Less than $5 Elementary School Social Emotional Learning Games (by price, low to high)

Are you looking for an easy way to improve student behaviors? This is a fun, easy, print and go activity.

I use the secret missions with my students. Simply print the packet, cut out, and post the missions in your room (be sure to cover each mission with a "secret mission" card".

Then the magic begins. Each morning during your morning meeting time chose a kiddo to uncover a mission. Discuss the mission, the importance of it, what it looks like. I generally have a secret task force who also watches for the behaviors. Then when your children are "caught" they earn a party point/tally/ball (whatever reinforcer you use) for your class. Currently my kids are working to earn hot chocolate with toppings.

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Let's Be Friends Board Game is a fun and engaging board game designed for young children in preschool and kindergarten. This exciting game teaches valuable lessons about kindness, teamwork, and empathy while promoting social skills in a playful, interactive way.

This game is a part of the larger Play and Purpose Friendship and Feelings curriculum for Kindergarten. It gives a sample of the interactive activities found in the curriculum, which can be used for an individual child, a small group of children or the whole class depending on the needs of the group. Many lessons contain ways to scaffold the learning to your students and allow for the most learning to take place as possible! 

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This resource was inspired by a game I play with my preschool students when thinking about Size of a Problem vs Our Reactions. 

This fun game will get your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten students thinking & engaging with the idea that our reactions will differ according to the size of a problem. It works perfectly with your Unit on Problem Solving.

What’s included in Size of the Problem VS Reaction Game?

• 15 Common Scenarios

• 8 Different reactions

When to play this Size of the Problem VS Reaction game?

•Play this game as a whole group activity to reinforce learning.

•Great addition to your unit on problem solving.

How to Play this Size of the Problem vs Reaction Game?

1. Invite a student up to pick out one scenario and one reaction card.

2. Have them act out the scene. Appropriate or not, encourage your student to act it out.

For example, a student may choose:

Scenario: a broken pencil

Reaction: throw yourself on the floor and cry uncontrollably

3. This might lead to some giggles, but now is the time to activate their critical thinking skills with some of the discussion question provided.

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"Building" a safe, healthy, and happy learning environment starts with the people that we share it with! In this activity, students take on the opportunity of working effectively with others, thinking creatively, communicating respectfully, and cooperation with others all built into one activity! This is a blast for the whole class - all while focusing on so many important SEL skills. This activity includes minimal preparation yet all the benefits of so many social emotional learning skills to build (pun intended!) My students did not want this activity to end!!

Looking for more interactive activities to do with your class? Check out the links below!

Kindness Activity - The Impact of our Words (Upper Elementary)

Kindness "Hot Potato" - Interactive SEL Lesson (Multiple Grade Levels)

Leadership Activity - "Jumping Ships!" (Upper Elementary)

"Kind or Trash" gives a fun new outlook on discussing kind vs unkind actions for younger elementary students. While the discussion is great, this activity also gets them up and moving and looking forward to their turn! This activity had my classes engaged through the entire lesson and it created great conversation as well! The basket and recycling bin is a great visual for students as they are recognizing kind vs unkind actions.

If you are looking for other ways to bring kindness activities into your classroom, check out the links below (for all ages!):

Kindness Activity and the Impact of Our Words (Best seller!) - Middle School

Kindness Classroom "Snowball Fight" - Upper Elementary

Kindness "Hot Potato" - Elementary/Middle School

Know Your Impact - Middle School/High School

If you are looking for a fun, engaging, and interactive activity for your elementary students - this is for you!! This activity gets students working together, up and moving around, while they also practice perseverance, self-control, patience, and so much more! Add academic questions to each of the "snowballs" that they must answer to finish the race and watch all of the learning happen! So. Much. Fun!

Community building activities come in handy at the start of the year... and beyond! This activity focuses on not only working together and building community, but also allows students opportunity to practice active listening skills with a focus on listening to understand and absorb information rather than listening to respond. This activity is great for the basics of get to know you and team building questions, but could also be used to answer more academic-based questions as well. It is fun, interactive, and engaging, which offers a fun change of pace to the classroom!

Looking for other fun, engaging, and interactive resources? Check out the links below:

Kindness Hot Potato - Interactive SEL Activity

Kindness "Snowball" Fight - Interactive SEL Activity

Leadership Activity - "Jumping Ships!"

