Mental Health Literacy: Brain Responses & Getting Help
Help primary students understand how their body and brain respond to challenging or uncomfortable situations, and teach coping strategies and the importance of talking to trusted adults
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Help primary students understand how their body and brain respond to challenging or uncomfortable situations, and teach coping strategies and the importance of talking to trusted adults
A low-text, high-drawing SEL (social-emotional learning) visual journaling curriculum designed to help K-2 students build foundational gratitude and empathy skills without relying on reading/writing ability.
An A-Z review challenge activity where students identify one emotion and one coping skill for each letter of the alphabet, aligned to Illinois SEL Standard 1A (identify and manage one's emotions).
A three-activity vocabulary reinforcement set (crossword, word scramble, word search) built around self-regulation vocabulary terms.
Teaches grade 5 students about common mental health issues (depression and anxiety), their symptoms, coping strategies, and how students can support others struggling with mental health, while addressing stigma and attitudes.
A social-emotional learning (SEL) calming/mindfulness activity where students trace a bicycle shape with their finger while practicing controlled breathing to self-regulate.
Color By Code: Good and Bad Coping Skills School Counseling Activity The Color By Code: Good and Bad Coping Skills School Counseling Activity is a powerful, hand-on educational tool that facilitates children's understanding and management of their emotions. It merges visually invoking activities with fundamental life skills teaching,…
A social-emotional learning (SEL) calming/mindfulness activity where students trace an airplane shape with their finger while practicing controlled breathing to self-regulate.
A collection of kindness-themed activities designed to build empathy, social-emotional skills, and a positive classroom community through writing, crafts, and bingo-style games.
A social-emotional learning (SEL) calming/mindfulness activity where students trace a bunny shape with their finger while practicing controlled breathing to self-regulate.
Teaches students appropriate strategies for responding when someone is bothering them, contrasting acceptable coping responses with unacceptable reactions.
A cut-and-paste vocabulary-matching activity that trains fine motor skills and reading recognition of feelings/emotions vocabulary words.
An SEL (social-emotional learning) lesson teaching young students to identify feelings and recognize that feelings come in different sizes/intensities, built around a Google Slides story with two dog/cat characters.
A single-page self-reflection sheet for students to process a behavior incident by reflecting on their feelings, what happened, and what they should have done differently.
Vocabulary practice for feelings/emotions words through a word search, word scramble, and crossword puzzle.
SEL resource pairing a digital Boom Cards deck (accessed via external link, with audio) about distinguishing gratitude from disappointment with a printable handout for students to reflect on a personal experience of both feelings.
A set of three vocabulary puzzles (crossword, word scramble, word search) built around motivation-related vocabulary words, created for a social-emotional learning unit.
Build classroom community and social-emotional/communication skills at the start of the school year through a 'Boom Cube' get-to-know-you game.
Vocabulary practice resource pairing three puzzle formats (crossword, word scramble, word search) to build recognition and spelling of confidence-related vocabulary words for a social-emotional learning unit.
A social-emotional learning activity helping young students recognize emotions from facial expressions in photographs of real people.
A set of three vocabulary puzzles (crossword, word scramble, word search) reinforcing social-emotional vocabulary for expressing needs and wants (need, want, hungry, thirsty, tired, scared, etc).
A Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) activity where students match described behaviors to the emotion that is likely causing them.
Build vocabulary around community-building and social-emotional learning concepts (e.g., belonging, teamwork, trust) through three puzzle formats.
Social-emotional learning (SEL) book-companion lesson teaching the difference between 'bossing' and 'suggesting', built around the picture book 'Cake & I Scream' by Michael Genhart.