Social emotional Resources

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Make a Calm Down Bottle

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Make a Calm Down Bottle

Do you need to help your students chill out? This activity will help your students learn how to breathe deeply, self-soothe, and calm themselves down.

Kindergarten

Activity

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

Emoji Emotions

Word Bank: Emotion Charades

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

Word Bank: Emotion Charades

Build your students' emotional literacy with this handy emotion word bank! This resource provides students with visuals and a variety of emotion synonyms to increase their understanding of character traits in fictional text.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Five-Finger Relaxation

Five-Finger Relaxation

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

2nd grade

Activity

Design Your Own Emoji

Working with Difficult Emotions

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 Self-Awareness Through Deep Relaxation

Working with Difficult Emotions

This worksheet will help support students to work with difficult emotions.

2nd grade

Worksheet

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

Learn Self-Awareness Through Deep Relaxation

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Kindergarten

Activity

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

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

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

Calm Down Bottle

Calm Down Bottle

Getting too worked up? Use a calm down bottle to relax. This worksheet helps students reflect on how they could use their calm down bottle.

Kindergarten

Worksheet

Just Like Me

Just Like Me

This worksheet helps students reflect on the “just like me” practice of building empathy.

4th grade

Worksheet

Make Peace Rocks

My Internal Weather Report

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

My Internal Weather Report

Being aware of your emotions can be tricky! This worksheet helps students tune in by taking their own internal weather reports.

2nd grade

Worksheet

Practice Mindful Eating

Be Present with Mindful Movement

Practice Mindful Eating

How often do we eat with awareness and really taste our food and think about where the food came from? Mindful eating is a great way to practice mindfulness infused with gratitude and appreciation for our food.

Kindergarten

Activity

Real Superpowers Graphic Organizer

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.

2nd grade

Activity

Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation

Real Superpowers Graphic Organizer

Use this bubble chart to brainstorm your favorite superhero's real strengths.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation

In this worksheet, children grow roots, branches, and leaves as they practice deep relaxation — then design a relaxation technique of their own.

Preschool

Worksheet

Fill Your Bucket

Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present

Fill Your Bucket

Are you a bucket filler? Children with good social skills lift each other up with compliments and praise, instead of put downs and negative comments. Use this lesson to teach your students about bucket filling and how to compliment others.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present

In this worksheet, children practice being mindful of both the outer world and their own inner world as well.

Preschool

Worksheet

Sending Kindness Reflection Questions

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 Reflection Questions

This worksheet helps students reflect on the practice of sending kindness to themselves and others.

3rd grade

Worksheet

Emotion Charades