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Name That Feeling
Match six feelings faces to their words, then draw your own face for how you feel today.
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Social-emotional learning worksheets for kindergarten to 5th grade
50 free SEL worksheets in 10 topics, from naming feelings and growth mindset to I-messages, SMART goals and kind self-talk. Sorts, matching, real-life scenarios, breathing cards, trackers and coloring pages, with Kevin Coulston’s cartoon characters on every page and 34 answer keys
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Grades K–3. Name the feeling on a face, draw feelings faces, sort comfortable and uncomfortable feelings, guess how you would feel and grow a feelings vocabulary from small to big.
Grades K–1
Finish the Feelings Faces
Trace each feeling word and draw the eyes and mouth to show it, then finish “I feel happy when…”.
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Grades 1–3Answer key
Comfortable and Uncomfortable Feelings
Sort twelve feeling words into comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. All feelings are okay.
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Grades K–2Answer key
How Would You Feel?
Read eight everyday moments and circle the feeling that fits, then draw a time you felt proud.
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Grades 2–3Answer key
Feeling Words: Small, Medium, Big
Put feeling words in order from a little to a lot, like annoyed, mad and furious, to name a feeling just right.
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Grades K–5. Sort fixed and growth mindset thoughts, change your words, see how much you have grown, learn the power words and meet famous mistakes that worked out.
Grades 2–5Answer key
Fixed or Growth Mindset?
Read ten thoughts and sort each into fixed mindset or growth mindset.
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Grades 1–4Answer key
Change Your Words
Rewrite six stuck thoughts like “I can’t do this” into growth mindset words like “I can’t do this yet.”
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Grades K–2
Look How I Have Grown
Draw something you could not do as a baby, something you can do now and something you will learn next.
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Grades 1–3Answer key
Growth Mindset Power Words
Fill in the six power words, yet, practice, mistakes, try, help and brain, then pick your favorite.
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Grades 3–5Answer key
Mistakes That Made Something Great
Match six real inventions, from Play-Doh to penicillin, to the mistake or surprise that led to them.
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Grades K–5. Kind or unkind, the right kind words for each moment, kindness at home, school and in the community, reading feelings clues and choosing the reply that shows empathy.
Grades K–2Answer key
Kind or Unkind?
Color the twelve kind acts and cross out the unkind ones, then draw yourself being kind.
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The Right Kind Words
Match each moment, like a friend falling down or a new kid at recess, to the kind words that fit.
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Grades 1–4Answer key
Kindness at Home, School and in My Community
Sort twelve kind acts by where they happen, then pick three to do this week.
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Grades 2–5Answer key
Spot the Clues, Show You Care
Read four short stories, find the clues that show how someone feels and write what you could say or do.
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Grades 3–5Answer key
Which Reply Shows Empathy?
Read six things friends say and circle the reply that shows you understand how they feel.
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Grades 2–5. Size up a problem, use I-messages, match conflict tools, walk the six steps of the peace path and pick a fair solution for real classroom scenarios.
Grades 2–4Answer key
How Big Is the Problem?
Sort twelve problems into small (I can fix it), medium (I try a tool or ask a friend) and big (I need a grown-up now).
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Grades 2–5Answer key
Use an I-Message
Learn the I-message: I feel… when… because… I need… Then write one for three real problems.
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Grades 2–4Answer key
Conflict Tools Match
Match seven conflict tools, like compromise, take turns and cool off, to what each one means.
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Grades 2–5Answer key
Walk the Peace Path
Number the six steps of the peace path in order, then use them to plan how to solve a playground problem.
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Grades 3–5Answer key
Pick a Fair Solution
Read six conflict scenarios and circle the solution that is fair to everyone.
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Grades K–5. What good friends do, how to join in and make a new friend, a classmate interview, teamwork words and friendship true or false.
Grades K–2Answer key
What Do Good Friends Do?
Color the twelve things good friends do and cross out the rest, then draw you and a friend.
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Grades K–3Answer key
How to Make a New Friend
Number the five steps for joining in and making a new friend, then practice what you would say.
