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Positive Thinking Affirmations - 150 Self-Talk Phrases SEL Skills Activity
Use these 100+ free positive thinking affirmations and self-talk statements to help kids and young adults build confidence, learn healthy coping strategies, and start the day off strong. Positive thinking and self-talk is an important social-emotional learning skill necessary for success. This resource includes a 3-page printable list of positive affirmations and a student worksheet to record individual positive affirmations. Digital and Print VersionsI've included a link to Google Drive! To acc
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1st - 12th
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Christmas Would You Rather Questions to Print FREEBIE! Fun Holiday Activity!
Here are 20 Fun Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. They can also be used for classroom polls or journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 Page with 20 Would You Rather QuestionsGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students loved this resource. I’m sure they weren’t even thinking
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1st - 8th
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Emotions and Feelings Check-In Worksheets for Social Emotional Learning
Use these free printable worksheets for daily emotions check-ins with your students. A daily feelings check-in is an important way to integrate social-emotional learning into the day, while helping students build self-awareness and self-management skills.Three versions are included with emojis, an emotions word bank, and clear space to add your own emotions words. Both color and black/white versions are also included.The prompts include:Right now, I'm feeling...I feel this way because...Somethin
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1st - 8th
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Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions with Poll FREEBIE
Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:List of all 20 Would You Rather ChoicesDIGITAL:Classroom PollGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students love this activity and shared with some others at home! with all the stressful things going on at this point in t
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1st - 8th
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Free Social Emotional Learning Check-In Journal | SEL Activities
This FREE Social Emotional Learning Daily Check-In Journal Sample Pack is designed to not only teach your students SEL skills, but also helps you to check in on your students' social and emotional wellness. Great for morning meetings, journal writing, and school counseling interventions. This resource includes 2 weeks of daily SEL check-ins and skills practice, sampled from WholeHearted's Social Emotional Learning Daily Check-In Journal Bundle. -Use virtually or in person-Comes in both Google S
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3rd - 6th
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Perspective-Taking Social Skills Lessons - Printable and Digital Activities
Use these lessons to teach critical social skills of perspective-taking to kids, including understanding perspectives, developing their own perspectives, and recognizing there can be more than one point of view in a situation. This resource includes two complete activities with an educator guide and lesson plan. These are a small sample of a paid resource and bundle that are listed below.Digital VersionA digital version has now been included for Google Classroom!Why Teach Social SkillsSocial ski
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5th - 8th
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FREE Halloween Would You Rather Questions Print, Easel, and Google Slides
Here is a set of 20 FREE Would you Rather Questions about Halloween. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts. What's Included:Print copy Easel Assessment (great for a class poll!)Easel Activity - digital activity that requires students write about why it's there favoriteGoogle Slides digital activity - more challenging for advanced technology users! The students move move around a flashlight to try and read the questions.Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,6th, 7th, or 8th g
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1st - 8th
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Free Would You Rather Digital Spinner | Morning Meeting Activity Freebie
Your students will love this FREE Would You Rather Digital Spinner. You can use this spinner for both distance learning and in-person classroom morning meetings, community building, classroom guidance lessons, lunch bunches, small groups, and individual counseling. Fun ice breakers, writing prompts, and time filler!Digital Spinners are available in the following formats: WholeHearted Hosted (NEW!), Google Slides™ and PowerPoint™.If you enjoy this SEL resource, click here to find 24 more!
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K - 7th
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Executive Functioning Escape Room Activity
This free escape room activity is a puzzle challenge related to executive functioning skills. Students can work together or independently to solve a puzzle and discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. This escape room activity is ideal for small groups, advisory periods, morning work, resource rooms, or just for fun!Note that this is a free sample puzzle that includes only one challenge. If you are interested in more similar challenges pu
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4th - 8th
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Mindful Morning Check-In - Free SEL Activity for Mindfulness
Use this free poster and activity to encourage a more mindful day for kids and teens (and adults, too!). The poster includes both digital and printable pages to allow students to write in their responses if they choose.Students will:Slowly take five deep breaths.List four things they can see or notice.List three things they are grateful for.Say two positive self-talk statements.Name one thing they are looking forward to.Spanish VersionUpdated to include Spanish version as well!Why Teach Mindfuln
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K - 8th
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Mindfulness Coloring Pages
The purpose of mindful coloring is to have students pay attention to applying color and design to help bring awareness to the present moment without allowing other thoughts, worries, or fears penetrate the mind. Mindful coloring focuses the mind on a simple, relaxing activity which helps inspire creativity while reducing stress.Taking the time to incorporate mindfulness activities such as this, in your counseling program, can help create a calm and inviting environment for your students. These
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Social Emotional Learning Journal Free Week of Prompts (Self-Awareness Skills)
Use this free Social Emotional Learning Journal to teach SEL skills! This free resource includes 5 journal prompts focused on self-awareness and helping kids understand their individual strengths and challenges. Note that this is a small sample of my Social Emotional Learning Journal for the Full Year.Digital VersionI've updated this to include a digital version for Google Drive. Students can type their responses for each journal prompt online!Why Teach Social Emotional Learning SkillsSocial emo
