Your child also learned that we have the choice to either fill people’s buckets through kind interactions or to dip into people’s buckets by using unkind words and actions. We even spent a little time practicing filling our classmate’s buckets this week. We will refer back to this book all year during our Guidance lessons. Please ask your child about this lesson. I hope your child is having a fantastic year in Kindergarten so far. If I can be of any assistance at all, do not hesitate to call or email me.
This week in Guidance, we read one of my favorite books--Have You Filled a Bucket Today? By Carol McCloud. This book introduces the concepts of self esteem and bullying in a simple and concrete way that even young children can conceptualize by saying that everyone carries around an invisible bucket. The purpose of the bucket is to hold your good thoughts and good feelings about yourself. When your bucket is full you feel happy, loved, special etc, but when your bucket is empty, you feel sad, lonely and left out.
Your child also learned that we have the choice to either fill people’s buckets through kind interactions or to dip into people’s buckets by using unkind words and actions. We even spent a little time practicing filling our classmate’s buckets this week. We will refer back to this book all year during our Guidance lessons. Please ask your child about this lesson. I hope your child is having a fantastic year in Kindergarten so far. If I can be of any assistance at all, do not hesitate to call or email me.
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Dear Kindergarten Families: I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with your child’s class over the past few weeks and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to those of you who are new to our school. My name is Jennifer Banner and I am the School Counselor at Towne Acres Elementary School. As part of our school counseling program, a guidance lesson will be presented to your child’s class twice a week. Our lessons will focus on topics such as respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, goal setting, making safe decisions, career exploration and being a good citizen. We will be using the book 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey as a guiding theme this school year. Throughout the school year, I will send information home about the topics we discuss. In addition to classroom guidance, individual and small group counseling services are also available to students as needs arise. Individual counseling may be requested by parents, teachers, or the students themselves. All school counseling services are provided with strict adherence to the highest legal and ethical standards. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me anytime by phone or email at [email protected] . Please let me know how I can help make your child's school year a successful one! |