Less than $5 2nd Grade Life Skills Activities

Help your students eliminate stereotypes, prejudices, and any form of racism. Through this activity, children will be encouraged to recognize that skin color is merely a physical characteristic. By imagining themselves with different skin colors and drawing pictures of themselves accordingly, they will understand that despite external differences, all individuals are unique and equally valuable.

This activity promotes the idea that there should be no room for injustice or discrimination based on skin color.

It is our responsibility to foster equality and promote antiracism from an early age.

This activity serves as an excellent addition to the Racism (Skin Color) Anti-Racism PowerPoint Presentation.

Instructions:

Ask your students to draw themselves in the first picture frame. In the subsequent frames, instruct them to draw themselves again, but with a different skin color or tone. Afterward, children should cut out each picture and staple them together to create a small book. Finally, encourage them to share their picture book and reflect on their emotions and thoughts while looking at themselves depicted in different skin colors or tones. They will realize that they are the same and their worth does not change.

This resource includes:

• Page 1: How I Feel in a Different Race or Skin Color (Version 1)
• Page 2: How I Feel in a Different Race or Skin Color (Version 2)
• Page 3: How I Feel in a Different Race or Skin Color (Version 3)
• Page 4: Empty Version

Enjoy Teaching Racial Justice!

This Shoe Tying Life Skills activity is an engaging unit that teaches students the essential skills of tying knots and shoelaces, promoting fine motor development, independence, and basic life skills. Through hands-on activities, students will learn how to tie basic knots and progress to mastering the "bunny ears" method for Shoe Tying. The lessons are designed to be fun, and interactive, and build confidence as students practice knot-tying techniques, lacing, and shoe-tying step-by-step. This unit is perfect for young learners, helping them develop coordination and practical life skills while making learning fun!

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Help students identify and express emotions with this engaging Volcano Feelings Poster! This interactive tool is perfect for calming corners and emotional check-ins in the classroom.

Contents:
Feelings Poster – A visual tool for students to share their emotions.
12 Emotion Cards – Includes happy, sad, mad, surprised, scared, tired, silly, bored, anxious, loved, sick, and crying.
8.5x11 Format – Easy to print, laminate, and use.

Why You’ll Love This Product:
✅ Encourages Emotional Awareness – Helps students recognize and communicate their feelings.
✅ Supports Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) – A great tool for self-regulation and emotional expression.
✅ Perfect for Calming Corners – Gives students a dedicated space to express emotions.
✅ Easy to Set Up – Just print, laminate, cut, and start using!

Who This Product Is For:
Preschool & Elementary Teachers – Build a safe and supportive classroom environment.
School Counselors & SEL Coaches – Reinforce emotional intelligence and self-regulation.
Special Education & Intervention Specialists – Support students with emotional and sensory needs.
Homeschool Educators – Create an emotion-focused learning space at home.
Daycares & Therapy Centers – Promote healthy emotional expression for young learners.

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6 File Folder Games

File folder games allow students opportunities to learn to through play. Communication and appropriate interactions are important skills they will need throughout life.

This set provides 6 different activities, however they each follow the same general rules, expectations, and idea. I use this with my kiddos that need practice turn taking, losing (students may lose a desired game piece), cooperation, following directions, matching and so much more. The games are easy in nature, however highly addictive for the competitive kids. This allows for opportunities with students in differing abilities.

The themes for the games are:

Fill the Wagon

Make a cake

Buggy Day

Laundry

Moon Walk

Ice Cream

Rules (some differences in games - this example is the Fill the wagon rules).

Contents & Prep:

• Print/Laminate 1 mat per person, use a expo marker to personalize wagons.  Each player will collect their items in their wagon.
• Print and laminate 4 dogs, 4 flowers, 4 ice cream, 4 bubbles, 1 book, 1 leaf pile - place them in the middle of the game board. 
• Print the game board and glue/laminate to a file folder
• Print and prepare dice (or use your own dice)

*For easy storage of game pieces attach an envelope to the back of the file folder prior to lamination.  Make a small slice in the lamination to release the top of the envelope.  Attach velcro to close.  

Object:  Be the first to collect all the items except the leaf pile in your wagon.   If you have the books or the leaf pile and someone else lands on it you have to give it to the other player.  

Choose your player:  Once you have chosen your player, place them on the board any spot will do!

Directions:  

1. Roll the dice and move your player.
2. Collect the pieces as you go and place them in your wagon.   You may only get one of each item!  
3. The first person to collect 1 dog, 1 flower, 1 ice cream, 1 bubble and the books wins!

