Less than $5 1st Grade Social Emotional Learning Activities

Do you need engaging brain breaks? This single-page listening activity is great for celebrating summer, Arbor Day, or for adding to your June sub plans. Just print and play! The music is available on YouTube or your favorite streaming services.

While listening, students color the scene and choose the keywords/elements that resonate with their listening experience. There are also blank lines for writing in additional keywords. Students often engage in discussions about what they've heard or felt. Great for displaying!

Featured Music

The Five Sacred Trees - John Williams

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of the composition
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

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Help students identify their emotions with this interactive Ghost Feelings Poster! Featuring 12 feelings with matching cards, it’s a spooky-fun way to build emotional awareness in the classroom.

Contents:
The Ghost Feelings Poster is a creative and engaging tool for teaching emotional awareness. Featuring 12 ghostly emotions—happy, mad, sad, tired, scared, annoyed, anxious, naughty, silly, surprised, worried, and bored—this poster makes it easy for students to express how they feel. Each feeling comes with a matching card that students can place on the poster, helping them recognize and understand their emotions in a visual, hands-on way. This resource creates a safe space for emotional expression while making it fun with a ghost theme that’s perfect for any time of the year.

How the Product is Used:
Teachers simply hang the Ghost Feelings Poster in a prominent area of the classroom. Students use the emotion cards to choose the one that best describes how they’re feeling and place it on the poster. Whether they’re feeling happy, tired, or surprised, this interactive process encourages students to reflect on their emotions throughout the day, giving teachers the opportunity to foster meaningful conversations and emotional learning.

Why They’ll Love This Product:
Teachers will love this product because it promotes self-awareness and emotional development in a fun, ghost-themed format. The bright and engaging visuals make it easy for students to understand and select their feelings, while the hands-on activity promotes participation. With 12 key emotions represented, students will gain a better understanding of how to express their feelings, making it a valuable tool for emotional literacy in the classroom.

What Features Are Included:

• 1 Ghost-themed Feelings Poster with 12 emotions: happy, mad, sad, tired, scared, annoyed, anxious, naughty, silly, surprised, worried, and bored
• 12 matching emotion cards for students to select and place on the poster
• Simple, engaging, and age-appropriate visuals
• Perfect for daily emotional check-ins
• Great for social-emotional learning activities in early education settings

Who This Product Is For:

1. Preschool and kindergarten teachers focused on social-emotional learning
2. Homeschool educators incorporating emotional literacy into their curriculum
3. Special education teachers needing visual supports for emotional expression
4. School counselors and social workers looking for interactive tools to help students express feelings
5. Early childhood educators promoting emotional understanding in a playful and approachable way

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Get in the festive spirit with your students by relaxing using these Christmas Mindfulness Breathing Exercise Cards. Enjoy 8 different breathing exercises thinking about some favorite holiday treats! You will enjoy relaxing & breathing with presents, trees, super elves & more!

Included:

8: 8x10 Colorful Visual posters to decorate your classroom or your hallways.

Colorful direction cards to help with your breathing and visualizations

8 small colorful visuals - put them on your lanyard or on your students desks.

❤️Are you looking for a fun way to encourage social emotional development, support your students' mental health and emotional well-being this holiday season? If your students love Christmas gingerbread activities, this hands-on holiday cookie resource provides meaningful opportunities to learn, identify, discuss, and practice feelings & emotions through play!

✏️It includes 30 differentiated play dough mats! Simply print, laminate, or place in a page protector folder and add play dough! Students may also use a dry-erase marker to trace, write, and draw!

✏️It also includes 40 feelings & emotions vocabulary cards and 7 differentiated pages of worksheets.

✏️Great for literacy centers, sub tub, individual, small group, partner work, early finishers, or extra practice at home for your preschool, kindergarten,1st grade or 2nd grade learners!

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✅Includes: (42 pages)

☑ Trace and draw (20 pages)

☑ Write and draw (5 pages)

☑ Draw (5 pages)

☑ Feelings vocabulary flashcards (5 pages - 40 cards)

☑ "Cookie Feelings!" worksheets - (3 pages)

☑ "How are You?" worksheets - (4 pages)

✅Bonus: (42 pages)

☑ Black & white set (42 pages)

✅Feelings included:

• afraid
• bored
• calm
• confused
• curious
• disgusted
• excited
• frustrated
• happy
• jealous
• lonely
• loved
• nervous
• proud
• sad
• sorry
• sorry
• surprised
• tired
• worried

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Social-Emotional Learning Bundle
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Discover the ultimate resource for helping your child master the art of calm with our Baby Animal Breathing Exercises, Finger Tracing Calm Down Cards. This 16 card set (plus instructions) is specifically designed to nurture mindfulness for kids and provide a fun, interactive tool for meditation activities and emotion regulation.

