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Do you need engaging brain breaks? This single-page listening activity is great for celebrating autumn or adding to your September 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

Violin Concerto - Samuel Barber

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 young learners explore and understand emotions with this Apple Themed Emotions Matching Activity! This engaging resource introduces 12 different emotions displayed on apple-themed cards, including happy, mad, sad, silly, laughing, surprised, tired, bored, annoyed, worried, loved, and scared. Students will read through scenario cards that describe different situations and match them to the corresponding emotion. This activity helps children recognize emotions in themselves and others, encouraging emotional awareness and empathy.

Contents:

• 12 emotion cards with apple designs (featuring emotions like happy, sad, silly, and more)
• 12 scenario cards describing situations where these emotions might be felt
• A matching activity for students to pair the scenarios with the correct emotions

How It’s Used: Students will review scenarios that depict different emotional moments and match them to the appropriate apple emotion card. The interactive nature of this activity encourages students to identify and discuss their own feelings, providing an essential tool for emotional development.

Why You’ll Love It: Teachers will appreciate how this resource encourages emotional intelligence and social skills. It’s designed to open up conversations about feelings, helping students better understand how emotions affect themselves and others. Kids will enjoy the apple theme, making learning about emotions fun and relatable.

Features:

• Apple-themed cards that create a playful and inviting learning environment
• Helps build emotional awareness and recognition in young learners
• Scenarios that depict real-life situations, providing practical examples of emotions
• Ideal for one-on-one learning, group activities, or emotional literacy centers

Who This is For:

• Preschool and kindergarten teachers aiming to teach emotional recognition
• Homeschoolers looking to integrate social-emotional learning into their curriculum
• Early childhood educators and daycare providers focusing on emotional development
• Counselors or support staff who use engaging tools to promote emotional literacy
• Parents and caregivers who want to work on social-emotional skills at home

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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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Are you looking for a fun way to encourage social emotional development, support your students' mental health and emotional well-being this winter season? If your students love play dough, this hands-on holiday resource will provide meaningful opportunities to learn, identify, discuss, and practice feelings / emotions through play!

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✏️It includes 36 differentiated play dough mats (available in color or black & white)!

✏️Save time! Simply print, laminate, or place in a page protector folder and add play dough! Students may also use a dry-erase pen to trace, write, and draw!

✏️Includes 40 feelings /emotions vocabulary cards and 21 differentiated pages of worksheets.

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⭐️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: (62 pages)

☑ Trace and draw (20 pages)

☑ Write and draw (8 pages)

☑ Draw (8 pages)

☑ Feelings vocabulary flashcards (5 pages - 40 cards)

☑ "Winter Feelings!" worksheets - (5 pages)

☑ "How are You?" worksheets - (16 pages)

✅Bonus: (62 pages)

☑ Black & white set (62 pages)

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✅Feelings included: (19 feelings)

☑ afraid

☑ bored

☑ calm

☑ confused

☑ curious

☑ disgusted

☑ excited

☑ frustrated

☑ happy

☑ jealous

☑ lonely

☑ loved

☑ nervous

☑ proud

☑ sad

☑ sorry

☑ surprised

☑ tired

☑ worried

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Looking for a way to support emotional regulation in your classroom or counseling sessions? These baby animal breathing exercises for kids are a fun and effective tool for teaching mindfulness and self-calming strategies!

This set of calm-down corner printables features 16 adorable baby animals and sea creatures that capture kids’ attention while guiding them through simple, focused breathing techniques. Each card includes a finger-tracing design to make it easy for kids to follow along and feel calm, centered, and in control.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE THESE BREATHING EXERCISES FOR YOUR STUDENTS:

✅ Promotes Emotional Regulation: Helps kids manage big feelings like stress, anxiety, or frustration in a healthy way.
✅ Supports Social-Emotional Learning: Perfect for pairing with other social-emotional learning worksheets or activities.
✅ Versatile & Easy to Use: Add them to your calm-down corner, use them during transitions, or include them in a calming routine.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• 16 breathing cards with baby animal and sea creature themes
• Easy-to-follow instructions for introducing the exercises
• Finger-tracing designs that make mindfulness interactive and fun

Whether you’re setting up a calm-down corner in your classroom, working one-on-one with students, or creating a mindfulness routine at home, these cards are the perfect addition to your emotional regulation toolkit.

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

If you're looking for more mental health awareness and calm-down corner printables, check out this bundle!

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

1 file with 17 PDF pages of adorable finger-tracing breathing exercises for your students to get them in the habit of practicing mindfulness and regulating their emotions.

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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 24-page Worry Journal can easily be used for the classroom or individuals at home, of many ages.

The border art is designed to relax, and offer an area to color each day. Try coloring the flowers to match your mood for the day. (Refer to your Mood Chart for colors.)

24 pages include:
1. Mood Coloring Chart : 10 colors with coordinating moods, and clipart objects to color.

