Activities that make kids happy...

It's been two months since I've started my counselling practicum. So far racking up a total of 110 hours with both mentors. David has accepted my eager beaver, keen nature, so much so that he's made a name sign for me outside our office.

We started off the school year with addressing the social and emotional aspects of counselling through reaching out to students by visiting all classes. One of our interactive school community activities was inspired through our classroom visits where we introduced a book called "The Bad Mood" to students.

In the book, the character, 'Badger' was depicted as having a bad mood since the morning, upon awaking from his bed. Later in the story, he is seen working in his garden, one of his favorite activities. Slowly, his bad mood is lifted, presumably because Badger was doing something that he enjoys.

As a result, one of the messages to our target audience was, "What activities make you happy?" or "What do you do to extract yourself from a bad mood?" David and I wanted LOTS of responses and hoped that every student from the entire school would contribute. Here's how we got started:

There were a few responses from teachers....After one week, this is what the board looked like:

We hope that this activity has been a cathartic experience for the kids, teachers and any parent who contributed to this wall. :)