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This is a cute activity using the Inside Out Characters. The kids are asked to pick two coping skills for each feeling. The skills are break ideas, how to interrupt the feeling or how to manage. I created this activity in google slides, so that the kids could drag over, sadly this can't be done in a PDF.

This is 3 activities to use with kids after you read the book "The Way I feel" by Janan Cain. Match feelings, identify hard or easy to have and finds ways to cope. When on Google slides, the students were able to move, on a PDF, they don't move, but still able to use on zoom (use the annotate button to make lines!)

This is an activity to go along with a book (“The Way I Feel” book by Janan Cain). This is geared towards young elementary students (grades K-2) but can also be fun for upper elementary students. Learning how to identify feelings is critical to help students. And nothing is better than sneaky learning, GAMES and ACTIVITIES! This activity uses a book, an hands on activity to help with relating to feelings and working together! You can use this in a small group, in a 1:1 setting and even push-in a

Learning how to regulate is critical to help students.   And nothing is better than sneaky learning, GAMES and ACTIVITIES! One way to build on learning is to use the Formula "I feel....I Need" with different ways to talk, practice and rehearse. This one is about cups of feelings and cooling off with marshmallow strategies! Relating is an innate skill that follows Regulation.  How about if we do both, promote positive relating with learning strong regulation. When students feel stress, they ma

These are activities for students to do after they read Enemy Pie by Derek Munson and The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah. There are 8 pages with different activities. When I created this google slide, I was able to create drags for the students (Look it up on youtube, easy to and fun for the kids). This does not exist with the PDF.

I love activities, I work with students in groups and 1:1 and having an activity to pull out is helpful. This is a prompting activity that you can use face to face or virtually. It starts the conversation of ripple effect! DIM stands for Distract, Interrupt and Manage - this is an acronym that I use to explain to students how to calm the brain done when upset. Distract the stress, Interrupt the stress and Manage! You can read the book to start!

Craft Activity Alert! This is a great way to teach and exploring coping skills with kids. Using colored paper, you will make a garden with your students and then put it on the wall when done! One of the pictures is one that I made with a group of 3 3rd grade girls I love activities! I work with students in small groups and we check in, complete an activity and check out. Have fun while learning!

This is a slide show activity to help groups get to know feelings, triggers to feelings and things that help our feelings! It should take less than 20 minutes to complete and a great way to have students get to know eachother!

Our feelings can make even the coldest snow person MELT DOWN.  Please help these snow people stay cool! Have them decide which coping strategies to use for the snow person, to stop the melt down and to stay cool. The strategies can be glued with the snowflakes!Discussion: Talk about the strategy they chose and how it would help the feeling.This is a hands on activity, bring the scissors and the glue and prevent those meltdowns!

This activity includes all you need to complete. You can read the book Angry Octopus first, but you don't need to. This is a regulation activity. It includes 9 different feeling octopuses, and a number of coping strategies. Talk about feelings, triggers, and place the strategies on the legs! End with a progressive muscle relaxation activity.

Learning how to regulate is critical to help students.   This is based on the competencies of SEL and it is a creative hands on activity that talks through I feel and I need practice. Relating is an innate skill that follows Regulation.  How about if we do both, promote positive relating with learning strong regulation. When students feel stress, they may not have the skills to handle the stress and when the skills are not there, they shift (our innate skills) into flight, fight or freeze.

Use the ingredients to create strategies to make a sandwich to help cope.  Materials will include a brad to help put sandwich together, so the sandwich can open and close.     Recipe: Cut out ingredients and strategiesHave students glue strategies on to the ingredients and discuss:Talk about the triggers to frustrationTalk about who they can make sandwiches with (good support)Talk about what strategies they choseLearning how to regulate is critical to help students.   And nothing is better than

How to: This is a three part activity:  Identify Feelings, Connecting Strategies, Calming strategy practice. All needed items are included in this activity, you can print body outlines, print out strategies and use slide to walk through progressive muscle relaxation. There is also a visual model to show what it could look like when done.

There is so much research on the brain and its need to process and work. Research has been showing that students need to learn regulation, even though it is partially a innate skill, it needs to be learned to understand when to use. When students feel stress, they may not have the skills to handle the stress and when the skills are not there, they shift into flight, fight or freeze, which are forms of regulation, but automatic instead of intentional. Learning how to regulate is critical to

This game is a PDF of a google slide with links. It allows you to have virtual or real dice (1-12) to answer the prompt. It can be used for any grade, but probably best grade 3 -8. You can have each student answer or you can have them ask the prompt to the student on their left! I love activities, it sneaks in learning and keeps things fun.

This is print and cut card game to play with kids. There are several feelings to match, but don't be left holding the mad maid! This is a feelings version of old maid. A classic game with an emotional twist! Relate to Regulate!

This is a unique bingo game, it has 4 categories: Healthy coping skills, Unhealthy coping skills, feelings and reactions. This is a great way to teach coping skills and is fun! This includes all needed materials, 10 bingo cards and calling cards. Print and cut out! Ready to go!

Kids need strategies and the best way for them to learn is to have some fun. This is an activity that is also a game. Kids have an opportunity to learn the difference between negative and positive coping skills all while learning the impact.

I love activities, I work with students in groups and 1:1 and having an activity to pull out is helpful. This is a prompting activity that you can use face to face or virtually. It starts the conversation of growth mindset. DIM stands for Distract, Interrupt and Manage - this is an acronym that I use to explain to students how to calm the brain done when upset. Distract the stress, Interrupt the stress and Manage!

Our time is so important, the learning starts from the moment you see the students, whether it is a verbal check-in, a couple of connecting questions or activity, these moments build relationships. This is a series of well-known fun games (5), translated to those hallway moments.