Less than $5 Kindergarten Social Emotional Learning Activities

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to add classical music to your classroom or homeschool? Classical music has been shown to provide numerous benefits for children, including reducing stress, improving focus and concentration, and increasing creativity. These activities are great for music appreciation and also help build social-emotional skills! Each activity is easy to set up (no glue required!) and a great way to engage students for Valentine's Day.

Listening Buddies sheets feature a piece of classical music with the composer’s name. While the music plays, students draw a scene in the box inspired by the music. They can also explore the feelings and mood of a piece by choosing meaningful keywords that match their listening experience. Students color the listening buddy at the top of the page or you can print the color version.

There are no wrong answers, and no musical training is required. Just print and play! Music is available on YouTube or your preferred streaming service.

This activity pack features one music selection from Sweet February Mindful Listening! Students can color their black & white listening buddy page topper or you can print the color version.

Learning Objectives

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

Featured Music

1. Violin Romance No. 2 - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

This packet gives you the resources needed to set up a Calming Corner in your classroom or home. Calming Corners help children deal with their BIG feelings and gain self-regulation skills while they calm down. A Calming Corner can provide children with a safe place to process their emotions and regulate their responses. The Calming Corner can help children de-escalate emotions and anxiety before these feelings become overwhelming. It can also help children filter out sensory information and regain emotional balance.

What’s Included?

Guide for Teachers or Parents

Printable Book “I Can Calm Down” (In Color and B/W)

“Feelings and Emotions” Cards (These cards are my #1 BEST SELLER on TeachShare)

“How do you feel?” Poster

Directions for Yoga Poses

Printable Yoga Cards

Instructions for Calming Breaths

Printable Calming Breath Cards (Can also be used as a poster)

Directions for Making Sensory Bottles

Recipe for Homemade Playdough

Printable Playdough Mats

Help students recognize and express their emotions with this Apples Feelings Poster! Featuring 15 different feelings and matching cards, this hands-on resource is perfect for encouraging emotional awareness and self-expression.

Contents:
The Apples Feelings Poster set is a vibrant, engaging tool for teachers to help students better understand and express their emotions. This set includes a poster showcasing 15 different feelings—happy, mad, sad, tired, scared, loved, anxious, naughty, silly, surprised, bored, worried, crying, laughing, each paired with a matching card. Students can visit the poster, select the card that represents their current emotion, and place it in the middle of the poster, making emotional expression a daily activity in the classroom.

How the Product is Used:
Teachers will hang the Apples Feelings Poster in a prominent spot in the classroom, allowing students easy access to the matching emotion cards. Throughout the day, students can reflect on their feelings and select the corresponding card to place on the poster. This activity fosters emotional development, communication, and self-awareness. It’s an excellent addition to morning meetings, social-emotional learning lessons, or as a daily check-in tool.

Why They’ll Love This Product:
Teachers will love how this resource seamlessly integrates emotional learning into their daily routine. The clear visuals and wide range of emotions make it easier for students to identify how they feel, promoting healthy emotional expression. Students will love the interactive nature of choosing their feeling card and the colorful apple-themed design that keeps the classroom environment fun and inviting.

What Features Are Included:

• A poster with 15 different emotions depicted on apples
• 15 matching feeling cards for students to interact with
• Easy-to-understand visual representation of emotions
• Great for social-emotional learning, morning check-ins, or group discussions
• Helps students develop self-awareness and emotional regulation

Who This Product Is For:

1. Preschool and kindergarten teachers wanting to integrate emotional learning into daily activities
2. Homeschool educators focusing on social-emotional development
3. Counselors or therapists working on emotional regulation with young students
4. After-school programs that want to foster emotional intelligence
5. Special education teachers looking for tools to support emotional recognition

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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.

❤️Looking for differentiated, Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos) activities that will support your students' social emotional learning needs during the fall season? Your students will love learning about their feelings with these printable sugar skull emotions activities!

✅This activity pack includes play mats (make a feeling with play dough/writing/drawing), vocabulary flashcards, worksheets and more!

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✏️The perfect way to celebrate Day of the Dead, Halloween, Latin American traditions, fall or October!

✏️ Great for kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade!

✏️A wonderful addition to your social emotional learning unit!

