The Kinsey Corner

2025 pottery recap. Thankful for ❤️

🎉2025🎉 It was a BUSY year!

🥍Coached JV & Youth Lacrosse
🏺Spent a ton of time at pottery. Helped with summer camp & a few workshops. Beyond thankful for my pottery community.
📗2nd book was released!!
💻Wrote a 3 part blog for my publishing company.
🗣️Spoke at my first conference (GSCA)
✏️Attended Innovative Schools Summit
❤️Loved on my 6th graders
🚘Went home to NJ for the first time in 2.5 years & my fam came here a few times.
🧑‍🧑‍🧒Spent lots of time with my grandparents
🏷️Participated in my first vendor fair - Catoberfest. Then sold pottery at the Bowen Center’s Fall Market & Suwanee Clayworks Holiday Market.
👚Designed & sold some clothes.
👯‍♀️Lots of dress up day memories with the crew.
🛣️Visited my SC friends & also met up with them in Clayton.
🌧️Danced in the rain & soaked up the little moments in life.
😽Lots of cat cuddles.

I think that’s all 😴 Now back to napping the rest of break.

And that’s a wrap on GSCA 2025. What a fun few days of learning, growing, and making new connections.

✅Brainwashed: Cortisol, Conflict, & the Keys to Calm with Steph Jensen
✅Keynote with Dr. Lisa Hinkelman
✅My own session
✅Using Arts to Improve Mental Health & Wellbeing in Middle School with Nicholas Wo
✅Drum, Draw, Drama, & Dance 2.0: Integrate the Arts into Your School Counseling Program with Beth Ruff
✅Blow the Whistle: Building College & Career Readiness in Middle School with Courtney Jordan & Toni Carten
✅Rule Your Study Game: Study Smart Small Group Intervention with Barbara Truluck
✅Empowering Students with Emotional Intelligence: Tools for Building Resilience and Self-Advocacy with Teshia Dula
✅Keynote - Harnessing the Power of Pause with Dianne Andree

Presented at a conference for the first time today!

🌊 It’s Here! 🌊

We’re excited to announce that "Under the Sea: Lessons for Life, Vol. 2" by Sara Kinsey is officially available wherever you buy books!

Make a splash in the classroom and group counseling sessions with these interdisciplinary lessons. Educators, counselors, and parents can use these activities to help elementary school-aged children develop the social and emotional skills they need for success in and out of the classroom!

📘 Available now at Boys Town Press and wherever educational books are sold.
🔗 https://bit.ly/45bryKK

For more from author and school counselor, Sara Kinsey, follow her on Facebook at The Kinsey Corner

It’s been such a busy week that I didn’t even get chance to post. Volume 2 was released this week!!!! Check it out now

When you get to hold your books together for the first time

🌊 What will you find under the sea? 🌊

"Under the Sea: Lessons for Life, Vol. 2" by Sara Kinsey is packed with tools to help kids grow socially and emotionally—all through the stories of colorful marine animals!

Here’s what you can expect:
✅ 5 rhyming stories that teach social skill lessons
✅ Interdisciplinary activities covering art, science, writing & more
✅ Flexible lessons for diverse learners
✅ Bonus digital student edition

📘 Available for pre-order at Boys Town Press!
🔗 https://bit.ly/45bryKK

For more from author and school counselor, Sara Kinsey, check her out on Facebook at The Kinsey Corner

Stuck notes inside of all the 6th grade lockers. I can’t wait to help another group of 6th graders transition to middle school ❤️

Day 4 of - Innovative Counseling Strategies Conference.

Keynote 1: Standing Tall Through It All with Steve Bollar. 12/10. Fabulous speaker. I think I may have seen him before.

Keynote 2: Best Day Ever: The Art & Science of Creating Unforgettable Learning Experiences with Steve Spangler. Another 12/10. Just WOW. I could’ve listened to him all day.

This conference was truly phenomenal and I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to go.

Day 3 of - Innovative Counseling Strategies Conference

Keynote 1: Lead from Where You Are with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo. I give it a 12/10. Absolutely phenomenal.

Keynote 2: When Parents Bully the School with Jodee Blanco. I give it a 9/10. Good, useful strategies.

Keynote 3: Beyond Vague Advice: A Practical Skill Set for Managing Stress, Reducing Burnout, and Building Resilience with Brad Chapin. I’d say 9/10. Great speaker, but not enough time to dive into the strategies.

Keynote 4: Personal Climate and Culture… It’s Up to You with . 12/10. PHENOMENAL. Inspiring, funny, uplifting. So good I switched my 5th session to his second session.

Keynote 5: Being the Best You Can Be with . 12/10. Equally as amazing as his prior session. So so good.

Keynote 6: Seen, Heard, and Valued. Creating a Safe and Supporting Environment for Neurodiverse Students with David Flink. 11/10. Really good.

This week has been SO amazing and exhausting. I came back to the room after session #6 and took the longest nap. Not ready for tomorrow to be the end, but I’m leaving so inspired, motivated, and ready to start the year.