For 2-4 players

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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!

⭐️Check out the preview and video for more details!

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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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Winter Growing Bundle

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Positive Affirmation Counseling Activity

Need a fun social-emotional learning classroom lesson, self-esteem small group activity? Your students will LOVE learning all about positive affirmation activities. Using positive affirmations will help your students develop self-efficacy, nurture a positive self-concept, and be a protective factor and coping tool when life gets tough.

Help your students discover, strengthen, and be proud of their abilities, talents, and skills. These activities are designed to help your students improve their self-confidence, self-worth, and self-esteem. These activities are meant to help individuals recognize their strengths, overcome negative self-talk and self-doubt, and build a positive self-image.

This Self-Esteem Project is about discovering oneself, recognizing and affirming one's talents, skills, and capabilities. It is also being aware of what we do that affects our self-esteem. By focusing on developing our students' self-esteem our students can cope with mistakes, help kids try again even if they fail at first, they can value themselves and their abilities, and help them be proud of the things they can do.

This module includes:

* Definition of self-esteem

* Signs of positive and negative self-esteem

* Self-esteem concepts

* Quick inputs

* Tips for a healthy self-esteem

* Tips for parents to help raise the self-esteem of their kids

* Processing questions are included in each activity to facilitate better learning experiences

The book contains weekly pages for 36 months with space to write down how much money the child plans to save each day, how much they actually save, and whether they met their goal or not.

It is perfect for parents and guardians who want to teach their children about money management in a fun and interactive way. The book helps children develop a sense of responsibility and discipline around their finances, while also encouraging them to be creative and resourceful in finding ways to save money.

By using this Book, kids will learn valuable skills that will benefit them throughout their lives. They will develop an understanding of the importance of saving, learn how to set and achieve financial goals, and gain confidence in their ability to manage their money. Ultimately, this book will help children to become financially responsible and successful adults.

Book details:

151 Total Pages

Perfectly Sized at 8.5" x 11", Easy to Use!

Printed on hight quality white paper and work with pen, pencil or colored pencil

Great lovely gift ideas for kids!

Best for 4-12 years kids

Summer is finally here! It is such a great time to make memories with the kiddos in your life and have SO much fun. My kids love to create, play, and imagine all summer long.

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Positive Affirmations Inspirational Bookmarks or Flash cards, and coordinating worksheet activities with a Positive Character Traits list.

The 10 bookmarks / flashcards can be printed front & back, and include punch holes to add strings for bookmarks, or to clip them together and use for flashcards. They come in black/white to color yourself.

Also included is seven coordinating worksheets to fill our, color and cut, and the Positive Character Traits list.

13 pages include:

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

2. Character Traits list

3. Positive Affirmation Flower worksheet (fill out, color, cut)

4. I Am Unique, rainbow-shaped worksheet (fill out, color, cut)

5. Positive Affirmations & Me (fill out, decorate)

6. I Am A Star, star-shaped character traits worksheet (fill out, color, cut)

7. I Believe In Myself, ribbon-shaped character traits worksheet (fill out, color, cut)

8. I Am Loved, heart-shaped worksheet (fill out, color, cut)

9. I Am Enough, balloon-shaped worksheet (fill out, color, cut)

10. First set of 5 Printable bookmarks, to color yourself

11. * * * Back side, to color

12. Second set of 5 Printable bookmarks, to color yourself

13. * * * Back side, to color

Or see the FULL 29pg pack with coordinating COLOR bookmarks & posters!
Positive Affirmations Inspirational Bookmarks Flash Cards Posters Worksheets SEL

SEE ALSO :

Worry Journals:
Social Emotional Journal Coping Skills Writing Activities for worry anxiety SEL

Worry Journal Coping Skills for Anxiety COMP BOOK Writing Social Emotional SEL

Kindness in the Classroom:
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Compliment Cards Back to School Kindness Week in the Classroom Prefilled & Blank

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Use this daily tracker to keep your children on track with lifelong healthy habits! This tracker comes with spaces for children to check off if they completed a breath, practiced gratitude, stretched or did poses, and set goals for each morning. There is also space for them to fill in their own habits that are important to them each morning.

Are you looking for ways to teach your students about bathroom procedures and expectations in school? This set includes printable reminder bathroom posters, a social story that can be read alouda beginning reader book for students, and matching cards. It's the perfect way to teach bathroom rules to your kindergarten, preschool or elementary students.

