Looking for an introductory First Grade Self Control Activity? Your students will love this fun story and craft for practice!
This circle of control activity teaches students the difference between what is inside their control and what is outside of their control.
Personal Space: Social Story Printable & Fun Activities. Explore 21 fun personal space activities (discussion cards, role-play situations, worksheets)
Today I'm excited to have Corrina from From Mrs. Allen's Teaching Files here to share a really fun and exciting activity to use when talking about self control. Self control is such a hard
Looking for fun ways to teach kids coping skills? Your students will love these fun, hands-on activities to help them deal with tough feelings.
This impulse control printable asks students to think through both the impulsive and thoughtful responses to different situations.
Games can be the perfect tool to introduce and teach social emotional learning skills to kids and young adults. These are the skills that help kids become more self-aware, develop positive relationships, show empathy towards others, manage emotions, use self-control, resolve conflicts, and make posi
A few weeks ago I was preparing professional development for first and second year teachers in my school district. New teachers not only need the basics of classroom management, routines, procedures and relationships....but this year they also need training on how to effectively be a remote educator. The first year of teaching is difficult under normal circumstances, but this is no normal year. I feel for these first year teachers as so much extra is being added to their already overflowing plate. To acknowledge the amount of stress each new teacher is facing, I started with a What's On Your Plate? activity. This is a great activity to use with any age (youth all the way to adults)! The purpose of the activity is for participants to honor all of the issues and tasks they have on their mind. We have all heard the analogy, "My plate is really full." Which is a code phrase for, "My brain is so full, I literally can't fit any more in it!" We have all been there. We all know how stressful a full or overflowing plate can be. Whats On Your Plate? gives participants a chance to get all of those thoughts swimming around in their brains out on paper. This activity acknowledges how many responsibilities and commitments everyone has, and then allows them to set those thoughts aside and be fully present for the meeting, class period, activity, etc. See below for materials, instructions and plate example.
Teletherapy social skills activities for kids and teens! Discover favorite websites, apps, and activities that can be used digitally.
Ok, so we need to talk about coping skills, specifically teaching coping skills SEL lessons at the middle school level. For a number of reasons, in the last
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Storytelling is a wonderful way to build creativity and imagination in your students. How can storytelling activities be beneficial in the classroom? There are so many ways! inspires purposeful talkingraises enthusiasm for reading textsinitiates writingenhances communityimproves writingengages students Want to see how each of these activities work? Watch the Storytelling Activities video on my YouTube
Social Emotional Workshop offers practical tools for social emotional learning and counseling.
One of the things I've gotten fairly established at this point is my first session of individual counseling with students. Here's 4 of my go to activities.
Social Emotional Workshop offers practical tools for social emotional learning and counseling.
Working on helping kids understand big deal/little deal? Check out my size of the problem lesson and see if it'll work for you!
Use these 101 after school club ideas for kids to help you form your own club. School clubs are a great way to help kids develop a number of skills such as social, problem solving, and critical thinking. Whether you are looking to start a math club, science, club, theatrical club, or even a sports based club this is
Are you looking for leadership activities for middle school students that can inspire and teach valuable life skills? Continue scrolling and you’ll find lots of ideas for your classroom.
Grab some plastic eggs, and you've got tons of spring counseling activities! Your students will love these activities and lessons that are perfect for small groups, individuals, or classroom guidance.
A social story is a simple description of how to behave and what to expect in a particular situation. Grab your 13 free editable social stories here to...
Fun Listening Games and Activities for Kids (WHOLE BODY LISTENING worksheets included) / 27 Listening skills activities for children
Social skills are a critical element to helping kids succeed socially, emotionally, personally, and even academically. These are the skills are the behaviors that help kids join in conversations, collaborate with peers, develop lasting friendships, self-advocate when they need help, and so much more
Personal space activities and teaching boundaries for kids are important (but tricky) topics to cover. These playful learning activities will help.
Resilience is one of my favorite topics to teach. Here are 6 tools that will help bring classroom lessons and small groups to life.
