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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Up Your School Counseling Program – Episode 3: Game On! Engaging Students with Quick Wins 🎃
Sometimes the best connections with students happen in the smallest moments. In this episode of our Pumpkin Spice Up Your School Counseling Program series, we’re sharing how to use quick games and engaging questions to build relationships, spark conversations, and add energy to your counseling program.
From Plinko boards 🎯 to spinning wheels 🎡 to simple “Would You Rather” questions, these fun tools make counseling approachable, break the ice, and create memorable moments without taking up a lot of time.
We’ll cover:
🍁 How to set up easy “pop-up” counseling stations with interactive games
🍁 Question prompts that get students talking (and laughing)
🍁 Ways to use games for SEL check-ins, coping skills practice, and career chats
🍁 How these playful strategies can double as powerful data-collection tools
If you’re ready to add some fall flavor, boost student engagement, and show that counseling can be both meaningful and fun, this episode will give you practical ideas you can try tomorrow!
☕️ Grab your pumpkin spice latte and tune in for quick, game-changing strategies!
By Laura Rankhorn and Kim Crumbley4.8
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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Up Your School Counseling Program – Episode 3: Game On! Engaging Students with Quick Wins 🎃
Sometimes the best connections with students happen in the smallest moments. In this episode of our Pumpkin Spice Up Your School Counseling Program series, we’re sharing how to use quick games and engaging questions to build relationships, spark conversations, and add energy to your counseling program.
From Plinko boards 🎯 to spinning wheels 🎡 to simple “Would You Rather” questions, these fun tools make counseling approachable, break the ice, and create memorable moments without taking up a lot of time.
We’ll cover:
🍁 How to set up easy “pop-up” counseling stations with interactive games
🍁 Question prompts that get students talking (and laughing)
🍁 Ways to use games for SEL check-ins, coping skills practice, and career chats
🍁 How these playful strategies can double as powerful data-collection tools
If you’re ready to add some fall flavor, boost student engagement, and show that counseling can be both meaningful and fun, this episode will give you practical ideas you can try tomorrow!
☕️ Grab your pumpkin spice latte and tune in for quick, game-changing strategies!

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