Included in this bundle are a variety of baby animals and sea creatures that capture children's interests and imaginations. Each card invites kids to trace their fingers along paths that encourage focused breathing and mindfulness. This simple yet effective technique is a proven anxiety tool for kids, helping them learn how to regulate their feelings and find tranquility in moments of stress.

Perfect for any calm down corner, these cards serve as a practical aid in teaching children how to manage anxiety and stress through controlled breathing. They are ideal for both home, therapy or counseling office and classroom settings, providing a valuable support system for children as they learn to navigate their emotions.

Each card is crafted with care, ensuring that the path is easy to follow and perfectly suited to little hands.

What’s included:

1 file with 17 PDF pages

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Let's Explore Feelings! Fun with Faces and Words

This exciting worksheet is all about the many feelings we experience! Get ready to be an artist, a detective, and a storyteller!

Here's what kid'll do:

1. Become a Face Artist! Look at the blank face on the page. Imagine different feelings and emotions. Use crayons or markers to draw what a happy face might look like, or a sad face, or even a surprised one!
2. Word Detective! See those words below the faces? Trace the letters with a pencil to learn how to spell words like "happy," "sad," and "surprised."
3. Storytelling Time! Think about situations that might make someone feel a certain way. For example, if you drew a happy face, what could make you feel happy? Maybe getting a new toy or playing with friends? Write a short sentence about a situation that might cause that feeling.

This worksheet is a fun way to explore the world of emotions and how to express them!

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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Boost critical thinking and comprehension skills with this Bloom's Taxonomy Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions! Designed for Kindergarten to Second-grade students, this resource includes a carefully crafted nonfiction passage followed by six thought-provoking questions. These questions are aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy, ensuring a range of cognitive levels from basic recall to higher-order thinking, making it perfect for classroom discussions and individual assessments.

This 2-page, 8.5x11 inch PDF is ideal for teachers looking to enhance their students’ understanding and analytical skills in a fun and engaging way. Great for use in literacy centers, whole-class activities, or as independent practice. Help your students master the art of comprehension while fostering critical thinking!

Product Features:

• Bloom's Taxonomy-aligned questions
• Six comprehension questions targeting various cognitive levels
• Ideal for classroom discussions, assessments, or homework
• 2 pages (8.5x11 inches)
• Suitable for Kindergarten to Second grade
• Engaging nonfiction passage for student interest

Perfect for literacy instruction, this resource supports students' development in both comprehension and critical thinking. Add this engaging tool to your classroom today!

This engaging and interactive mini book is designed to help students develop gratitude and reflection skills. Students will look at the pictures and write the word of the things that they are thankful for. The book also includes blank templates for students to personalize their gratitude lists.

Benefits for Students:

• Enhanced Gratitude: By actively listing things they are thankful for, students cultivate a positive mindset and appreciate the good in their lives.
• Improved Writing Skills: Writing practice is essential for language development. This book provides opportunities for students to write words and sentences related to gratitude.
• Cognitive Development: Visual prompts and writing activities stimulate cognitive processes such as observation, memory, and critical thinking.
• Emotional Well-being: Focusing on positive emotions can reduce stress and anxiety, promoting emotional well-being.
• Social-Emotional Learning: Sharing gratitude with others can strengthen social bonds and foster empathy.

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Your students will love these good choices and bad choice sorts! Engage your K-2 students with this interactive worksheet and group activity focusing on good choices and bad choices.

This resource includes worksheets, sorts, and activities to help young students understand the concepts of good choices and bad choices. It is perfect for small group lessons on expectations or as a center activity. Teachers can also laminate the group sort for a visual classroom display.

Benefits:

• Multiple options for sorts to teach students about decision-making

Instructions/Tips for Implementation:

Utilize this resource in small group lessons to teach expectations or as a center activity. Laminate the group sort for a long-lasting visual display in the classroom.

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This Goodbye Gift Memory Book is a fun way for classmates to share memories and say goodbye to a student moving away. It includes pages with fun designs and simple prompts, making it easy for everyone to write messages, draw, and create a special keepsake.

Feelings, Feelings Chart, Feelings Check-In, Checklist – This interactive resource is perfect for helping children express their emotions and identify areas of discomfort. "Where Do You Feel Pain?" is designed for teachers, counselors, and parents to support kids in understanding their physical and emotional well-being.

This resource includes:

• A large body diagram for children to mark areas of pain or discomfort.
• A feelings chart to help kids associate their emotions with physical sensations.
• A check-in checklist to encourage self-awareness and communication.
• Bright, colorful visuals to engage young learners.

Perfect for:

• Classroom emotional check-ins.
• Therapy and counseling sessions.
• Teaching body awareness and fostering self-expression.

Support children in identifying their feelings and needs with this easy-to-use, kid-friendly tool!

Fun Cutting And Pasting | Scissor Skills Activity Pages For Kids And Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice by cutting and Gluening skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun and educational gift For Mental health awarenes Month !