The read aloud is the perfect way to introduce bathroom routines and rules in the beginning of the year.  Each rule and expectation is reinforced with the printable posters with visuals you can hang in the bathroom and student emergent readers.  I love to pull these little books out any time we need to revisit bathroom expectations.

Included in this Bathroom Rules Set:

- Read Aloud Books in color

- Mini books for students (2 black and white books to a page)

- Sorting Cards in color and black and white (perfect for a center or pocket chart)

- Classroom labels with pictures

- Classroom posters of bathroom reminders with visuals

- 2 Bathroom quote posters

Eliminate students playing in the bathroom with these clear expectations and reminders.

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Have fun with your child each day marking off their daily routine using this Christmas theme. Great for Preschool/Elementary Age. So you don't have to print more than one, place it in a pocket chart and cross off with a dry erase marker. Or you can have them put stickers on the boxes or cross on each paper each day.

Winter Word Search Growing Bundle January Morning Work. Keep your students engaged and excited all year long with this growing bundle of word search activities! Each word search is designed to celebrate key events throughout the year, making it perfect for classroom fun, holiday celebrations, or learning activities.

Included so far:

• Patriot Day
• Constitution Day
• The Dot Day
• Labor Day
• Johnny Appleseed
• Happy Fall Season
• Fire Safety Prevention Week
• Veterans Day
• Election DAY 2024
• Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness week)
• Winter

What’s to come: This bundle will be updated regularly with new word search puzzles for more events and holidays throughout the year. Buy now to get all future updates for free!

Looking to skyrocket your students' social-emotional intelligence (EQ)? This scenario-based SEL lesson isn't your average worksheet. It's a full-on empathy adventure where students step into the shoes of others!

Here's the magic:

• Intriguing Scenarios: Students become detectives of emotions, analyzing situations from multiple perspectives.
• EQ Power-Up: Watch empathy, understanding, and emotional intelligence soar as students connect with characters' thoughts and feelings.
• Life Skills Boot Camp: This lesson goes beyond emotions. It equips students with problem-solving, conflict resolution, and communication skills they'll use forever.
• Engagement on Fire: The interactive format keeps students totally invested, sparking lively discussions that deepen learning.
• Classroom Transformation: Witness the birth of a more inclusive and compassionate classroom environment as students build social-emotional well-being.
• Growth Guaranteed: This impactful lesson fosters personal growth and enhances students' entire learning journey.

This isn't just a lesson, it's an investment in your students' social and emotional future!

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National Children's Dental Health Month is in February, but your students can celebrate healthy dental practices every day with these 15 fun activities. Each page has black and white images to color along with writing activities that include: 5 Ways to Make My Teeth Happy; 5 Ways to Make My Teeth Sad Brushing is Good Because... If My Brush Could Talk A Dental Poem February Calendar (fill in dates & place a star on the days you brushed) My Braces Interview A Dental Story (with dental words Word Bank) How I Lost My First Tooth (Non-Fiction Writing) Dental Super Hero Story (Fiction Writing) Dental Word Search 5 Good Reasons to Take Care of Your Teeth Good Foods for Teeth/Bad Foods for Teeth (color, cut, & paste from foods sheet) Foods Sheet (Good & Bad Foods to color, cut, & paste onto good/bad sheet) Favorite Toothpaste Survey Find the X-Ray Lab Maze Great for introducing or reinforcing good dental habits! Cooperative learning to help students focus on daily dental hygiene with this fun activity packet.

This set of worksheets help kids understand personal space in a fun and friendly way. It includes different activities that teach about respecting boundaries and interacting with others.

• Coloring Page: A creative way to introduce the concept of personal space.
• Maze Activity: Navigate to a friend without crossing into others’ personal space.
• Thumbs Up and Down Activity: Identify good and bad personal space behaviors.
• Cut and Paste Activity: Arrange characters at the right distance in various scenarios.
• Reflecting Page: A place for students to think and write about their experiences with personal space.

This resource makes learning about personal space enjoyable and easy for young learners!

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Have a career day coming up or just had one? This could be a great follow up activity. Students will love searching for the careers provided on the word bank. Can be great for early finishers, early morning work, a rainy day, or end of day activity.

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This is a discussion activity to go along with the Lorax movie. There are 6 prompts for students to discuss. Either in a whole group or split into groups, the students will discuss the prompts. This is a great activity to go along with after watching, good practice with supporting their claims and opinions with facts, and good practice for their discussion skills!

