Enemy Pie is delicious!

I use the book Enemy Pie several times throughout the school year, but about once a year, I use the worksheets provided on this blog to turn the book into several weekly lessons.  It's such a cute story and friendship problems are something all kids can related to in some capacity.

A few years ago, I made actual enemy pie with some of my social skills summer campers.  Okay okay, it wasn't actually enemy pie from the book, it was primarily chocolate, but it was delicious!

I did it recently again with a girls group I have to celebrate the end of our friendship unit and it was so much fun!

We started off crushing up some delicious Oreos,

We put some "mud" (aka Chocolate pudding), in our cups...

And topped them with with "dirt" (the Oreos) and worms (gummy ones!!).  I've also used rock candies in previous years.

Before we weren't allowed to really have "outside" snack parties in school, I would use this activity for my students to invite a friend to group for a fun activity.  It's still great though, and I think I have as much fun as the kids do!

Shooting Stars: My 10 week social skills SPORTS group!

We all have our standard counseling groups-one for anxiety, a lunch bunch for friendship, a social thinking review.  This group, however is unique, and always a lot of fun to do.

I don't run this group every year, and it's really based on the student need.  It's a great way to get those kids who wouldn't normally buy into social groups, into one, because it revolves around sports. I actually have students begging to make  up group and come even after it's finished.  :)

I put together my newest TPT store packet to share, but also as a reference for myself.  Sometimes, it's nice not to have to think too much, and just pull out a piece of paper to tell you what to do, right?

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Facilitating Friendship Skills: Friend Files

While many of my students were vacationing and beaching, I spent my summer in the comfy air-conditioned office of one of our schools (no complaints there), helping my little sunshines learning social skills and more.  One of my favorite things I have done since working as a School Psychologist is running a week long "social skills" camp, that focused a lot on friendship skills and getting along with others.  My first summer working, I needed an activity that facilitated my little sunshines asking questions to each other to learn about what their friends liked.


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