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 30 Cut And Paste Worksheets

• pages ( PDF + PNG)

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

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Positive affirmation worksheets for young students learning how to write. Students will get to trace a simple sentence that promotes self-esteem, confidence, and positive self talk. They'll get to develop fine motor skills, get creative, and have an opportunity to create their own affirmations. Resource comes in colored/black and white versions.

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Looking to build & support a positive classroom or school environment? These kindness mini cards & coloring pages are perfect for students to create for one another. Great activity for social emotional learning time or anytime your students need a little extra positivity!

Includes 8 different designs. Option to print all 8 as "mini" cards on one sheet or each design is also included as a full page. Also includes option to have "from" printed on each page for students to sign before giving to classmates.

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Our “Keep Our Cool vs Lose My Cool Anger Management and Emotion Regulation Scenario Choice Cards" are a powerful tool designed to help children navigate challenging situations and explore emotional regulation and anger management. This engaging resource consists of a set of scenario cards that depict both scenarios where children successfully maintain their cool and situations where they may struggle and lose their cool.

KEY FEATURES:

• Engaging Scenario Cards: The resource includes a collection of scenario cards that portray various challenging situations children may encounter in their daily lives exploring impulse control, anger management and emotional regulation.
• Mix of Scenarios: The cards feature a balance of scenarios where children exhibit composure and handle challenging situations effectively, as well as situations where they face difficulties in maintaining their cool.
• Promotes Emotional Resilience: The cards provide a platform for discussions about emotions, problem-solving, and effective coping strategies.
• Encourages Reflection and Discussion: Children are prompted to reflect on how different responses can impact their emotions and relationships, fostering meaningful discussions.
• Versatile Usage: These cards can be used in classrooms, counseling sessions, or at home to facilitate discussions, enhance social-emotional skills, and develop emotional intelligence.

BENEFITS:

• Develops Emotional Resilience: Children explore ways to manage their emotions effectively and stay composed in challenging situations.
• Enhances Problem-Solving Skills: The scenarios encourage critical thinking and promote the development of effective problem-solving strategies.
• Facilitates Discussions: The cards serve as conversation starters, enabling meaningful discussions about emotions, reactions, and appropriate responses.
• Builds Empathy and Perspective-Taking: Children gain a deeper understanding of others' emotions and perspectives through exploring diverse scenarios.
• Encourages Self-Reflection: Children reflect on their own emotional responses and develop self-awareness to make positive choices.

With our “Keep Our Cool vs Lose My Cool Anger Management Emotion Management Scenario Cards," children have an engaging resource to learn and practice emotional resilience, problem-solving, and self-regulation skills, fostering their overall emotional well-being.

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Do you want to help your students become better communicators? This social emotional pack will help your students enhance their communication skills and differentiate between effective communication and unhelpful communication. Between guiding anchor charts, sorting cards and communication scenarios. Students will get a chance to navigate their feelings and work on expressing themselves.

This resource includes:

-Feelings Cards Anchor Chart

- Helpful and Unhelpful Communication Examples Anchor Chart

-Communication Scenarios Task Cards

-Characteristics of an Effective Communicator Anchor Chart

- I Message Communication Tool

-How to Be An Effective Communicator Writing Template

-Helpful and Unhelpful Communications Sorting Cards

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This U.D.L. & Conferencing .pdf file is designed to be printed and copied for your students to use while assessing their assignment. Feel free to tweak a couple things for yourself to match your own lesson. I had students use this U.D.L. Checklist Worksheet to focus on Engagement, Representation, and Expression throughout the lesson. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Looking for creative ways to teach your students the importance of kindness? Our Kindness Activity Set is designed to make learning about empathy and compassion engaging and fun. This comprehensive set is filled with activities that encourage children to think about and practice kindness in their everyday lives.

• Posters & Worksheets: Visually appealing resources to inspire kindness.
• Handprint Art & Coloring Pages: Creative activities that reinforce positive behavior.
• Kind Kid Award: Celebrate and reward acts of kindness.
• Kindness Challenge Bucket List: Includes a list full of ideas and a customizable template for students to complete.

Perfect for classrooms, home, or group settings, this activity set is an excellent way to promote a culture of kindness and empathy among young learners!

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

These Identifying Feelings and Emotions Task Cards by “The Fun Sheep” are the Perfect way for Toddlers and Preschoolers to build a solid foundation in understanding feelings. This activity empowers them to identify and express their emotions confidently, nurturing a lifelong skill set for healthy emotional development

It's a valuable addition to early childhood education, promoting emotional growth and self-awareness in a meaningful way

What comes in the product:

- Set of 14 different Clip Cards

- Feelings Included: Angry, Bored, Confused, Crying, Disgusted, Shy, Excited, Happy, Interested, Sad, Scared, Silly, Surprised, Tired

- 4 pages to print

- A4 paper Size

- Best to print on card stock (Colors will vary depending on printer used)

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