✏️ Awesome for literacy centers, art centers, writing centers, morning work, Day of the Dead parties, whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, sensory bins, calming corner, intervention programs and more!

✏️ Use the flash cards to play matching games, memory games, "Go Fish" games, sorting games, card slap games, charades, for write the room activities, coloring, test prep, and more!

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⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

⭐️Create a sugar skull bulletin board, door, or hallway display!

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✅ Includes: (62 pages)

☑ Trace/write/create the feeling play mats (50 pages)

☑ Feelings flashcards (4 pages - 4 cards per page)

☑ Feelings worksheets (8 pages)

✅ Bonus: (65 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (2 pages)

☑ Black and white set (62 pages)

✅ Feelings included: (16)

☑ Happy, sad, afraid, excited, surprised, frustrated, disgusted, confused, worried, tired, proud, sorry, calm, playful, silly, jealous

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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.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

This is a digital download. You will not receive anything in the mail.

Please use a computer to download and not your phone.

This file is for personal use only and may not be reproduced or sold commercially.

I don't accept returns, exchanges, or cancellations. But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.

Thank you! :)

-Jennifer

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Back to School: Blank Face Template Feelings and Emotions - Editable Worksheet

This versatile worksheet is perfect for kindergarten to 5th-grade students. With 20 blank face templates, teachers can easily create personalized activities to help students identify and express their feelings.

How it works:

1. Download and Open: Download the editable PDF file and open it using Adobe Reader (a free software).
2. Customize: Type in words related to expressions and feelings into the templates.
3. Print and Assign: Print the worksheets and distribute them to your students.

Benefits:

• Engaging Activities: Encourages students to explore and understand their emotions.
• Customizable: Tailored to your specific teaching needs and curriculum.
• Educational Tool: Supports social-emotional learning and communication skills.
• Accessible: Works seamlessly on smartphones using the Adobe Reader app.

Ideal for:

• Kindergarten to 5th-grade teachers
• Homeschooling parents
• Therapists and counselors working with children

Download today and start creating fun and engaging learning experiences for your students!

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 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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Enhance your relationships, problem-solving skills, and empathy with "The Power of Listening" guide for students by Jack. Learn how listening shows you care, builds trust, and helps you follow directions effectively. Improve your communication skills, understand others' emotions, and strengthen your connections with this insightful resource. Discover the art of being present, showing empathy, and solving problems through active listening. Empower yourself to navigate the world with compassion and understanding. Don't miss out on the benefits of honing this essential skill - start your journey towards better relationships and effective communication today.

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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 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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• 30 Pages Coloring Pages

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

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• Great for kids, boys and girls

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No prep activity! This activity packet allows your students to explore emotions in a fun way. Filled with coloring activities and puzzles, it can be used for early finishers. Great way to introduce feelings and emotions with the younger kiddos.

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EXPLORING EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS FOR LITTLE LEARNERS

Are you eager to instill the valuable executive functioning skill of persistence in young children in a way that's engaging and instructive? "My Persistent Pterodactyl" lesson and craft is a thoughtfully designed resource aimed at encouraging little ones to continue trying, no matter the challenge. This resource is ideal for educators, school counselors, and parents, blending an encouraging story with actionable tips and a dynamic craft activity, making the learning process about persistence both enjoyable and meaningful.

"My Persistent Pterodactyl" lesson and craft is created to support children in the understanding that effort and determination can lead to success. It features an uplifting story about a Pterodactyl who learns to keep trying, enhanced by a tip sheet with straightforward strategies, and a creative cut & paste craft activity. This resource is an excellent addition to any educational or therapeutic setting, as well as home learning, providing a well-rounded technique for teaching this essential executive functioning skill.

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:

• Engaging Story to Read: Take off on an adventure with a Pterodactyl who discovers the power of not giving up. The story is simple and fun, designed to resonate with young children.
• Executive Functioning Tip Sheet: Uncover tips which offers clear and simple advice on how to help children develop persistence, bolstering skills that aid them in facing obstacles with confidence and resilience.
• Make Your Own Persistent Pterodactyl Craft: Children will be excited to create their very own Persistent Pterodactyl. They can color it themselves or use a pre-colored template, which reinforces the lesson's focus while promoting the development of fine motor skills and a can-do attitude.

