Free Social Emotional Learning Activities (by date, oldest first)

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Motivation Post-It Notes Templates

By Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

This is an EDITABLE 3" x 3" Post-It Note Templates that are re-usable.

In this download, I have included step-by-step directions on how to print on Post-It notes on the template. A template for the 3" x 3" square-sized sticky notes is included and is EDITABLE for you to use while creating your own printable post-it note designs.

These post-it note templates can be used for motivational inspiration for your class/children, or any way that you feel your class/children would need support and guidance.

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Eco-Map SEL Activity

By Erin Cusumano

An eco-map is often used an assessment tool in clinical mental health settings, but can be a beneficial SEL activity for social awareness. This exercise can be modified for small children all the way through adults.

The graph asks the participant to picture their social life as an ecosystem where they are at the center. In the blank space around them they can write in all of their formal and informal social ties and resources they have. (For younger children I suggest offering the option to draw the people in their life!) For further reflection, the participant can then add a + to signify if the person/resource is a positive part of their life, a - to signify if the person/resource is a negative part of their life, or write +- to signify a give and take relationship.

I use this worksheet along with social awareness lessons to encourage students to think about who they can ask for help from, who they have as supports, or reflect on relationships. It also allows you to gain insight into your students' life and resources outside of the classroom.

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Empathy Practice Worksheet

By Erin Cusumano

This worksheet challenges students to use perspective taking skills and answer questions about someone they care about. Students are prompted to answer about the feelings/preferences of someone they know, the thoughts behind why they feel that way, and to look for something in common (thoughts, experiences, motivations) between themselves and this person.

This worksheet aims to give students a chance to practice "stepping in to someone else's shoes" and extending their understanding of that persons experience.

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Secret Mission Behavior Management Activity to encourage positivity

By Until the Pieces Fit

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.

I hope this is something fun for you and your kiddos. Please be sure to follow me for additional resources and updates!

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FRIENDSHIP SKILLS CRAFT Activity Craft and Bulletin Board

By All Therapy Resources

This is a versatile resource. Simply write your name on your "Friendship Skills Rainbow" template and write the different ways you can show that you are a good friend. You can color each of the different rainbow strips to make your rainbow uniquely yours.

This is perfect for guidance lessons, morning meetings and bulletin boards.

Perfect for developing a kindness mindset!

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Puberty Lesson and Activity Book

Appropriate V's Appropriate Things to Say

Learning about Bodies and Puberty Workbook

Protective Behaviours, Relationships and Puberty Special Game

Stranger Danger Education

Road Safety Social Story

Fire Safety Social Story

Safety In The Community Activity and Educative Book

AUTISM, SOCIAL STORIES & ACTIVITIES

How My Engine Runs Social Story

Teaching Children about Personal Space

Noises Hurt My Ears - Social Story - Sensory Defensiveness

When a loved one dies - grief and loss social story

Understanding Divorce Social Story

Being Nice and Making Friends Social Story

Doing a Poo on the Toilet Social Story

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Supporting Students to Gain Insight through Reflection

Supervision and Reflective Practice Templates

Increasing a Child's Attention Span

Behavioural Strategies for Fostering Self Esteem

Anxious Children - Behavioural Strategies

Children with Attachment and Abandonment Issues: Behavioural Strategies

Recognising Defences in Children

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Anger Management Plan

Anger Management Activity Worksheets

Anger Management Traffic Lights Activity

My Anger Management Workbook

BEHAVIOUR ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PLANS

Managing Aggressive Behaviours and Outbursts

Understanding Behavioural Triggers

Behaviour Reward Chart - Girls (editable)

Behaviour Reward Chart - Boys (editable)

Behaviour Thermometer - Incident Prevention and Response Plan (editable)

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FRIENDSHIP SKILLS CRAFT Activity Craft and Bulletin Board - SPANISH VERSION

By All Therapy Resources

This is a versatile resource. Simply write your name on your "Friendship Skills Rainbow" template and write the different ways you can show that you are a good friend. You can color each of the different rainbow strips to make your rainbow uniquely yours.

