First Grade Counseling Newsletter
January 2026
In Jabari Jumps, Jabari has just finished his swimming lessons and swim test. He thinks that he is ready to jump off the diving board now. He knows that he is good at swimming and jumping, so this is the next step. Jabari gets a little nervous about jumping off the diving board, but his patient dad is there to help him know when he is ready.
Lou is brave about many things. When her friends start using a tall tree as a “pirate ship”, Lou isn’t so sure about climbing the tree. She’s never climbed a tree before and doesn’t want to. She comes up with lots of excuses for why she can’t join her friends, but in the end she gives it a try.
In this story, one crocodile out of a family of crocodiles doesn’t like water. He loves to climb trees instead! He feels left out and sad that he doesn’t join his brothers and sisters when they are swimming, so he gives it another try. After he tries swimming with his family and he still doesn’t like it, something strange happens to him… He’s not really a crocodile! He is something else.
Students reviewed "Size of the Problem" and matching their reactions by learning positive coping skills!