"My Persistent Pterodactyl" lesson and craft is a creative, educational tool that effectively brings the skill of persistence to life for young children. By engaging with this lesson and craft, kids will embark on a path of self-improvement, learning the significance of perseverance in a manner that's fun, interactive, and deeply rewarding.

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Are you looking for meaningful activities to help children understand and appreciate gratitude? Our Gratitude Journal Worksheets for Kids are the perfect resource to nurture a positive mindset and encourage thankfulness.

Designed to be both engaging and educational, these worksheets offer children a structured way to explore and express their gratitude. Ideal for teachers, parents, and counselors, this resource supports social-emotional learning and helps children develop a habit of appreciation.

What’s Included:

• Several Gratitude-Themed Worksheets:
  • Daily gratitude prompts
  • Gratitude reflection pages
  • Thankfulness lists
  • Gratitude drawing activities
  • "I am grateful for" prompts
  • Gratitude letters to loved ones

Benefits of Gratitude Journal Worksheets for Kids:

• Promotes Positive Thinking: Encourages children to focus on positive aspects of their lives, fostering a positive mindset.
• Supports Emotional Well-being: Helps children recognize and express their feelings of gratitude, enhancing emotional intelligence.
• Enhances Writing Skills: Provides opportunities for children to practice writing and reflection through structured prompts.
• Encourages Mindfulness: Engages children in mindful activities that help them appreciate the present moment.

Why Choose Our Gratitude Journal Worksheets?

• Engaging and Fun: Creative prompts and activities keep children interested and motivated to participate.
• Versatile Use: Suitable for classroom use, home activities, or as part of counseling sessions.
• Easy to Use: Ready-to-print worksheets that require no additional preparation.
• Educational Value: Supports social-emotional learning and helps develop important life skills.

Incorporate the Gratitude Journal Worksheets for Kids into your daily routine and watch as children develop a deeper sense of appreciation and positivity. Perfect for classroom activities, home learning, or as a part of therapy sessions. Order your set today and start cultivating gratitude in young minds!

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.

This Printable Emotions Wheel for kids by “The Fun Sheep” is the perfect tool to help kids explore and understand their feelings in a fun and engaging way

Encourage open communication about feelings with your child using this interactive Emotions Wheel. With a simple spin of the wheel, your child can express their emotions and share what they're feeling each day. This tool is particularly valuable during moments of difficulty in communication, offering a visual aid to bridge the gap

Adaptable to different stages of development, kids can switch the wheel from toddler mode, featuring 4 emotions, to the pre-k and kindergarten stage, showcasing 8 emotions. This transition offers an opportunity for them to progressively identify and understand a wider range of feelings

What comes in the product:

- 4 Emotions Wheel for toddler (includes black & white)

- 8 Emotions Wheel for pre-k and kindergarten stage (includes black & white)

- Emotions included are: Happy, Angry, Sad, Scared, Surprised, Confused, Silly, Bored

- 6 pages to print

- A4 paper Size

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

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Looking for fun activities to keep your early and fast finishers busy? Squiggle Stories are a fun activity that lets your kiddos complete a picture drawing and write their own creative story. If you're looking for FUN activities to incorporate during downtime or on "think outside the box Thursdays" then look no further! Perfect for K-2, These finish the picture drawing worksheets with Primary Writing Lines will help your students to think outside the box and get creative! These activities are designed to let your student’s imagination take the lead!

Perfect for:

• morning meetings
• brain breaks
• sub-work
• indoor recess
• snack time
• morning work
• early finishers
• mindfulness activities
• free choice
• Think Outside the Box Thursdays
• decompress after testing
• end of year

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I Was So Angry by Mercer Mayer is a great book for students to read so they can learn how to discuss their feelings and handle their feelings in healthy ways. Students are presented with a variety of comprehension questions based on what happens in the book, I Was So Mad, how they respond to different situations that require the use of feelings - such as feeling mad, and students will share what they did when they felt mad in the past. Students can answer these questions as the book is read to them, as they read the book independently or they can use the text for lookbacks once the book is finished. Multiple choice questions are also asked throughout this product.

You may also be interested in the following:

Me Too! Mercer Mayer Comprehension Questions

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