Mental Health!
A student wrote this letter to Erin Estrada Kelly after we finished reading Hello Universe! I wanted to write this post in May for Mental Health Awareness Month, but clearly time has gotten away from me (yet again). Here is a post Gabby managed to write in a more timely fashion for Mental Health Awareness Month in the past! As we look toward the next school year with lots of uncertainty and anxiety inducing unknowns looming for most kids and teachers, here are some ways to support kids in managing their disappointment or anxiety about our unknown future. Please keep in mind that these are strategies to deal with uncertainty and anxiety, but NOT ways to handle grief or trauma. Some things I tried that seemed to support my students this year: Talk about what you miss or would have done in more typical circumstances periodically. It’s okay to acknowledge disappointment and important to