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Things I Like About Me

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Things I Like About Me

Kindergarten

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

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Things I Like About Me

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Things I Like About Me

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Make a Family Gratitude Jar

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Make a Family Gratitude Jar

Pre-K

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

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Make a Family Gratitude Jar

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Make a Family Gratitude Jar

Pre-K

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Create an Internal Weather Report

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Create an Internal Weather Report

Second Grade

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

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Create an Internal Weather Report

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Create an Internal Weather Report

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will play a mindful listening game and create a video or skit that teaches others about mindful listening.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will play a mindful listening game and create a video or skit that teaches others about mindful listening.

Help your child build emotional awareness by creating a wheel full of pictures that make them feel a certain emotion.

Help your child build emotional awareness by creating a wheel full of pictures that make them feel a certain emotion.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

Second Grade

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Be Present with Mindful Movement

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Be Present with Mindful Movement

Pre-K

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

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Be Present with Mindful Movement

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Be Present with Mindful Movement

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Pre-K

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Mindfulness and the Brain

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Mindfulness and the Brain

Second Grade

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

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Mindfulness and the Brain

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Mindfulness and the Brain

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

Second Grade

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Kindness Postcards: A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activity

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Kindness Postcards: A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activity

Second Grade

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

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Kindness Postcards: A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activity

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Kindness Postcards: A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activity

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

Second Grade

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Exploration of Talents

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Exploration of Talents

Second Grade

In this activity, your child will discover their interests and special talents through performing, writing, and drawing.

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Exploration of Talents

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Exploration of Talents

In this activity, your child will discover their interests and special talents through performing, writing, and drawing.

Second Grade

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Five-Finger Relaxation

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Five-Finger Relaxation

Second Grade

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your child learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds by tracing their hands.

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Five-Finger Relaxation

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Five-Finger Relaxation

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your child learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds by tracing their hands.

Children will discuss what it means to have healthy friendships and create a unique friendship painting that illustrates the qualities of good friends.

Children will discuss what it means to have healthy friendships and create a unique friendship painting that illustrates the qualities of good friends.

In this activity, you and your child will watch a video and learn how the brain easily remembers negative information, but not always positive. You will practice positivity by writing or drawing pictures of 10 positive things that happened today.

Giving and Receiving Kindness

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Giving and Receiving Kindness

Second Grade

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!

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Giving and Receiving Kindness

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Giving and Receiving Kindness

Second Grade

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Back-to-Back Breathing

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Back-to-Back Breathing

Second Grade

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

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Back-to-Back Breathing

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Back-to-Back Breathing

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

In this lesson, your child will watch a video on restorative justice, and together you will come up with ways your family can use restorative justice at home.

In this lesson, your child will watch a video on restorative justice, and together you will come up with ways your family can use restorative justice at home.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Second Grade

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Taking Time to Slow Down

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Taking Time to Slow Down

Second Grade

In this activity, your child will practice mindfulness, choose one thing to do in which they can slow down, and reflect on this experience. You can even try slowing down together!

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Taking Time to Slow Down

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Taking Time to Slow Down

In this activity, your child will practice mindfulness, choose one thing to do in which they can slow down, and reflect on this experience. You can even try slowing down together!

In this activity, your child will write and draw about a time when they acted in ways that illustrated responsibility, kindness, or integrity. They will also reflect on what it felt like to have control over their choices and behaviors.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will listen to their favorite song and explore how it makes them feel. Then, together you will craft your own cardboard radio!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will listen to their favorite song and explore how it makes them feel. Then, together you will craft your own cardboard radio!

Second Grade

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Reflections on Leadership

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Reflections on Leadership

Second Grade

Children will create a "This is Me!" collage that will highlight their many gifts, talents, interests, and leadership skills.

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Reflections on Leadership

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Reflections on Leadership

Children will create a "This is Me!" collage that will highlight their many gifts, talents, interests, and leadership skills.

Second Grade

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Sharing Love: A Loving Kindness Garden

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Sharing Love: A Loving Kindness Garden

Second Grade

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

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Sharing Love: A Loving Kindness Garden

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Sharing Love: A Loving Kindness Garden

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

Second Grade

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Interview: My Best Self

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Interview: My Best Self

Second Grade

In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

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Interview: My Best Self

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Interview: My Best Self

In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

Children will reflect on the importance of diversity and brainstorm ways to support people in their community who may feel alone, researching local organizations that strive to help those people.

Children will reflect on the importance of diversity and brainstorm ways to support people in their community who may feel alone, researching local organizations that strive to help those people.

Second Grade

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Creating a Peace Corner to Promote Harmony, Kindness, and Calm at Home

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Creating a Peace Corner to Promote Harmony, Kindness, and Calm at Home

Pre-K

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

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Creating a Peace Corner to Promote Harmony, Kindness, and Calm at Home

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Creating a Peace Corner to Promote Harmony, Kindness, and Calm at Home

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice a mindfulness and forgiveness visualization and write a letter to someone with whom they've had a minor conflict and would like to forgive.

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About 2nd Grade Social Emotional Learning Activities

On Education.com, second-grade social emotional learning (SEL) activities focus on helping students develop self-awareness, manage emotions, and build positive relationships. These activities include resources like printable worksheets, classroom games, and guided journaling exercises designed to foster empathy, communication skills, and social problem-solving. Educators and parents can access structured lesson plans that reinforce classroom community and emotional intelligence. Each activity integrates engaging formats to make SEL learning accessible and fun for young learners.

Enrich your lesson plans with Education.com’s collection of third-grade SEL resources. From thematic classroom posters to interactive digital simulations, pages are designed to strengthen emotional regulation, conflict resolution, and peer collaboration. Each page provides practical tools and hands-on activities that promote a supportive learning environment. By combining cognitive and social skills, these materials enhance both academic achievement and personal growth.

Explore a variety of social emotional learning activities on Education.com tailored for second-grade students. Gain access to worksheets, group exercises, and classroom resources that foster confidence, empathy, and healthy peer relationships. These materials save educators and parents time while providing engaging, ready-to-use activities that reinforce essential social and emotional skills.

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