This is perfect for guidance lessons, morning meetings and bulletin boards.

Perfect for developing a kindness mindset!

Check out some of our best sellers below! Don't forget to follow our store!

WORKBOOKS – Just print!

Behaviour and Feelings Workbook

Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook

Emotions & Self Care Workbook

My Anger Management Workbook

SOCIAL SKILLS, PUBERTY, PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS, RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY

Puberty Lesson and Activity Book

Appropriate V's Appropriate Things to Say

Learning about Bodies and Puberty Workbook

Protective Behaviours, Relationships and Puberty Special Game

Stranger Danger Education

Road Safety Social Story

Fire Safety Social Story

Safety In The Community Activity and Educative Book

AUTISM, SOCIAL STORIES & ACTIVITIES

How My Engine Runs Social Story

Teaching Children about Personal Space

Noises Hurt My Ears - Social Story - Sensory Defensiveness

When a loved one dies - grief and loss social story

Understanding Divorce Social Story

Being Nice and Making Friends Social Story

Doing a Poo on the Toilet Social Story

SPECIFIC TEACHING AND COUNSELLING RESOURCES

Supporting Students to Gain Insight through Reflection

Supervision and Reflective Practice Templates

Increasing a Child's Attention Span

Behavioural Strategies for Fostering Self Esteem

Anxious Children - Behavioural Strategies

Children with Attachment and Abandonment Issues: Behavioural Strategies

Recognising Defences in Children

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Anger Management Plan

Anger Management Activity Worksheets

Anger Management Traffic Lights Activity

My Anger Management Workbook

BEHAVIOUR ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PLANS

Managing Aggressive Behaviours and Outbursts

Understanding Behavioural Triggers

Behaviour Reward Chart - Girls (editable)

Behaviour Reward Chart - Boys (editable)

Behaviour Thermometer - Incident Prevention and Response Plan (editable)

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Halloween Retro & Preppy | Early Finishers Coloring Page for SEL | Freebie

By Teach Savvy Store

Halloween Retro & Preppy | Groovy Early Finishers Coloring Page for SEL Freebie: Explore a fun and creative Halloween activity with this retro Halloween coloring page! Perfect for classrooms and home use, this printable page is perfect for early finishers, indoor recess, Halloween parties, writing prompts, and more!

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  • 1 Halloween coloring page with a unique background and Halloween inspirational quote

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Thanksgiving Retro & Preppy | Early Finishers Coloring Page for SEL | Freebie

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Thanksgiving Retro & Preppy | Groovy Early Finishers Coloring Page for SEL Freebie: Explore a fun and creative Thanksgiving activity with this retro Thanksgiving coloring page! Perfect for classrooms and home use, this printable page is perfect for early finishers, indoor recess, Thanksgiving parties, writing prompts, and more!

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What's Included:

  • 1 Thanksgiving coloring page with a unique background and gratitude inspirational quote

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AVID November Early Finisher Packet

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Fall Fluency Poems

1st Grade Fall Bundle

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Growth Mindset Interactive SEL Activity + BONUS ideas included!

By Jeni Donath

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!

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Kind Action vs Unkind Action - An Interactive SEL Activity

By Jeni Donath

"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

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"Architect" - A Cooperation, Team Building, + Creative Thinking Activity!

By Jeni Donath

"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)

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A "Pocket" Full of Kindness - An SEL Classroom Activity

By Jeni Donath

A "Pocket" Full of Kindness - An SEL Activity that focuses on kindness and the idea that you can take it with you wherever you go and "pull it right out of your back pocket" as the saying goes!! This activity is great for younger elementary students who are getting an introduction to all things kindness and all of the different ways that they can show kindness to others! For this activity, you will need string and scissor to help make it the most successful! My students LOVED being able to put their very own pocket together! I love the hands-on lessons as much as they do!

