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Coping Skills SEL Colouring Pages – 4 Strategy Sheets

Coping Skills SEL Colouring Pages – 4 Strategy Sheets
, Not Grade Specific,

Four shape-outline colouring pages pair a coping strategy with a colour, and a fifth page lists all sixteen strategies as a reference chart.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Coping Skills, Feelings, Stress Management, School Counseling, SEL, Special Education, Self-regulation, Sel Coloring Pages, Social Emotional Learning

Death Social Story

Death Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,

A fill-in-the-blank social story walks a child through the death of a loved one, with photo placeholders and sentence blanks so an adult can personalise the narrative to the child's own family and loss.

Author SEN Resource Source

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Tags Social Story, Difficult Discussions, Death, Explaining Death, Social Story Death, Social Story About Death

Doing Things We Don't Want To Do – An SEL Lesson and Activities

Doing Things We Don't Want To Do – An SEL Lesson and Activities
, Not Grade Specific,

SEL lesson in PowerPoint on doing tasks we would rather avoid, teaching three coping strategies: think positively, look forward to something else and take a deep breath.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags SEL, Emotional Resilience, Role Play, Coping Strategies, Experiential Learning, Sel Lessons For Kindergarten, Sel Activities For Kindergarten

Draw the Emotion Faces – SEL Drawing Worksheet

Draw the Emotion Faces – SEL Drawing Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

Nine emotion words are laid out in a grid, each apparently paired with a blank face outline for students to draw the matching expression.

Author SEN Resource Source

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Tags Emotions, Feelings, Draw The Emotions, Emotion Recognition, Feelings Worksheets, Emotional Intelligence, Self-expression, Emotional Awareness, Emotional Literacy, Drawing

Emojis Pack - Emotion Cards, Mat and Fan

Emojis Pack - Emotion Cards, Mat and Fan
, Not Grade Specific,

Emotion cards, a matching mat and a fan cover ten feelings, including happy, worried, tired and love, for talking about how a child or a story character feels.

Author Little Owls Resources

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Tags Emoji, Emotions, Self Regulation, Transitions, All About Me, Emoji Fan

Exploring Emotions Boom Cards

Exploring Emotions Boom Cards
, Not Grade Specific,

Students identify how a pictured child feels by choosing one of two multiple-choice emotion answers. A correct choice plays a “ding” and is circled in green, while a wrong choice plays an “oops”, is circled in red and invites another try. The self-paced, self-checking format works on any compatible device at school or home.

Author The Music Suite

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Tags Boom Cards, Digital Task Cards, Emotions, Back To School

Fear of insects Social Story

Fear of insects Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,

"Insects are Friendly" runs nineteen illustrated pages in the first person, opening with "I do not like insects", validating the fear as normal, then giving reasons insects are harmless and useful — pollination, silk, honey, feeding birds and hedgehogs — before offering deep breaths, talking to someone and a repeatable phrase.

Author SEN Resource Source

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Tags Insects, Fear, Anxiety, Social Story, Coping Strategies, Coping Skills, Overcoming Fears

Feeling Left Out: Social Stories About Emotions and Social Skills
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Feeling Left Out: Social Stories About Emotions and Social Skills
, Not Grade Specific,

Use a digital presentation, full-size or half-size printed story, or individual cards to discuss feeling left out. Choose a format for shared reading and guided discussion.

Author The Feelings and Friends Teacher

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Tags Social Stories About Emotions, Social Stories Autism, Social Stories, Getting Along With Others, Social Skills Lessons, Social Skills Group, Friendship Lessons, Friendship Skills, Feeling Left Out

Feelings Choice Board

Feelings Choice Board
, Not Grade Specific,

A cut-and-glue choice board offers six named feelings and fourteen coping strategies; students choose three feelings and match three strategies to each in an 'If I'm ___, I can ___' grid.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Feelings, Emotions, Coping Strategies, Social-emotional Learning, Personalization, Choice Board

Feelings Conversation Cards | 16 Sentence Starters for Speaking

Feelings Conversation Cards | 16 Sentence Starters for Speaking
, Not Grade Specific,

Feelings conversation cards with 16 sentence starters such as 'I'm angry when…' for speaking practice, covering states from calm, excited and nervous to hungry, tired and upset.

Author English with Rita

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Tags Speaking Practice, Task Cards, Conversation Cards, Discussion Cards, Social Emotional Learning, SEL Activities, Sentence Starters, Printable Task Cards, Icebreaker

Fishing For Compliments-An SEL Activity

Fishing For Compliments-An SEL Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Students write their names on paper fish, crumple them into snowballs and toss them, then write a compliment on whichever fish they pick up until each fish carries three kind notes.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags SEL, Special Education, Positive Self-esteem, Classroom Activity, Social-emotional Learning, Fishing For Compliments

Coping Skills Poster for Kids – Calm Corner Decor
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Coping Skills Poster for Kids – Calm Corner Decor
, Not Grade Specific,

Nine simple coping strategies, from mindful breathing to drawing, are illustrated on a single calm-corner poster for young children to choose from.

