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Back To School Capybara Fortune Teller
Support a social-emotional-learning, get-to-know-you activity for the start of the school year using a paper fortune teller.
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Feelings & self-awareness
Zebra Feelings and Emotions
A zebra-themed SEL (social-emotional learning) activity teaching young learners to identify and express basic feelings and emotions.
Feelings & self-awareness
Matching Emotions with Appropriate Behaviors Activity Packet
A Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) activity where students match described behaviors to the emotion that is likely causing them.
Feelings & self-awareness
AD Word Family Emergent Reader: Our Feelings
A decodable emergent-reader story combining AD word family practice with talking about feelings and emotions.
Feelings & self-awareness
Selfie Social Emotional Learning Activity, BTS Student Self Portrait
Selfie Social Emotional Learning Activity, BTS Student Self Portrait This fun back-to-school activity helps teachers get to know new students while promoting inclusion, positivity, growth mindset, and social-emotional learning in the classroom. Students create self-portraits by coloring in a hand holding a cell phone and adding a positive affirmation…
Feelings & self-awareness
Social Scenarios – Perspective-Taking Activities
Perspective-taking social-emotional learning activities that help students consider how others may be thinking or feeling in social scenarios.
Coping, calm & self-regulation
Reacting Vs. Responding-A lesson about self-control and impulsivity
A social-emotional-learning lesson teaching students the difference between reacting and responding, building self-control and impulse-control skills.
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Feelings & self-awareness
Feelings Spelling Game | Interactive PowerPoint Activity | Vocabulary
This Feelings Spelling game gives students a chance to practice feelings vocabulary and spelling at the same time. How to play: Students start by choosing a picture. They then look at the feeling shown, work out the word, and complete it by clicking on the correct letters. Once the word is finished, they can return to the main page and choose another…
Communication & problem solving
Active Listening word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
Reinforce active-listening vocabulary through word-puzzle practice (word search, word scramble, crossword) as part of a social-emotional learning unit.
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Feelings & self-awareness
Selfie Self Portrait, Social Emotional Learning Activity
Forever June Digital Design's Selfie Self Portrait printables encourage self-expression and positive affirmations. Students create unique self-portraits by coloring in a hand holding a phone to take a "selfie." They choose positive affirmation speech bubbles to pair with their selfie, such as "I am capable of amazing things." Use this social-emotional…
Feelings & self-awareness
Emotions Alphabet or Number Hunt Game
Pocket-chart hunt game combining emotion vocabulary practice with letter name/sound and number recognition.
Feelings & self-awareness
Bear Feelings and Emotions
Introduce and practice identifying basic feelings and emotions using bear-themed cards and a playdough face-building mat.
Classroom community & SEL lessons
Concept Nouns Naming and Definitions 17
Teach and reinforce feelings/emotions vocabulary through picture/definition matching and vocabulary-recall practice.
Friendship, kindness & empathy
Back to School Sorting Activities Kindergarten - Classifying | Feed th
A back-to-school themed sorting/classifying game where students sort picture cards into categories such as school vs. home items, daily-use vs. sometimes-used supplies, good vs. not-good behavior, and feelings, by 'feeding' cards to a monster.
Classroom community & SEL lessons
The Impact of "That's So Gay!" Lesson
A discussion-based social-emotional/life-skills lesson (slide deck) addressing the impact of using 'that's so gay' as a casual insult, framed as a hate-speech awareness lesson.
Communication & problem solving
Good Sport Reminders, Differentiated Worksheets & Posters
A poster-and-worksheet set that teaches and reinforces 10 'good sport' reminders (play fairly, play the whole game, try your best, have fun, keep emotions in control, accept the rules when enforced, say 'Good Game!', stay mostly positive, support your team, win or lose respectfully) through discussion posters and self-reflection…
Feelings & self-awareness
Are You An Introvert Or Extrovert? Lesson With Kahoot! and Student Survey
A social-emotional learning lesson introducing the difference between introverts and extroverts through a slideshow, a self-assessment survey, and group discussion.
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Feelings & self-awareness
Spiders Feelings and Emotions
Teach basic feelings and emotions vocabulary using spider-themed cards and a playdough face-building activity.
Classroom community & SEL lessons
Leadership | SEL Openers/Bellringers and Weekly Activity
Social-emotional learning (SEL) resource providing daily 'opener'/bellringer activities plus a weekly SEL lesson built around leadership-related topics (e.g., 'I can show leadership in groups'), aligned to the CASEL framework.
Feelings & self-awareness
Cat Emotions
An 8-page activity for teaching basic emotions and feelings vocabulary using a cat theme, paired with a playdough face-building activity.
Free download Friendship, kindness & empathy
Friendship Themed Color By Numbers
A friendship-themed color-by-number card game that prompts students to discuss social skills questions (what friendship means, how to help/cheer up a friend, how friendships can end, etc.) while coloring in a picture.
Classroom community & SEL lessons
Courage and Bravery word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
A themed vocabulary practice set (word search, word scramble, and crossword puzzle) built around courage/bravery vocabulary for social-emotional learning.
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Feelings & self-awareness
Crab Emotions
Help young students learn to identify and express basic feelings and emotions using crab-themed cards and a playdough activity.
Communication & problem solving
Conflict Resolution word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
Vocabulary practice resource pairing three puzzle formats (crossword, word scramble, word search) to build recognition and spelling of conflict-resolution vocabulary for a social-emotional learning unit.
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