"Caught Ya Being Respectful" is a fun and engaging activity that not only gets students talking about being respectful and what that looks like, but it also encourages them to make connections of people (that they know and often admire!) that are showing respect around them as well! This activity includes everything needed for your next classroom lesson on respect, including two worksheets (Wanted Poster and Bonus Activity!) as well as different ideas that you can do with the finished products! My students LOVED this and it was fun for our teachers to see the outcome as well. We got a lot of learning and laughs out of this activity!

An interactive Growth Mindset main activity + more included! Ideas provided for multiple grade levels to maximize your use! This activity puts an overall focus on introducing or better understanding growth mindset and what it sounds like, while also providing opportunity to turn it up a notch and have students come up with their own growth mindset statements and work toward building that skill. Interactive, engaging, and makes an impact! It's a win, win, win for classrooms!! Colored and black and white copies available. Everything you need for a full lesson provided!

Have students practice conversation skills while getting to know each other.

This worksheet is great for conversation skills, getting to know each other, and ice breakers for students of most grades.

Directions: Play with a partner and two dices. Each partner rolls their dice and ask the question that corresponds. Play until there are no more questions!

Includes:

+ Color Roll a Conversation Worksheet

+ Black and White Roll a Conversation Worksheet

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Give your students the opportunity to explore many different careers in a fun and interactive way! This "What Career" card game is played similar to the card game "Apples to Apples" and my students LOVED it! It lead to a lot of conversation, sharing of likes and dislikes, and questioning of what specific careers were - it was so refreshing to listen to them talk non-stop about careers during these class periods! Included in the download is everything you need to play the game, including instructions and step by step guide!

Looking for more interactive SEL classroom lessons? Check these out below!

Jumping Ships - Interactive SEL Lesson on Leadership

Kindness Activity - The Impact of our Words

Kindness "Snowball Fight"

Think Before You Speak Game - An Interactive SEL Lesson

If you are looking for a fun and interactive way for your students to not only discuss perseverance and what facing challenges looks like, but also practice the skill in a fun and engaging way, then this might be a classroom activity for you! Perseverance is one of those skills that is truly mastered when they are able to practice is "on the spot" and build skills in the moment. This activity provides a safe and comfortable way to do just that, while creating both fun scenarios and more realistic scenarios that they may face in their day to day lives. This activity includes TWO separate classroom lessons (and the foundation of a great writing activity, too!), a list of random items that you could use in your classroom, and two pages of scenario cards. Use real life objects OR print out the clip art pictures included in the digital download. Everything needed for your next engaging classroom lesson - enjoy!!

Looking for other fun, engaging, and interactive lessons? See links below!

Kindness Activity and the Impact of Your Words (Best Seller!)

Kindness Activity - Classroom "Snowball Fight"

Think Before You Speak - Interactive Game

Career Card Game - "What Career?"

What better way to learn kindness than by practicing and experiencing it firsthand! Get ready to have a blast with your students - this is a fun one!! This download includes THREE interactive SEL activities to introduce kindness ideas, invite creative thinking, and provide “real-time” practice of the trait! This is such a fun way to get students talking, creating, and engaging... all while being kind to one another! Digital download gives detailed instructions on how to play each version of the activity as well as 15 "pair matches" to be used in the activity (or for other uses in your classroom!)

Looking for other kindness activities for your students? See links below:

Kindness Activity and the Impact of our Words

Kindness Activity - Class "Snowball Fight"

"Think Before You Speak" - Interactive SEL Activity

"So You Think You Know Directions?!" is an absolute hit for my students! Prepare for a fun, engaging, and new favorite classroom activity for all! This activity focuses on multiple social emotional learning topics - attentive listening, awareness, team building, perseverance, respectful communication, and SO much more ALL in ONE activity! This digital download comes with everything you need for your next classroom lesson - detailed instructions, ready-to-print cards, and a guide for the teacher! Your students will all work together to complete one goal - get from person #1 to the last person, without skipping anyone in between! Each card comes with a different task that each student will be asked to complete. The cards must be completed in order, but you are only able to know what is on your card and no one else's and participants aren't able to talk (cue the attentiveness!) Didn't quite get it the first time... or the second... maybe it took a third try? No worries... cue the perseverance and respectful communication! A bonus to increase engagement - many of the cards include a task that is a bit silly (why not throw in fun ways to build confidence into this lesson, too?!) This lesson is truly a favorite for all with so many great SEL topics built in.

