5th grade Social emotional Resources

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

Mindfulness: Guide to Feelings Cards

How are you feeling today? Use these cards to explore emotion adjectives, either on their own or with our Mindfulness lesson plan series.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

We all have our own home of feelings inside, like a shell that we can tuck into when needed. This we learn from turtles, and now your students can too. This lesson helps students access that place inside full of feelings, emotions, and thoughts.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Make Peace Rocks

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Make 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.

4th grade

Activity

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Owls hear so well that they can hunt in the dark. Have your students try on their owl ears! In this lesson, students open up their ears to all the sounds around them, close and far away, and go on a sound hunt.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Sending Kindness

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Sending Kindness

In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

4th grade

Activity

Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

In this worksheet, we listen like like an owl — and go on a sound hunt — to become more aware of the sounds around us.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mindfulness: Mindful Movement

Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation

Deep relaxation in school? Yes, it is possible! Through this process you will guide students to consciously focus on relaxing various body parts, leading to a visualization to help relax their full body mindfully.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath

Mindfulness: Mindful Movement

Imagine wild animals teaching students to walk mindfully, and camoflauge teaching about stillness. This lesson takes a cue from animal adaptations as students practice walking and pausing mindfully.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Live in The Moment With Mindful Walking

Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath

What if you imagine your lungs as wings? In this lesson, a butterfly helps teach students about mindful breathing. Learn to use the butterfly breath in three different ways!

Preschool

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present

Live in The Moment With Mindful Walking

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

4th grade

Activity

Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present

What happens when students explore their senses on the inside? This lesson encourages students to look at, listen to, and feel what is happening on the inside through practicing mindfulness.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Emoji Emotions

Emoji Emotions

Students take emojis from text to paper, using them as prompts for identifying and reflecting upon their own feelings.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Design Your Own Emoji

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

Design Your Own Emoji

In this creative activity, students design and make a case for their own proposed emoji.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Learn About Interdependence

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

In this worksheet, children explore what it means to be aware of their emotions, drawing inspiration from the turtle.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Learn About Interdependence

In this lesson, students will learn about interdependence and explore how we are all connected and part of the web of life.

4th grade

Lesson plan

Create a Peace Treaty

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Create a Peace Treaty

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

4th grade

Activity

Learning About Mindful Listening

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Children use their five senses to explore what it means to be mindful with this worksheet, part of our Mindfulness series.

Preschool

Worksheet