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Cognitive Triangle Poster – CBT for Kids

Help children talk about the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. A simple cognitive triangle gives teachers a visual reference for guided conversations.
Grades
Grades 1–5
Pages
1
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Instant download · Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
Health
Topic
Cognitive triangle, CBT
Resource types
Posters, Teacher Tools
Preparation
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Product description

From the author

This cognitive triangle poster connects “What you think,” “How you feel” and “How you act” for a guided classroom conversation.

The ZIP contains a current arrowed design with a credits page and an older one-page design with connecting lines. The standalone PDF duplicates the older design. Choose one poster to print; the resource is a discussion visual.

Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify the three connected elements of the cognitive triangle: thoughts, feelings, and actions.

  • Explain that a change in one element (thought, feeling, or action) affects the other two.

Teaching tips

  • Use a familiar classroom scenario to identify a thought, a feeling and an action, then discuss their connections.

  • Choose the arrowed design to emphasize direction, or the older connected-triangle design as an alternate visual.

Skills covered

  • Cognitive-triangle reasoning — students connect a thought, feeling, and action to see how changing one affects the others, using the poster's own labeled diagram as the model.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Cognitive triangle

  • Thoughts-feelings-actions connection

  • CBT-based SEL

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