidance lesson, students will learn more about what situations are a big deal and what situations are a little deal. Read the included PPT story book to introduce the concept and then complete 1 of 3 activity options to practice identifying the size of the problem. This lesson is perfect for Kindergarten through second grade classroom guidance lessons. What's included: Detailed lesson plan with objective, outline, materials list, ASCA standards ali
Preview of Girl CODE Girls Group Counseling Program for Positive Girl Relationships

Girl CODE Girls Group Counseling Program for Positive Girl Relationships

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This elementary school small group counseling program promotes positive girl relationships! Teach your students about positive communities that value inclusiveness, diversity, and empowerment to transform the girl community in your school! As your students learn to unlock the Girl CODE, they will practice showing compassion, reframe pessimistic or negative views to build an attitude of optimism, embrace diversity, and explore actions that empower girls! What's included:⇢2 student self-rating f
Preview of Conflict Resolution Activity: Resolving Conflicts Classroom Guidance Lesson

Conflict Resolution Activity: Resolving Conflicts Classroom Guidance Lesson

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Conflict Resolution Activity: Help your students better understand how to positively resolve conflicts with peers! Students will brainstorm to contrast positive conflict resolution and negative conflict resolution and then learn steps to positively resolve conflicts with friends. After completing this lesson, students will know how to approach a conflict with a peer in a way that will promote positive conflict resolution. This is perfect for a conflict resolution classroom guidance lesson or sma
Preview of Kindergarten Friendship Group Counseling Curriculum: Friendship Activities

Kindergarten Friendship Group Counseling Curriculum: Friendship Activities

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Kindergarten Friendship Skills Group Counseling Curriculum - It's time to paint a rainbow of friendship skills! These 9 highly-engaging, fun lessons will help your students better understand what a great friendship looks like and how to be a great friend! Your students will love the puppet friends in each lesson and getting to practice their new skills right away in fun learning opportunities. Digital downloads included:Pre/post screening toolTeacher nomination formParental consent formCounselor
Preview of Size of the Problem Classroom Guidance Lesson for School Counseling

Size of the Problem Classroom Guidance Lesson for School Counseling

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How big is that problem? And how big is my reaction? In this classroom guidance lesson, students will practice scaling problems and identifying appropriate reactions to those problems. As a whole group, students will identify the size of the problem. In small groups, students will differentiate between problem sizes and identify reactions that match the size of the problem. Digital Downloads Included:Detailed, easy to use lesson plan (objective, outline, materials list, ASCA standards alignment,
Preview of Kindergarten Coping Skills Activities Coping Skills Group Counseling

Kindergarten Coping Skills Activities Coping Skills Group Counseling

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Counselor Keri
Kindergarten Coping Skills Group Counseling Curriculum - These 10 highly-engaging, fun lessons will help your students better understand their big feelings and how to deal with them! Students will learn breathing techniques, body calming strategies, tension-releasing strategies, positive self talk, creative outlets, and how to use calming tools. Your students will love the hands-on activities and games in each lesson and getting to practice their new skills right away in fun learning opportuniti
Preview of How to Make and Keep a Friend - For Elementary-Aged Students

How to Make and Keep a Friend - For Elementary-Aged Students

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Counselor Keri
This product contains activities for teaching elementary-aged students what a friend is, how to make a friend, and how to keep a friend! The activities are perfect for individual student counseling or small groups. In this pack you'll get: Section 1: -Hypothesize: What is a friend like? handout (color and black/white) -FRIEND acrostic poster/visual aid -FRIEND acrostic o-ring book (color and black/white) -"A Friend" tree map handout -Character vs. appearance poster/visual aid -Choosing friends
Preview of Positive Message & Plants Door Decor and Bulletin Board Counselor Bulletin Board

Positive Message & Plants Door Decor and Bulletin Board Counselor Bulletin Board

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Counselor Keri
Looking for a school counselor bulletin board or school counselor door decor? You'll love these welcoming shelves! Create your own positive message shelves on your door or bulletin board so your students know they're welcome from the moment they enter your room! What's included:Printable plantsPrintable framed positive messagesPrintable book stacks (with spines labeled and without)Printable name plates (counselor, social worker, psychologist, teacher, principal, vice principal, librarian, advoc
Preview of Resiliency Skills Group Counseling Program: Resilience Activities for Kids

Resiliency Skills Group Counseling Program: Resilience Activities for Kids

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This Bounce Back! resiliency skills group counseling curriculum for upper elementary-aged students is a fun, supportive group that encourages optimism, self-efficacy, assertiveness, identifying supports, problem-solving, goal setting, and more! Resilience activities help kids face challenges in and out of the classroom. Build resiliency in kids with these fun group counseling activities for in-person counseling or distance learning.  What's included:→group description/rationale →pre-screening
Preview of Think It Say It Social Filter Activity: Social Skills Activity

Think It Say It Social Filter Activity: Social Skills Activity

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Think it or say it? Is it okay to blow that bubble or will that be a big splat? This social skills activity gives students the opportunity to practice identifying thoughts they should filter and thoughts that are okay to say to others! This is great for a social skills classroom guidance lesson or social skills group counseling activity. Want to get your students moving? Use the scoot cards and handout to let students practice while they move around the room. Want to get digital? Use the Google
Preview of Year Long Classroom Guidance Lesson School Counseling Curriculum

Year Long Classroom Guidance Lesson School Counseling Curriculum

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Counselor Keri
60-Lesson Comprehensive Classroom Guidance Lesson Unit: This elementary school counseling classroom guidance lesson interactive notebook bundle contains classroom guidance lessons in the academic, career, & health (mental, emotional, social & physical) domains for 3 years' worth of lessons (20 lessons per year). Lessons are fun, hands-on, and engaging and cover topics like behavior, goal setting, self esteem, empathy, ethical decision-making, and so much more! Using interactive notebooks wil
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Experience

I am a public school counselor in a K-6 school on the beautiful island of Oahu! I am also a 5x published author and curriculum writer. I have worked in a variety of settings across the country such as free mental health agencies, community behavioral health clinics, a university counseling center, elementary schools, and middle schools! No matter the setting, the goal is the same: social, emotional, and academic growth and successful community integration for all students and clients.

Teaching style

I align programming to the American School Counseling Association National Model and use strategies and principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Distinguished Educator, Hawaii Educator Effectiveness System

My own education history

M.Ed., School Counseling; M.A. EdHD, Clinical Mental Health Counseling; B.S., Health Sciences, Psychology

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