Disccusion Prompts

There are 6 different different prompts for the students to discuss. Cut out each prompt so the groups can have the prompt they need to focus on. I would recommend either splitting them into groups and passing the prompts out, or taping the prompts to the wall and have the groups move to each spot in the room for the prompt.

The prompts will have the students discussing characters, real world applications, greed, and theme!

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Save lots of money while shopping using coupons. This colorful, cheerful binder organizes your coupons and makes it easier for you to find just the right coupon you are looking for while out shopping. Teach your students or children in your household the value of saving money by saving coupons. Create your own coupon binder by using baseball card holders that you can find at many dollar stores or office supply stores. You can either use a two inch or three inch binder to set it up and place all your dividers in. There are two coupon sorting sheets available. Rather than flipping through the pages in your binder to insert coupons which can take a lot of time, you can use the coupon sorting mats. Once the coupons are all sorted, you can then place them in your binder. Children of all ages can help with sorting the coupons. Many kids can also help out with gathering coupons and cutting them out. Have your students write about ways they can help their family save money. There are a couple of writing prompts that you could use to have your students share ways that they can help their families save money. This does not necessarily mean just using coupons. It could mean saving money by turning off the lights when not in use, not taking long showers, or turning in cans for redemption. Some kids might write about a job they do such as a paper route, mowing the grass or shoveling snow. Some students might choose to discuss buying items on sale at the store and not demanding expensive name brand items."Older students can work on the total amount of savings from using coupons. They can also work on figuring out percentages to show how much money is saved during each shopping trip and totals for each month. If you are interested in this product please download to see a few more pictures of what you will get. This binder includes the following: coupon binder cover front page coupon binder back page coupon binder spine 2inch coupon binder spine 3 inch full page dividers include the following fruits and vegetables dairy frozen foods canned goods meats boxed foods beverages snacks personal care pet care office supplies household restaurants department stores miscellaneous two pages of sorting mats for coupons Monthly Savings Chart two pages of a Writing prompt on ways kids can help their family save money. Prompt is done on two different style writing paper to accomodate younger students and older elementary students. real life picture of the inside of my binder with directions on how to set it up. credit page During these difficult economic times, it is important to save money. I hope you can save money for your own family as well as teach your children and / or students about the importance of couponing and saving money. This is a valuable lifelong lesson. You can apply this to any age level. Best Wishes! Happy Saving!!! This product also comes in chevron green and gray binder covers. If you would like another chevron color scheme, please let me know and I would be happy to design one for you. Coupon Binder Green/ Gray Thanks for looking!!! Please rate this product. Did you know that you can earn points credits towards future purchases on TeachShare just by rating products? Thank you for looking.

Have WINTER FUN with these functional vocabulary / spelling word worksheets & Task Cards!! Functional reading skills such as identifying letters, unscrambling letters to make words and reading basic sight or functional words are critical to successful daily living. Do your students need additional support identifying letters, spelling vocabulary words, and writing words? In these WINTER vocabulary / spelling word worksheets, your students will practice identifying letters in a word, creating words out of scrambled letters, and write new vocabulary words related to the Winter season.

Remedial activities, small group lessons, introduction to reading or spelling, as well as functional ELA time are great ways to incorporate these worksheets. These worksheets are in both color and black and white.

This is a great addition to any early elementary ELA curriculum, ELL/ESOL as well as Functional ELA curriculum for life skills (any age)!

✤Winter Sight Words Included:

hat ski cold fire sled

snow boots scarf hockey icicle

jacket shovel skates winter mittens

penguin snowman sweater earmuffs hot cocoa

✤WHAT'S INCLUDED?

> 20 Color Worksheets

> 20 Black and White Worksheets

> 20 Word Wall / Vocabulary Cards

> 3 Levels of Task Cards - (20 B&W & 20 Color Per Level)

Level 1 Task Cards: ID the letters and trace the vocab word

Level 2 Task Cards: ID letters & practice writing the vocab word.

Level 3 Task Cards: Write a sentence using the vocab word.

✤Be Sure To Check Out My Other Sight Word / Vocabulary Units:

> Back to School Vocabulary and Spelling Word Life Skill Worksheets

> Back To School Functional Vocabulary Sight Word and Math Money Bundle

> Spring Sentence Scramble Worksheets 3 - 7 Word Sentences with Flash Cards

> Fall Vocabulary Spelling Sight Word Life Skill Worksheets PLUS Task Cards

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