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4th - 6th
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Kindness Mazes - Kindness Activities - Free Kindness Week Activity
Kindness Mazes are great kindness activities that help inspire and promote kindness and a positive classroom and school community. Great for early finishers, or morning activity and addition to other kindness lessons and activities or kindness week challenges. Includes:9 Mazes3 Mazes with Inspirational Kindness Sayings3 Mazes with Kindness Challenges3 Mazes with Kindness Questions for Reflection You might also be interested in:Kindness Confetti CardsKindness Confetti QuotesPositive Affirmation M
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3rd - 6th
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Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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St. Patrick's Day Would You Rather Questions
Here are 20 Fun St. Patrick's Day themed Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. You can use them digitally with the Google Slides Version or you can print them to pass out to the students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. Teacher Tip: Share the digital version as a collaborative file with editing rights and your students can drag a gold coin to mark their choice.Use for discussion, classroom polls or journal prompts.You can get 200 Would
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1st - 8th
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FREE! Common Core Mathematical Practices Classroom Posters
8 Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practices Classroom PostersRemind students of these valuable Math Practices with these colorful and simple legal-size posters. Each practice has a specially designed icon to help students not only remember the 8 Math Practices, but use them as well.You can print all 8 posters in color at your local office/print center on 8.5 x 14 white card stock for around $5-$6.You might also like:Tangram Fraction Task CardsIt Takes Two to TangramPattern Block Fraction
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K - 12th
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Making Inferences Role Play Activity
Students with language difficulties struggle to make inferences and draw conclusions when faced with text in the classroom and on tests. Teach them that these skills are actually things that they do everyday! Help them master the art of making inferences and drawing conclusions - exclusive of text - then they can grow from there! Take out your cell phone in language therapy, and role play (or have them role play) the phone conversations in this fun and funtional activity. Even do the different
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2nd - 7th
Social Skills Lessons for Conversations Free Lessons
Use these lessons to teach critical social skills of conversations to kids, including how to start a conversation, using conversation-starters, finding things in common with others, and keeping a conversation going. This resource includes four complete activities with an educator guide and lesson plan. These are a small sample of a paid resource and bundle that are listed below.Why Teach Social SkillsSocial skills are the abilities and competencies we use to navigate the social world. These skil
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5th - 10th
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Kindness Bingo #kindnessnation
This Kindness BINGO card set include 30 BINGO cards with 24 kind acts for students to complete on Random Acts of Kindness Day (or any day!) to create a more positive, supportive school community!
Please note: There is no master list of kind acts. This is not intended to be a "sitting" game. Students actually complete the kind acts on their own throughout the class and school community to build kind, compassionate citizens! I like to have younger students complete 5 kind acts in a row and retur
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1st - 5th
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Logic Puzzle FREEBIE
If you are wondering what a logic puzzle is, it is a puzzle where you use clues, a grid, and some deductive reasoning to figure out who matches with what, or what items go together. It is a great way to exercise your students' brains!Here is my blog post about the benefits of logic puzzles!Bringing Logic Back by Carrie Whitlock These would also be great early finisher work, early work, or even for a classroom center.If you want an even harder challenge, try my free "triple matrix" logic puzzle
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2nd - 5th
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FREE Animals Mindfulness Mandala Coloring Pages, Kids Relaxing Printable Sheets
Introducing the "FREE Animals Mindfulness Mandala Coloring Pages" - a set of printable sheets designed to promote emotional well-being and improve concentration in children.These pages are perfect for teachers looking to introduce mindfulness practices into their classrooms, as they have been instrumental in helping students take a break from their daily routine and find some inner calm.The detailed designs incorporate various animals themed drawings that create hours of coloring fun for kids, w
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1st - 6th
Thanksgiving Gratitude Worksheet FREEBIE - Print or Use with Digital Easel
Go beyond, "What are you thankful for?" with these fun worksheets. The first one asks children to think of things they are thankful for that meet specific criteria. The second has an ABC format.Not only do these questions facilitate flexible and fluent thinking, but they also get kids to think more deeply about all the things they have to be grateful for. This activity is a good one for Thanksgiving, but could be used at anytime of the year.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Gratitude WorksheetsDIGITAL:
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3rd - 8th
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STEM Activity Challenge Marshmallow Catapult 3rd-5th grade
STEM Project for Third, fourth and Fifth grades.In this activity students will work in groups to create a catapult from popsicle sticks. They will modify their catapult in order to produce the best launch possible. Kids will have a great time launching mini marshmallows across the room while learning about potential and kinetic energy.***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.This STEM Activity Challenge includes teacher instructions,
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Upper Elementary)
Social Emotional Learning: 10 Free Worksheets
Looking for easy to use materials that will help your students learn about and practice important social emotional learning topics? These 10 no prep worksheets are perfect to keep on hand for last minute lessons or when working with individual students. There are 2 worksheets for each of the 5 CASEL competencies: Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making. *********************************************************************************
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4th - 6th
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