Social emotional learning isn't just something that should be practiced and taught at school. SEL skills are life skills, of course! These include skills like empathy, self-control, and decision-making. Before I even get started, while I was writing this post, I decided to also create a set of S
The House of Boundaries game helps children recognize various levels of relationships, how to set appropriate boundaries, and safety issues. Children will learn skills such as online safety, physical distance needed, and respecting the privacy of others. This play therapy game is versatile and interactive.
17 social skills games to use with kids to teach communication, friendship, listening, and kindness. Enjoy the twist on popular games and printable options, as they practice important social skills.
Children with healthy social-emotional skills tend to lead successful lives. These activities will help improve your child's social-emotional skills.
I've been having a hard time lately with some of the older kids I see. They don't see the point or the importance of what we are working on. I have been very frustrated, and our sessions have been less than productive. In desperation, I turned to Pinterest, and came across some UNO activities. I figured - what could it hurt? We aren't getting anything done anyway! Well, it was no less than MAGICAL!!! My most difficult student didn't want to come see me, but I asked him to give me just 10 min. We played the game, and he was happy about it. I started to pick up the cards, and he grabbed the UNO cards and starting dealing out the cards. We ended working for 30 minutes with smiles all around. Below is the activity I did today. Click on the picture for activity details. After the session, my mind was buzzing. Although the student did well, and shared, he didn't really listen to my comments. So I came up with this idea. This student needs to work on writing, so I made a handout so that he has to write down the other participant's comments. Click on the picture for activity details. There is just something about UNO that everyone loves. Here is another great idea showing how to use UNO cards in a session. Click on the picture for activity details. Thank you Pinterest for such great ideas and breaking my therapy block with my older students. I look forward to coming up with some more ideas. I'll let you know how it goes.
Looking for a great classroom community building or empathy activity for your classroom guidance lessons? You'll love this I am Human activity!
Kids and young adults need extensive practice in strengthening their executive functioning skills. Executive functions are the processes in our brains that help us accomplish all tasks from beginning to end. We use them when we plan our day, organize our materials, begin a chore, focus on important
Use these low prep behavior and social skills printable worksheets and activities to help teach your students how to control their behavior and reactions to everyday social situations. Incorporate into SEL social emotional lessons using hands on learning with task cards activities to teach students the social consequences of their words and actions. Available in both printable and digital format. Description Often, students with Autism and other social skills deficits struggle to understand the direct and indirect impact that their behavior has on other people. When we engage in behaviors that make people have negative thoughts about us, that in turn also affects the way other people interact and treat us (eg, if I make someone mad by pushing them if they touch my things, that person will then have negative thoughts about me and will more than likely not want to be my friend……Or if I’m playing basketball and do not pass the ball to anyone because I think I’m the best player, other kids will probably not want me to be on their team next time). A lot of students can identify punishment consequences associated with negative behaviors (eg loss of privileges, time out, sent to the principal’s office etc), however identifying the SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES is a much more difficult and abstract concept for our students to grasp. *****Activities within this packet are available as printables and digital/paperless available as both digital PDFS, interactive powerpoints and google slides (google slides to be downloaded into your google drive) ***** This product can also be found within my social skills BUNDLE packet. Social skills and behavior bundle The google slides only version of this packet can be found here: How my behavior affects others google slides This packet is designed to teach students with social skill deficits to identify how different actions may affect other people’s feelings/emotions (both positive and negative emotions) and then possible SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES that may be experienced as a result of making others feel that way. The packet is broken down into 3 key components: Part 1- Use of worksheets and activities to teach the concept about how actions affect others, as well as identify the correct/incorrect way to handle a situation. Part 2- An interactive activity that involves 408 different scenario cards. Students read the cards and select how the action described in the scenarios would make other feels. This can be completed as a game with multiple students or as a 1:1 interactive teaching method. Students are encouraged to think about why the scenario would make others feel a certain emotion, social consequences experienced as a result of those feelings, and then different solutions if the action resulted in negative