Social Emotional Learning Printables
I have a real passion for helping children to develop emotional intelligence and this collection of Social Emotional Learning printables includes resources that are perfect for use at both school and home, and suitable for use with children across a range of ages.
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is generally regarded as our ability to identify, express and control emotions. We can help children to develop emotional intelligence by guiding them as they learn to identify, understand and begin to self-regulate the full range of human emotions.
What is Social Emotional Learning?
Social emotional learning activities help children to develop self awareness, self management, responsible decision making, social awareness and positive relationship skills.
Social emotional learning is important as children who develop effective social and emotional skills find it easier to manage themselves and their own emotions, demonstrate greater resilience, use effective coping skills and develop a more positive sense of self worth. They also relate effectively to others and use more effective prosocial behaviors, such as empathy and kindness.
Social Emotional Learning Printables
All of the printable Social Emotional Learning printables featured below are available to download as digital PDF files. Follow the ‘Find out more & download here’ button for each printable listed.
Printable Feelings & Emotions Cards: This set of printable emotions cards includes eight matching card game ideas to try.
Emoji Emotions Matching Cards: Tap into the popular emoji craze as a tool for exploring feelings and emotions with this fun, printable emoji emotions matching cards set.
My Emotions Wheel Worksheet: A great SE Learning worksheet for identifying and talking through a range of emotions with children. Includes three different versions for use with different grades.
The Color Monster Emotions Jar Activity: The Color Monster by Anna is a wonderful book for exploring the range of emotions humans experience and is the basis for this fun social emotional learning activity.
My Emotions 2D Shapes Preschool Activity Pages: These emotions themed 2D shapes activity pages are a great resource for combining learning about shapes with talking about commonly experienced emotions.
Loving Kindness Yoga for Kids: This Loving Kindness Yoga routine encourages students to send loving kindness out into the world – to both themselves and their friends and family.
Managing Big Emotions Posters
Our Managing Big Emotions poster series is super popular with both teachers and parents, and best of all these printable SE Learning resources are available to you completely free of charge.
5 Steps for Managing Big Emotions Poster: The first poster in our Managing Big Emotions series uses a hand motif to support children to work through five steps for managing overwhelming emotions.
9 Calm Down Ideas for Kids Poster: This poster presents nine effective calm down strategies handpicked for kids! Our emotions certainly aren’t one-size-fits-all, and neither are the ways we might prefer to calm down
Calm Down Yoga Poster: This poster presents a wonderful five step move to calm strategy for calming down the nervous system. It combines gentle yoga postures with positive affirmations.
RELATED: For more printable yoga posters, check out our related article – Printable Yoga for Kids Posters.
Take 5 Breathing Poster: This poster presents a simple breathing technique that children can use as part of their calm down strategy any time and any where!
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28 Breathing Exercise Cards: Mindful breathing can help children to feel more in control of their emotions and this collection of twenty eight breathing exercises makes breathing for mindfulness accessible as a tool for children of all ages.
The Game of Feelings Card Game: This fun social emotional learning game encourages children (ages 8-15 years) to explore 40 different emotions. Play at school, home or in counseling sessions.
36 Coping Skills Cards: This set of 36 different coping skills cards includes ideas representing five different types of coping skills – relaxation, distraction, physical movement, emotional processing, and sensory input.
Positive Affirmations for Kids Cards: Each of this set of 55 affirmation cards are linked to important core values with strong themes of growth mindset, emotional intelligence, positive thinking, self acceptance and friendship and family relationships.
Being Me Feelings & Emotions Journal: This guided journal includes 70 creative writing and drawing prompts to help nurture greater emotional awareness, coping skills, relationship building skills, self reflection and decision-making abilities.
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What a great resource. Thanks for sharing so many great printables for social emotional learning. I am pinning this now to return to.