Author Socializing with Sprouts

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Tags Classroom Poster, Coping Skills Poster, Coping Skills For Kids, Social Emotional Learning, Free Resource, Calming Poster, Calming Down Poster, Calm Down Corner Poster, Calm Corner Sign, Calming Strategies Poster, Calming Corner Posters, Calm Down Corner Posters

Friendship Passport Booklet

Friendship Passport Booklet
, Not Grade Specific,

A friendship-skills booklet pairs a bingo-style icebreaker card with a flower-versus-cactus friendship comparison chart and a conflict-resolution guide.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills, Small Group, School Counseling, Special Education, Booklet, Fun, Friendship

Good Listening – Social Story for Classroom Skills

Good Listening – Social Story for Classroom Skills
, Not Grade Specific,

Classroom listening behaviours are modelled in a first-person social story — looking, listening, staying quiet, and sitting still — and closes with a four-point recap.

Author SEN Resource Source

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Tags Social Story, Autism, Behavior, SEN, Good Listening, Listening Social Story

Hitting Social Story – Reassuring 7-Page Resource

Hitting Social Story – Reassuring 7-Page Resource
, Not Grade Specific,

A social story names the feelings of anger and frustration and offers a child three calm-down alternatives to hitting.

Author SEN Resource Source

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Tags Social Story, Behavior, Hurting Others, Hitting, Social Story Hitting Others, Story, Social, Self-regulation

How Big Are My Feelings-An SEL Lesson On The Size Of Feelings

How Big Are My Feelings-An SEL Lesson On The Size Of Feelings
, Not Grade Specific,

Ginger and Koko, a cat and a dog in a linked Google Slides story, give young students a way to name feelings and judge how big each one is before reflecting on their own feelings that day.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Size Of Feelings, School Counseling, Special Education, Social Skills, Self-management, Self-awareness, Handouts

I Feel, I Need.. SEL Themed Desk Name Tags

I Feel, I Need.. SEL Themed Desk Name Tags
, Not Grade Specific,

Desk name tags with six emotion options and six need options let each student show how they feel and what they need during a daily SEL check-in.

Author The Feelings and Friends Teacher

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Tags Feelings, Needs, Self-awareness, Emotional Literacy, Classroom Environment

Icebreaker Back To School Battle Brackets

Icebreaker Back To School Battle Brackets
, Not Grade Specific,

The printable provides an image and link to an externally hosted bracket icebreaker. Open the link before class to check access and choose how to use the activity.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Icebreakers, Back To School, Battle Brackets, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Community Building, Games, Advisory, Debate, Social Skills

Personal Identity Chart – Self-Reflection Tool

Personal Identity Chart – Self-Reflection Tool
, Not Grade Specific,

Self-image, relationships, and culture are explored across four quadrants of a "Who Am I?" identity chart graphic organiser.

Author Cogjogger

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Tags Identity Chart, Graphic Organizers, Creative Writing, Identity Diagram, Chart, Self-reflection

In My Heart – Back-to-School SEL Lesson

In My Heart – Back-to-School SEL Lesson
, Not Grade Specific,

Four hands-on emotional-literacy activities — a heart puzzle, a mini foldable book, a mood-meter page, and a multi-page flip book — help young children identify and express feelings, designed as a companion to the picture book In My Heart by Jo Witek.

Author Socializing with Sprouts

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Tags In My Heart, SEL, Feelings , Emotional Literacy, Expressing Emotions, Feelings Lesson Plan Preschool, Color Your Heart Activity, Feelings Of The Heart

Kindness Calendar

Kindness Calendar
, Not Grade Specific,

Kindness calendar with a small daily action for each square, such as giving a compliment, writing a nice note, helping with housework or watering the plants, laid out Monday to Sunday on one page.

Author SEN Resource Source

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Tags Kindness, Mental Health

Lego-Themed Sudoku Puzzle

Lego-Themed Sudoku Puzzle
, Not Grade Specific,

Lego-Themed Sudoku Puzzle presents a compact visual equation challenge built from repeated character symbols and numbered totals. Learners compare the rows or boxes, infer the value represented by each symbol, and use those relationships to find the final unknown. The page emphasises logical deduction and equation structure rather than a conventional nine-cell Sudoku grid. Teachers can ask students to record one equation for each inference so the reasoning remains visible and checkable.

Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor

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Tags Math, Sudoku, Legos, Emojis, Feelings, Emotions, Sel, Puzzle, Early Finishers, Bell Ringers

Matching Emotions With Facial Expressions Worksheet

Matching Emotions With Facial Expressions Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

Eight emotion words - sadness, happiness, disappointment, worry, fear, confusion, anger, and tiredness - are matched by line to the character faces expressing them, with a completed solutions version for checking.

Author The Feelings and Friends Teacher

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Tags Emotions Worksheets, Emotions And Facial Expressions, Empathy Resources, Empathy Worksheets, Social Skills Worksheets, Social Skills And Emotions, Social Emotional Learning Worksheets, Emotion Matching Worksheet, Morning Meeting Worksheet, Facial Expression Worksheet

Mood Music--Printable Coping Skill and Music Activity for Resiliency Skills

Mood Music--Printable Coping Skill and Music Activity for Resiliency Skills
, Not Grade Specific,

Nine song prompts in a three-by-three grid ask students to name music that makes them feel confident, calm, excited or annoyed, and music they would put on when already sad, angry, worried or nervous.

Author The Feelings and Friends Teacher

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Tags Music, Coping Skills, Emotional Health, Resilience, Worksheet