School Counselor Blog

I wanted to give a small gift to my daughter's pre-school teachers for Thanksgiving. This can be tough time of the year for educators so I wanted to give a small thank you gift to let them know we appreciate them. I decided to share this idea in case you also wanted to give a last-minute Thanksgiving gift to a teacher, colleague, or someone else. I decided to give her teachers pumpkin candles that I purchased from Trader Joe's. I created a  "Thankful for You" printable   using Canva , a free online design tool, to make the gift tags. I was planning to print the "Thankful for You" printable on card stock, but I was out of card stock. Instead I printed it on regular paper and instructed my daughter color on it with orange, yellow, and red crayons. I cut the printable with a paper cutter and then affixed it with glue dots to glitter card stock that I had on hand. I wrote a note on the back that says "Thank you for helping me learn and grow! ...

For the winter season, my Aunt Polly's church wanted to do a community service project with the children in Sunday school. I was very humbled to find out that my aunt thought of my students and wanted to do a project to benefit them. The Sunday school students collected hats and gloves to donate to my school. I received a huge bag of new hats and gloves to give to students in need! I made the card below as a heartfelt thank you for my Aunt Polly and her church for supporting my students! I hope this card means as much to them as the hats and gloves meant to my students and me! Stationery card View the entire collection of cards. To make the card I took pictures of students' hands wearing the gloves that they received. I also took a picture of one of the hats. I was trying to think of a good message to write and I thought of "Thank you for your kindness! You warmed our heads, our hands, and OUR HEARTS!"   I wanted to share this with ...