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*These activites will help your child develop social-emotional skills to help keep them postive and understand the way they are feeling sometimes. They will help you understand the way they are feeling and how you can help them. The resources on this page will assist you as well with your child's social-emotional well being.

Scavenger Hunt WorksheetFor students stuck at home, a scavenger hunt can be a new treat and a fun way to pass the time. In fact, my kindergartner loves doing them, and we even did a driving scavenger hunt to get out of the house last weekend. In this scavenger hunt worksheet, students will search for

Kind Words Lesson and PrintableThis lesson and worksheet will help students brainstorm kind words to use when communicating with other people. Prep: Print this worksheet Prompt: Start a conversation with your students about kind words and why we should use them. Some suggested questions to use include: "Why should we use kind words?" "When was

Calming Activity: Deep BreathingThis is a great calming activity or coping tool to use when students need to cool down after an active lesson, are having a stressful moment, or need an emotion regulation strategy. While based on the active rest between each Zoo Academy assessment scene, geared towards K-1 students, this calming activity could be used

Paper Plate Emotion Masks - No Time For Flash CardsGreat lesson about feelings. Make emotion masks.

Kindness ActivityThis free kindness activity focuses on teaching and promoting kindness and kind behavior in your classroom. Kids will use the printable page to color in or check off each behavior as they do it. You can use this as a kindness challenge or just a reminder to be kind throughout the week.Why should I t...

Storytelling Social StoriesI have quite taken to this idea of storytelling. I have done it at home

Feel Wheel Worksheet to Help Students Explore EmotionsAt some point, we all struggle to put our feelings into words, and it can be even more challenging for kids. When it happens, it can be frustrating and cause a domino effect. Kids may have a poor reaction, have an outburst, or blame someone else simply because they don’t know how to express

Freeze Game Lesson for Students in Elementary SchoolChildren with good self-control are able to pay attention to important information in their environment, such as instructions from teachers or parents, and ignore distractions. And the Freeze Game lesson will help. Students Will: practice controlling behaviors and resisting distractions. Materials: music, Impulse Control poster Pre-Discussion: Begin by asking the group if they can think of a time when they were tempted

Dealing with Disappointment Lesson and PrintableDisappointment can happen for a variety of reasons, and most of us experience some sort of disappointment quite often. As adults, we have hopefully learned how to overcome the everyday minor disappointments. But for kids, a small disappointment can feel huge. Have you ever given a toddler a cut banana when they,

Song About Feelings for KidsMost of the time, we know how our kids are feeling by the look on their face or from their body language. Their lips will quiver, their eyes will well up, or they’ll simply cross those arms and shrug at something they’re not too happy about. Not only is it important for children to

Following Directions Worksheet: A Printable for Elementary StudentsLearning to follow directions is an important skill for all students to master. By the time students start Kindergarten, they should be able to handle simple 2 to 3 step instructions; however, some kids may need a little extra practice. In this Following Directions Worksheet, students will help Owlivia, an animal character from

Charades for Kids: Feelings and EmpathyUnderstanding how another person may be feeling in a given situation helps children be able to respond with care and kindness. This charades for kids activity will help student identify different emotions that their classmates will act out. Students Will: act out different emotions; use clues to identify others’ emotions. Materials: chalkboard, white board, or smartboard; slips of

Breathing Exercises for Kids that are FUN! - Your Therapy SourceDeep breathing exercises can be an excellent stress management technique for children. Here are some breathing exercises for kids that are FUN!

Positive Thinking Affirmations - Distance Learning and Google ClassroomUse these 101 free positive thinking affirmations to help kids and young adults with anxiety, depression, anger, dealing with stress, and more. This resource includes a 2-page printable list of positive affirmations and a student worksheet to record individual positive affirmations. Digital VersionU...

Getting to Know You QuestionsKids can use this free list of over 30 questions to ask partners about themselves. This can be a helpful getting to know you activity for back to school. Kids will then write what they've learned about their partners on a student response sheet. To help promote a positive classroom community, each s...

LEGO Calm Down JarDo you have a child who can get quite upset, needs quiet time, or enjoys being alone? If you are a regular here, you know just how explosive my oldest,

DIY Funny Face Flip BookThis DIY Funny Face Flip Book will keep the kids creatively entertained all afternoon. Great summer boredom buster kids activity and summer kids craft.

Lesson about Gratitude and HappinessWhat if we took a moment in our day to explain and teach gratitude to our kids? How would their moods change? Would it allow us to gain more insight into what brings them joy? To start this lesson, we ask kids a simple, but impactful question: "What are you happy about today?" Take a moment

Identifying Feelings Worksheet for Students in Early ElementaryThe first step to emotion regulation is identifying your own feelings. This identifying feelings worksheet will help K-1 students identify how they, or another person, might feel in a given situation. You might notice that Karma the Chameleon looks a little different on this worksheet. That’s because this is baby Karma from our new K-1

Big Changes versus Small Changes ActivityIn this activity, your students will identify recent changes they have experienced and label them as big changes or small changes. Prep: On the board, make a rating scale and label one side "small change" and the other "big change.” Prompt: Ask your students to think about recent changes in their lives. You may want to share

Positive and Negative Expressions: Nonverbal Communication MazeIn these worksheets, scaffolded by grade level, students will identify positive and negative expressions and emotion words to successfully navigate a maze to the finish. Deciphering the meaning of other’s positive and negative expressions can be difficult, especially when someone is saying one thing out loud while their face is silently saying something else. I’ve

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