Annoucing the Launch of Powerful You Primary! Our Newest Book for Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Get your Powerful You Primary Book or laminated educator cards here.
STORY TELLING + MOVEMENT + WRITING + ROLE PLAYING = ENGAGED BRAIN
5 Easy Steps to ENGAGE Kindergarten Students by Using Powerful You Primary:
“There are two ways to ways to share knowledge. You can put information out. You can pull them in with a story.”
Here are the 5 steps:
1. Practice deep breathing and stretching. (practice this a lot!)
2. Read one of the 26 Powerful You Primary stories aloud to children. Be the story teller by adding to it or changing it, but tell it like you know these 26 kids! You are a powerful!
3. Say the positive self-talk like you mean it. “A - I am attentive!” Instruct children to repeat this back to you.
4. Role-play these social skills with fun and excitement. Children love to hold the laminated educator cards and pretend to be In Control Cal or Zesty Zhen! No perfection needed. Clap for these actors and actresses.
5. Write or draw together. Use the included thinking maps to help children organize their thoughts. Watch their writing scores go through the roof when children talk about feelings.
Each week introduce a new Powerful You kid. Quiz them to see if they remember the positive self-talk from previous lessons. Many children will proudly memorize the A-Z positive self-talk and use it during challenging times.
Powerful You Primary (Kindergarten–Grade 1) is a colorful, hand-illustrated social-emotional learning resource designed to help young children find guidance, encouragement, and support for challenges they may experience at school or at home. Created from more than 30 years of educational experience, this engaging tool brings comfort, confidence, and joy to early learners.
Available as a book or laminated role-play card set, Powerful You Primary gives educators, counselors, and families flexible ways to teach essential life skills in fun and meaningful ways. Each lesson uses storytelling to capture attention and strengthen learning through role-playing, movement, thinking maps, games, and positive self-talk.
Children meet the 26 A–Z Powerful You Kids, memorable characters who model positive behaviors and healthy choices. For example, G – Goodsport Grady teaches teamwork and pitching in. Other lessons focus on honesty, independence, self-esteem, responsibility, taking turns, waiting to speak, ignoring distractions, and more.
Lessons align with ASCA National Standards developed by American School Counselor Association, making this a valuable resource for classroom guidance, school counseling lessons, small groups, and home support. Powerful You Primary helps transform classrooms and home environments by teaching social skills proactively and addressing concerns such as bullying at the core.
Companion Classroom Social Skill Signs that match every A–Z lesson are also available separately to reinforce learning visually throughout the day.
Created by an educator who has supported children for over 30 years, Powerful You Primary helps children build skills in:
Problem-solving
Teamwork
Listening
Self-confidence
Friendship skills
Emotional awareness
Respect
Responsibility
Here is Powerful You Primary In Action