Looking for other fun and interactive SEL lessons for you and your students? Check out the links below!

Kindness Activity - The Impact of Our Words (Upper Elementary/Middle School)

Kindness "Hot Potato" (Multiple lessons for multiple grade levels included!)

Creative Perseverance + Facing Challenges (Upper Elementary/Middle School)

The Magical Yet: Growth Mindset Activity (Lower Elementary)

Kick off the New Year and help students reset after winter break with this Spin & Chat Partner Game! Perfect as an icebreaker for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders, this activity helps students share their excitement, build speaking and listening skills, and reconnect with classmates. Use it for morning meetings, brain breaks, or early finisher fun!

What's included 5 Spin and Chat game boards 25 total questions (5 questions on each board)

Also Includes: Directions page Color & black and white options

Directions: Spin: One partner spins and lands on a question. Ask & Answer: Ask the question, and the other partner answers. Color: After answering, color in that section. Repeat: Switch roles and continue until the board is filled or time is up.

Spin & Chat Examples: Would you rather travel or stay home during break? Why? What is one goal you have for the new year? Would you rather have an extra week of winter break or extra snow days throughout the year?

This Emotions Matching Activity makes the perfect Social and Emotional Center for your Kindergarten students this Back to School season. Learners will practice identifying and matching emotions on the animal's faces.

Perfect for use during kindergarten centers or with small groups of students, this emotions matching activity is simple to prepare and can be used again and again. Color and black and white versions are provided and your students will love the fun and cute emotions and faces.

⭐ This printable is also part of the following bundles:

-Kindergarten Back to School Math and Literacy Centers

What is included in this Emotions Matching Back to School Center for Kindergarten?

• Match the Emotions
• Recording Sheets
• Black and White Copies

How do learners complete this Kindergarten Match the Emotions and Faces Activity?

• Present the learners with the matching cards.
• Learners will identify the emotion shown on the cat's face and will match the correct dog's face (emotion) to it.

Preparing this Back to School Kindergarten SEL Center:

• Print the activity pages and laminate.
• Cut apart to create the emotion matching cards.
• Print the recording sheets if required.

How to best use this Back to School SEL Center:

• Explore during morning work 
• Assign as supplemental math centers 
• Implement these centers in an independent way or use them with small-groups.

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Leadership Lessons from Disney Characters SEL Lesson puts a whole new meaning to interactive, meaningful, and fun for all! In this lesson, the students will work to ask intentional questions in order to figure out the character in several rounds of "Who is It?!" while also learning and reflecting from moments in which Disney characters demonstrated leadership in their movies! This lesson includes the complete Google Slide download and reflection questions and is ready to go for your next leadership lesson. 12 characters and quotes ready to go, specific instructions, + reflection questions to follow. My students loved this and the conversation that followed was great, too!!

An interactive KINDNESS activity! This was an absolute favorite in our classroom! Our students were beaming afterwards and one even said "Wow, I never thought my classmates would say such nice things about me!" They talked about it for days afterwards and it has been an environment changer!! Included is a Google Slides presentation to present to the class with instructions included - an icebreaker to start, the activity, and reflection questions to follow. All you will need is paper and writing utensils! Enjoy!!

Interested in the PDF version instead? Find the resource HERE!

An interactive KINDNESS activity! This was an absolute favorite in our classroom! Our students were beaming afterwards and one even said "Wow, I never thought my classmates would say such nice things about me!" They talked about it for days afterwards and it has been an environment changer!! Included is a PDF Instruction guide - an icebreaker to start, the main activity, and reflection questions to follow. All you will need is paper and writing utensils! Enjoy!!

This interactive SEL classroom lesson provides fun and engagement for the entire class, while reminding them that everyone (including Disney characters!) uses growth mindset and gratitude in their roles - just as we should do! This activity will have students using creative thinking skills, communication, growth mindset, and so much more! My students have loved this activity and ask to do it frequently (See Leadership Lessons from Disney lesson in my store as well!) I use Disney characters as most are familiar with many of the characters and it is fun to see their faces light up when they get it correct. One of the magical moments with this lesson is seeing how easily they connect with the Disney characters when reflecting afterwards. Everything you need for this lesson is ready to go upon download - easily editable and adjustable to best fit your needs or add new characters as well, with 9 ready to use characters + quotes included!