emotions/consequences. Part 3- Data tracking and behavior change goals- Once students are able to identify actions they engage in that may make others have negative thoughts, goals can be set and tracked (using student self monitoring data) to encourage more appropriate actions. Specifically, in this packet you will find: Part 1- Understanding how different actions affect others (worksheets and activities) -3 Emotions posters, both in color and black and white. . . (6 pages) -Things that make me feel. . . . (1 page) -It makes me happy when friends . . . (2 pages) -Things I do that make my friends feel. . . . (2 pages) -How would this make others feel? Scenarios and emotion identification (7 pages) -Which way is right? Scenario and identification of appropriate behavioral response (2 pages) -Right or wrong? Scenario and identifying whether the response was correct or incorrect (6 pages) -What could I have done instead? Students reflect on times they have made others feel mad, sad, annoyed, and think about what they could have done instead. . .(3 pages) -Consequences of our actions. Students select an emotion and resulting consequence from a behavioral scenario. . . (4 pages) -When others have positive/negative thoughts about me. Consequences experienced as a result of positive/negative thoughts. . . (4 pages) Part 2- Interactive Activities -Emotions posters. . . (3 pages) -Interactive emotions identification boards. . . (2 pages) -Arrows and points tokens. . .(2 pages) -The right or wrong way posters/worksheets. Students to break down what was right/wrong in the scenarios, how it made others feel and consequences experienced. . (6 pages) -How we can make the wrong way better. Providing solutions to scenarios where the wrong behavior was exhibited. . .(2 pages) -Consequences and feelings. From the scenarios, identify how it would make YOU feel due to the consequences experienced. . . (2 pages) -408 social/behavioral scenario task cards in color . . .(51 pages) -Blank task cards in color . . . (1 page) 408 social/behavioral scenario task cards in low ink. . . (51 pages) Blank task cards in low ink . . . (1 page) *****2 new digital powerpoint task card sorting activities **********How does my behaviors make others feel? digital PowerPoint sorting activity ********** What thoughts will others have about me? digital PowerPoint sorting activity Part 3- Data tracking and encouraging appropriate behavior -Behavior contract. 1, 2 and 3 targets . . .(3 pages) -Hourly behavior tracking. 1, 2 and 3 targets. Blank check in times . . .(6 pages) -2 hourly behavior tracking. 1, 2 and 3 targets. Blank check in times . . .(6 pages) -AM/PM behavior tracking. 1, 2 and 3 targets. Blank check in times . . .(6 pages) -My positive actions cards. Portable cards to remind students of appropriate positive behaviors they can engage in in the environments/situations in which problem/inappropriate behaviors most likely occur. 30 cards provided. . . (15 pages) Check out my other related social skills and behavior/emotion control products that will compliment this activity: Size of the problem. Activities and task cards Think it or say it? How my words affect others Social skill and behavior practice, reflection and improvement Self regulation and emotional control lapbook Social skills visual bracelets Visual behavior bracelets Emotions self regulation and behavior management supports
5 creating school counseling activities that use candy to help you make your individual, small group and classroom counseling lessons more engaging.
Introducing Mindfulness in your school counseling program can be of GREAT benefit! Mindfulness is a useful practice that is being taught all over the world. Mindfulness is a technique to simply be fully present in the moment. It seems to be a daily occurrence that our students report feeling overwhelmed due to stress and worries. Mindfulness activities can help keep stress and anxiety under control and help create a more peaceful life. 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 FREE coloring pages would be a great addition to a designated Calm Down Spot in your office or classroom. Click HERE for your FREE download. Happy coloring!
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Recently I brought you my review of You Are A Social Detective: Explaining Social ThinkingⓇ to Kids by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke… and now I am FINALLY getting around to sharing all of the cool activities we did to go with that book! Woot! If […]
Helping students become better at regulating their own emotions seems to be an increasing priority for educators. But how do you teach emotional regulation?
Instant empathy worksheets PDF activity book to teach kids or students all about empathy and being kind to others.
If you’ve participated in DBT, you may be familiar with the “DBT House of Treatment”. This DBT House…
Did he seriously just say that? How often has one of our students with Autism, ADHD, or other difficulties said something completely inappropriate to a peer or adult, but not even realize that what they said was inappropriate!? This activity provides a way for students to learn that some thoughts should be kept to themselves! Students ...
Kids and young adults need extensive practice in strengthening their executive functioning skills. Executive functions are the processes in our brains that help us accomplish all tasks from beginning to end. We use them when we plan our day, organize our materials, begin a chore, focus on important
Checkout this list of 21 simple ways to bring mental health awareness month activities into the workplace to destigmatize the issue.
