Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

This is our school's third year of being actively involved in the Leader in Me Process.   It has been such an amazing experience, and has enhanced the school culture dramatically.  When we first began, we weren't exactly sure how we wanted to go about the process.  Therefore, we started small and focused on the Wildly Important Goals for our school.  For us, changing the school environment to reflect the Habits, and embedding the language into the curriculum was important. In addition, explicit instruction of the Habits was also necessary.  As you will notice in our plan, I taught the 7 Habits explicitly in all Guidance Classes to all grade levels.  I have various ways that I do this, and will be sharing those with you often.   Here is our implementation plan for Years one and two.  We are well on our way toward becoming a Lighthouse School and can hardly wait!

I absolutely love books by Julia Cook! I particularly like this one as it works nicely when I teach Habit 1 to my students.  I read  this book and then do an illustration of what happens to soda when you shake it up. It's a great visual that helps students understand what reactive behavior looks like. 

This is a fun game we play in Guidance to review the 7 Habits. I made up scenarios to go along with each habit, read the scenario and the children have to guess which habit it is. They then go to their board and cover that square. It's a great opportunity to see who knows their habits and also discuss the scenarios as we go along. 

Guidance Activities at a Glance This is an at a glance picture of what my year looks like in Guidance, and a few of the things I use to help me with my lessons.  I will be posting the actual lesson plans frequently so come back often and check them out!