2. Mood Coloring Chart Draw your own items indicating the moods of each of them 10 colors.

3. Draw a picture of ....

4. Daily Mood Journal : simple lines for writing areas (print as many copies as needed)

5. Daily Mood Journal : decorative clipart writing areas (print as many copies as needed)

6. Today I Am ...…. write it out. : simple lines (print as many copies as needed)

7. Today I Am ...…. write it out. : decorative clipart writing areas (print as many copies as needed)

8. Let’s Get Grounded : 3-2-1 grounding techniques (answers can be as simple as “got out of bed,” etc.)

9. I Get Anxious.... (drawing, etc)

10. Worry Be Gone ...

11. My Anxious Body ....

12. I Can Fix It (including drawing)

13. Happy Place : draw/write ...

14. Common Worries : Give advice...

15. Worry Jar, Happy Jar : activity instructions

16. My Goals...

17. Grateful ... (NOTE: this page to be used for general worries, and not traumas, as we could never be “thankful” for anything trauma-related).

18. Worry Acrostic Poem

19. I Am Me...

20. Let’s Focus : Write/draw...

21. Daily Mantras : fill in the blanks

22. Compare & Contrast Worry

23. The Worry Monster : write & illustrate...

24. Worry Search : Word Search, 19 happy words & 1 worry

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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.

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-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!

Express Your Thanks: A Gratitude Writing Activity is a powerful educational tool designed to foster gratitude,positive thinking, and self-reflection in students. By circling the things they are grateful for and then writing about why,students will develop a deeper appreciation for the positive aspects of their lives. This activity can improve students' emotional well-being,reduce stress, and enhance their overall happiness. It's a valuable resource for teachers seeking to promote mindfulness and positive psychology in the classroom.

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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 and thoughtful way for classmates to share memories, write messages, and say goodbye to a student moving away. With simple prompts and engaging designs, it helps the class create a keepsake filled with love and support.

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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 Autism awareness Quotes Coloring Pages For Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice pre-writing skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun gift!

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This resource is perfect for National Random Acts of Kindness Week, World Kindness Day, or any day! Students can write or draw what kindness is to them (what it looks like, sounds like, etc.) No prep work needed.

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Are you looking to promote and spread kindness in your classroom or school as a whole? These activities are perfect for reinforcing the actions and behaviors that demonstrate kindness. No prep activities that can be used for a kindness day, or any day students need a reminder about being kind to others.

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Spread Kindness Student Compliment Cards & Coloring Pages Kindness Day

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.

Kindness Themed Positivity Coloring Bookmarks

Easy no prep activity for when learning about kindness, or if students need an extra dose of positivity in the classroom! Use during social emotional learning, or during a character education lesson on positivity. Also great as a back to school activity!

Includes 4 different designs on one 8.5 x 11 PDF printable page. Cut and give students individual bookmarks, or give them the entire page so they can pick their favorite!

• I am kind
• It's cool to be kind
• throw kindness like confetti
• be kind to your mind

Social Emotional Learning Kindness Writing Coloring Page Cool to be Kind

Perfect for social emotional learning / character education or anytime when learning about kindness. Includes "it's cool to be kind" & "How have you showed kindness today?" pages for students to color as well as a writing prompt about when students show kindness. Writing activity has 2 line options to best fit your students needs. Writing can be posted on a bulletin board.

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Unlock the power of a growth mindset with our fun and engaging Bingo game for students! Ideal for individual, small group, or whole class activities, this game is the perfect supplement to your SEL lessons.

In addition to the game, our package includes handouts that explain the differences between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, as well as a guide on cognitive restructuring.

This bingo game covers key growth mindset aspects such as imagination, participation, optimism, determination, and more. With over 40 different bingo mats and colorful and engaging mindset cards, this game is sure to make learning fun and exciting for students of all ages.

Experience the benefits of a growth mindset and take your students on a journey of learning and development with our engaging Bingo game!

Let’s make learning fun, engaging and colorful!

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Recognising Defences in Children

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Anger Management Plan

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Anger Management Traffic Lights Activity

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Managing Aggressive Behaviours and Outbursts

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Behaviour Reward Chart - Girls (editable)

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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.

Are you looking for effective ways to boost your child's self-esteem and promote positive social-emotional learning? Our Self-Esteem Worksheets - Social Emotional Learning Activities are the perfect solution!

This comprehensive set includes a variety of engaging worksheets and activities designed to help children recognize their strengths, build confidence, and develop a positive self-image. Ideal for teachers, parents, and counselors, this resource provides valuable tools to support children's emotional growth and well-being.

What’s Included:

• Written Prompt Worksheets
• Self-Esteem Daily Journal Worksheet
• Compliment Circles
• Additional Self-Esteem Worksheets and Activities

Transform your approach to social-emotional learning with our Self-Esteem Worksheets - Social Emotional Learning Activities and provide your child with a fun and educational experience. Perfect for enhancing self-esteem, promoting positive thinking, and supporting emotional well-being. Get your set today and help your child build a strong, positive self-image!

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.