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12/06/2026

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Sometimes the best classroom community builders are also the easiest.

These Would You Rather cards from the Goose & Friends Classroom Mascot Bundle are one of my favorite ways to get students talking, laughing, and learning about each other. They're perfect for morning meetings, brain breaks, partner discussions, writing prompts, lunch bunch groups, or those few extra minutes when you need something meaningful that doesn't require prep.

What I love most is that every student has an answer. There isn't a right or wrong choice, which means even reluctant participants tend to jump into the conversation. Before you know it, students are explaining their thinking, discovering common interests, practicing communication skills, and building stronger classroom connections.

These conversation cards are part of the larger Goose & Friends Classroom Mascot Bundle, which includes classroom mascots, conversation starters, jokes, riddles, affirmations, writing prompts, speech bubbles, classroom activities, and community-building tools designed to bring more connection, personality, and fun into your classroom.

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05/06/2026

If the experience is a single event, and we have adequate support afterward, and we have had little or no prior trauma, then we will be left shaken, but the events will feel “behind” us now. If traumatic events have been recurrent, and/or we are developmentally vulnerable, and/or we have inadequate support, we can be left with a host of ‘implicit’ memories, intense responses and symptoms that “tell the story” but without words and without the knowledge that we are remembering.

18/05/2026

17/05/2026

Supporting someone with starts with understanding💚

Small adjustments in communication and environment can make a meaningful difference when supporting individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

Helpful strategies include:
• Using clear and concrete language
• Allowing extra time for processing
• Creating calming environments
• Building supportive routines and relationships

Supportive, informed communities help individuals with FASD thrive. Every step toward understanding creates more opportunities for connection, confidence, and success. Want more support navigating the world of FASD? Check out our FREE Family Navigators.

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Image Description: Graphic with green background and FASD United logo titled, “Supporting Someone with an FASD?” The image lists supportive strategies including use concrete language and avoid idioms or metaphors, allow extra time to process information, check for understanding, create a calming environment, practice regulating techniques, build a network of support, and model healthy boundaries. Hashtag shown at top reads .

03/05/2026

HELP FOR DADS

Do you know a Dad in Distress ? Join Monday's support group meeting and chat with other separated dads like you. 100% FREE, confidential, non judgemental. Just turn up. Please share with someone that needs support. www.dids.org.au

02/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed and feeling completely drained aren’t the same thing, but we often treat them like they are.
Stress usually comes from too much. It can feel like pressure, urgency, and having more on your plate than you can handle. Burnout is different. It’s what happens when that stress goes on for too long. It can feel like exhaustion, numbness, and having nothing left to give.
Understanding the difference matters, because they don’t need the same kind of care.
This month’s Love Notes focuses on stress and burnout, and how to recognize what you might be experiencing.
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28/04/2026

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07/11/2025