90+ Free Social Emotional Learning Activities
Welcome to our Social Emotional Learning Activities page. Below you will find free resources – lessons, activities, and printables – in the following skill areas: Communication, Cooperation, Emotion Regulation, Empathy, Impulse Control, and Social Initiation.
These resources are age-appropriate for elementary and middle school students and are typically used in a classroom or a small group setting. And in most cases, if materials are required for the activity, they are items that you already have in your classroom or office.
As you will see below, many of the SEL activities and lesson plans include characters from our game-based, social emotional learning interventions. And if you are using, or plan to use the online games, these activities will reinforce the learning that occurs during game play.
Note: You may reproduce or reuse these lessons with students via other platforms like Google Classroom as needed, and if appropriate, please share this page on your school website so other educators may also benefit. We add new lessons on a regular basis, so make sure to check back frequently.
The Importance of Friendships There are many things we want in life but, perhaps, nothing is as important as having ...
In a normal school year, students expect to deal with change. Whether it’s starting a new school, trying to make ...
Five Steps to Say You're Sorry When we say, or do, something that hurts someone we care about, a sincere ...
What Are Social Cues Social cues are the verbal and nonverbal "clues" that help us interact, communicate, and establish relationships ...
What is Voice Inflection? Voice inflection, or intonation, is when we change the tone or pitch of our voice when ...
You can show an ongoing commitment to social emotional learning by recognizing students who demonstrate good or improving SEL skills ...
A great tool for having students reflect on inappropriate behavior is a Think Sheet. You can use it when a ...
When we think about emotional awareness, we typically focus on situations that trigger negative emotions. But it's also important that ...
Ever felt like your lesson has gotten away from you? When exactly did the plan stray from a diagram of ...
Before the start of the school year, teachers often envision an idyllic classroom community: communication, teamwork, peer support—all looks great, ...
This activity, based on the book, A Wrinkled Heart by Tracy Hoexter, will help students appreciate how important it is ...
Making and keeping friends can be a big challenge for students, and this is especially true during remote learning or ...
Understanding and interpreting body language is even more challenging in a time when we aren't able to see mouths due ...
Using the emotion faces lesson and printable worksheets below, you will help your students evaluate facial expressions and associate those ...
In this lesson, students will create a student strengths flower that highlights their positive traits, and this flower will be ...
Everyone feels angry from time to time, and it can be an overwhelming emotion. Like other emotions, anger comes in ...
In a previous lesson, we introduced the the power of gratitude where students identified one thing that made them happy ...
If you're providing remote instruction this year, you may have seem images where educators create a personalized virtual classroom that ...
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