In part one, we shared a great book for introducing career exploration to young elementary students. However, there's another great resource to share with you as well! If you're looking to dive a little deeper into career exploration with elementary students, look no further than 
What Shoes Will You Wear? By Julia Cook, illustrated by Anita Dufalla

Where I live, teachers as young as kindergarten are required to start teaching about career skills. It can seem a bit daunting, adding that kind of pressure to a classroom of five-year-olds! I'm glad to have recently found two books that make career building and talking about the future approachable for kids, and today, we'll explore about the first one:
 "There's No Dream Too Tall" By Amie Dean and illustrated by Sian James.

          One of the challenges of coping with anxiety is regulating the body's responses. This can be hard for kids, but it's important to teach children how to work with, rather than against, these natural responses. 
          Alex's story does just that and gives hope to students who may be struggling with anxiety, through kid-friendly strategies and models of reframing in the book Beat Beat Thump by Allison Edwards and Steliyana Doneva.

When I experienced my brain injury in 2022, I learned the hard way that your brain really impacts everything! 

That's why I was so glad to see a book come out that teaches children just how our brains work and interact with the world to form our thoughts, feelings, and actions - really, our behavior. 

That book is "Your Amazing Brain"
by Jessica Sinarski. 

As a professional bridging the gap between behavior science and SEL, I am all about making emotional skills observable, measurable, and explicit. It can be really hard to take coping skills - a skill that comes naturally to some and often takes place internally - and break it down into concrete steps for instruction.

Recently though, I came across a diamond of a book that does just that, and I want to share it with you.

It's called "Felix and the Feelings Formula" by Kate Bartlein. 

If you're like me, you love the original book What Should Danny Do? by Ganit and Adir Levy. That's why I am so excited to share with you the perfect summer sequel, What Should Danny Do? On Vacation!  

​We're going to break down what we love about the book, a couple things you should be aware of before using the book, and ideas and resources for how to use this book in your classroom, including a free ending map to help you choose your class' adventure.