Looking for more kindness lessons and ideas? Check out the links below:

Kindness and the Impact of our Words (Upper Elementary/Middle School)

Kindness Classroom "Snowball" Fight (Upper Elementary/Middle School)

Kindness "Hot Potato!" (Elementary/Middle School)

Know Your Impact Activity (High School)

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Caught Ya Being Respectful - An SEL Activity on Respect

By Jeni Donath

"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!

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Community Building + Active Listening - Capture the Fun Fact

By Jeni Donath

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!"

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The Giving Tree - An SEL Activity on Kindness and Gratitude

By Jeni Donath

Wanting to help your students find ways to show more kindness toward one another? This activity is a great interactive classroom lesson that does just that! With an emphasis on finding the good in every situation and every person, we not only discussed it but we DID IT! It not only boosts self-esteem, but helps students express kindness and gratitude toward others - a win, win! Everything included for your next classroom lesson. Seasonal print-outs to implement this activity year round!

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The Impact of Our Words - Kindness Activity

Classroom Kindness Activity - "Snowball Fight"

FREE - Impact of Our Words - Middle/High School Interactive Activity

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Growth Mindset and Perspective Taking - An SEL Activity for Elementary Students

By Jeni Donath

Bring having a growth mindset and positive perspective to life with this activity! It is fun for the whole class and they get a great reminder to take with them! This activity comes set with everything you need to discuss and demonstrate having a growth mindset, perspective taking, and holding a positive point of view. It also pairs nicely with the short story (Rosie's Glasses), but can be used as a stand alone activity as well!

Talk about "which view would you choose" and then have students color away! Depending on the amount of time you have, have students cut out their glasses and glue the rectangles together, or use it as a fun take home follow up activity!

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Gratitude Challenge - Interactive Writing Warm Up, Class Challenge, Filler Task

By Jeni Donath

Practice GRATITUDE along with so much more with this activity - writing, spelling, organization, healthy competition, creativity, and much more! This activity is ready to use for whatever your students may benefit from most! Set a timer and see who can list the most items, use it as a follow up activity after introducing gratitude, practice writing and spelling all of the things that mean the most to your students! Both color and black and white version included for easy printing! Once completed, hang up in your classroom, in lockers, or keep in their desks for reflection and gratitude reminders throughout the season OR do a follow up list toward the end of the season and see if their lists grow as they start to be more intentional on identifying things to be grateful for!!

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Leadership Lesson - "Chaos Coordinator" - An Interactive SEL Lesson

By Jeni Donath

Are your students struggling to be respectful during a classroom lesson - talking, blurting, and other things going on instead of listening respectfully? This lesson puts the students right in those shoes and gives them a glimpse into what that can be like. Not only is it engaging (and kind of silly) but impactful and real. Everything needed for your next leadership lesson is included in the download!

Looking for other ways to discuss impact? See below!

Promoting Self-Control - The Impact of our Words + Actions (Elementary)

Kindness Activity - The Impact of our Words (Middle School)

The Impact of our Words (High School)

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Community Builder, SEL Icebreaker, Review Game - Category Cards

By Jeni Donath

An absolute favorite for my students (and myself!) This activity not only brings fun energy to the classroom, but creates creative thinking opportunities and works on accepting losses and encouraging others. It is a great way to review different subjects or topics as well, while also adding in some fun! 10 pages of different categories are provided, as well as blank cards to add your very own categories!! Resource is ready to use upon download - enjoy!

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Holiday Games: Minute to Win It Challenges

By Jeni Donath

Fun for all ages - my students LOVE playing Minute to Win It games with one another. Who doesn't love a little fun and movement during this busy time of year!! These activities are also a great way to bring classmates together, add healthy competition, and work on showing patience and encouragement to others. Please note that there are other supplies needed for several of these activities to help it run successfully: balloons, cup, paper (snowballs + wreath), spoons, deck of cards, bags.

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