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Boosting Brainpower, Increasing Productivity, and Achieving Academic Success
Are you looking for an engaging tool to help your students develop essential Executive Function skills?
This workbook will equip you with everything you need to do just that! Teach crucial skills like planning, time management, and goal setting in thirty-minute lessons for small group instruction in grades 2-9. It’s flexible, adaptable, and requires minimal prep time!
Designed to build strong cognitive skills for success, this workbook is rooted in practical strategies to help children become more organized, focused, and better equipped to manage their thoughts and actions.
Inside, you’ll find:
Topics include planning, time management, organization, task initiation, attention, self-monitoring, self-regulation, impulse control, and flexible thinking. The lessons and activities in this thoughtfully crafted resource are designed to help students understand these skills, practice using them, and develop strategies they can apply in their daily lives.
This workbook’s practical design allows students to learn through interactive activities and real-world examples, while also fostering connection and shared learning within the group. Use the 30-Minute Groups: Executive Function workbook to help provide a strong foundation for students to become more effective learners and build essential life skills!
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Preorder Review: July 10-16, 2025
Release Review: July 17-23, 2025
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Coming July 17, 2025!
Best Practices for School Counselors and District Leaders
Are you a school counselor ready to elevate your impact and drive positive change within your school? The Leader I’ll Be: Best Practices for School Counselors and District Leaders is your essential guide to developing the leadership skills necessary to excel in your role.
Written by experienced former school counselors and counselor leaders, this practical workbook provides actionable strategies and proven techniques to help you navigate the daily challenges and become the influential leader you aspire to be.
Inside, you’ll discover how to:
The Leader I’ll Be goes beyond theory, offering:
Whether you’re a new school counselor or a seasoned professional, this workbook will empower you to step into your leadership potential, advocate effectively for your students, and create a ripple effect of positive change throughout your school.
Invest in your leadership journey and become the leader your students deserve.
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We have so many new products coming out soon – picture books from your favorite authors, new books in the 15-Minute Focus series, along with workbooks in the 30-Minute Groups small group curriculum! Plus a new card deck series! Check back soon.
Coming June 2025!
Fostering Meaningful Relationships in a Noisy World
Ever feel like the world’s spinning faster than you can keep up? You’re not alone. With a constant flood of voices, images, and opinions, it can be tough to truly connect – with others in meaningful conversation and with ourselves in healthy self-reflection. That’s exactly where the Quest to Connect card deck comes in. You’re holding a powerful tool designed to cut through the noise and help you and your students build authentic relationships.
This isn’t just a deck of cards; it’s a journey. Inside, you’ll find 40 carefully crafted cards, each featuring three escalating questions to spark engaging discussions and cultivate critical thinking. Get ready to lead your students on an adventure of self-discovery and shared understanding that can take as little or as much time as you decide.
Here’s how your Quest to Connect journey unfolds:
Quest to Connect helps students develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their classmates, and the world around them. It’s more than just a deck of cards; it’s an invitation to unlock the incredible power of genuine connection, building a foundation for empathy and understanding in every interaction.
Coming Fall 2025!
Strengthening Communication Skills, Fostering Cooperation, and Resolving Disputes
Are your students struggling to manage disagreements and misunderstandings?
Learning to navigate conflict peacefully is essential for building and maintaining healthy relationships. By mastering this skill, students can significantly improve the quality and longevity of their connections with others.
Peaceful Conflict Resolution offers educators a ready-to-implement, engaging small-group curriculum designed to empower students in grades 2-9 with essential skills for resolving conflict peacefully.
Help your students:
This practical workbook provides 10-12 interactive, 30-minute lessons that are:
From introductory activities to valuable resources like customizable forms and assessment surveys, this curriculum includes everything you need for a successful small group experience.
Use 30-Minute Groups: Peaceful Conflict Resolution to equip your students with the vital skills to build and maintain positive relationships!
Coming Fall 2025!
Valuing Self and Others, Creating Meaningful Connections, and Setting Healthy Boundaries
Are you looking for an engaging tool to help students cultivate healthy relationships and a strong sense of belonging?
This workbook will equip you with everything you need to do just that! Teach crucial social-emotional skills in thirty-minute lessons for small group instruction in grades 2-9. It’s flexible, adaptable, and requires minimal prep time – no extra materials required!
Recognizing that social interaction is a cornerstone of learning, this curriculum lays crucial groundwork for academic success and overall personal development. It helps students understand their own worth, build positive connections with peers, and establish healthy boundaries in their relationships.
Inside, you’ll find:
Topics include social awareness, empathy, communication, and understanding different viewpoints. The lessons and activities in this thoughtfully crafted resource are designed to help students understand their own emotions and perspectives, recognize social cues, and develop the crucial interpersonal skills needed to build and maintain positive, healthy relationships. They’ll learn to improve their ability to connect with peers and enhance their overall learning experience.
This workbook’s practical design allows students to empathize, connect with others, and translate their new knowledge into practice. Use 30-Minute Groups: Relationships and Belonging workbook to empower your students to build strong social connections and foster a lasting sense of belonging!
Coming Fall 2025!
Fostering Hope and Resilience, Creating a Positive Future, and Building Emotional Strength
Are you looking for an engaging tool to help students thrive amidst unique family dynamics?
This workbook will equip you with everything you need to do just that! Teach crucial social-emotional skills in thirty-minute lessons for small group instruction in grades 2-9. It’s flexible, adaptable, and requires minimal prep time – no extra materials required!
Recognizing the increasingly diverse landscape of childhood, this curriculum offers crucial support for young people navigating divorce, single-parenthood, foster care, kinship care, or parental incarceration. Often, these students may feel isolated or internalize family changes, mistakenly believing they are somehow to blame. This group aims to provide a consistent space where they can feel seen, supported, and not alone in their experiences, while learning that external family circumstances are not a reflection of their worth.
Inside, you’ll find:
Topics include self-awareness, emotional resilience, communication, and conflict resolution. Through reflective exercises, role-playing, and self-affirmation practices, participants will build confidence, enhance their sense of self, and learn how to navigate challenges while setting goals for personal growth and future success.
This workbook’s strategic design allows students to empathize, connect with others, and translate their new knowledge into practice. Use 30-Minute Groups: Navigating Family Dynamics workbook to help empower students to understand their value, navigate challenges, and build a strong sense of self, regardless of their family structure!
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