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Grades 1–5
Classmate Interview
Interview a classmate with eight questions, then write how you are alike and how you are different.
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Teamwork Words
Match six teamwork words, like cooperate and encourage, to their meanings, then use them in sentences.
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Grades 1–4Answer key
Friendship and Teamwork True or False
Circle true or false for ten sentences about friends and teams, then fix two false ones.
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Grades K–5. Animal breathing cards, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, a mindful coloring pattern, calming choices to color and a five-day mindful minute log.
Grades K–3
Animal Breathing Cards
Four calming breaths to try: lion breath, bee breath, elephant breath and teddy bear belly breathing.
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Grades 1–5
5-4-3-2-1 Calm Down
Notice 5 things you see, 4 you hear, 3 you can touch, 2 you smell and 1 you taste to feel calm and present.
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Grades K–5
Mindful Coloring Pattern
Color a round pattern slowly, one ring at a time, and notice your breathing as you go.
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Grades K–3Answer key
Calming Choices
Color the twelve choices that help your body calm down and cross out the ones that do not.
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Grades 2–5
Mindful Minute Log
Try a different mindful minute for five days and rate how you feel before and after each one.
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Grades 2–5. Goal or wish, SMART goals, a goal staircase, if-then plans for when things get in the way and a weekly goal tracker.
Grades 2–4Answer key
Goal or Wish?
Sort ten sentences into goals (a plan you can act on) and wishes, then turn a wish into a goal.
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Grades 3–5Answer key
Make It a SMART Goal
Match the five letters of a SMART goal to their meanings, find the SMART goals and write your own.
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Grades 2–5
My Goal Staircase
Write your goal at the top of the stairs and four small steps to climb there, with a helper and a finish date.
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If–Then Plans
Write an if-then plan for four things that could get in the way of a goal, then make two of your own.
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Grades 2–5
Weekly Goal Tracker
Pick one goal for the week, check off each day you work on it and look back on Friday.
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Grades 2–5. Five steps to solve a problem, many ways to solve it, stop-think-choose, choices and their consequences and scenarios to pick the best choice.
Grades 2–5Answer key
Five Steps to Solve a Problem
Number the five problem-solving steps in order, then use them on a forgotten-homework problem.
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Grades 2–4
Many Ways to Solve It
Brainstorm three solutions for three everyday problems and star the best one for each.
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Grades 2–5
Stop, Think, Choose
Use the red, yellow and green light to stop, think of choices and pick one for two problems.
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Grades 3–5Answer key
Choices and Consequences
Match eight choices to what will probably happen next, then write about a choice you made.
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Grades 2–4Answer key
What Is the Best Choice?
Read six problem scenarios and circle the best choice for each one.
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Grades K–5. Good choice or not so good, a responsibility chart, who is being responsible, own it and fix it, and the words that describe a responsible person.
Grades K–2Answer key
Good Choice or Not So Good?
Color the twelve good choices and cross out the not-so-good ones, then draw a good choice you made.
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Grades K–3
My Responsibility Chart
Check off six jobs at home and school each day of the week, and add one of your own.
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Grades 1–4Answer key
Who Is Being Responsible?
Read ten short sentences and circle responsible or not yet for each kid.
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Grades 2–5Answer key
Own It, Fix It
Match six oops moments to a way to fix them, then write what you would say to own a mistake.
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Grades 3–5Answer key
Responsibility Words
Fill in six words that describe a responsible person: reliable, honest, prepared, organized, punctual and accountable.
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Grades K–5. Trace “I am” sentences, color affirmation cards, an all-about-me star, kind or unkind self-talk and an affirmation of the day for a whole week.
Grades K–1
“I Am” Sentences to Trace
Trace five short affirmations, like I am kind and I can try, then draw yourself.
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Grades K–3
Affirmation Cards to Color
Six cut-apart cards with big outline words to color, like I can do hard things and I keep trying.
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Grades K–3
All About Me Star
Fill each point of the star: my name, I like, I am good at, I am proud of and I want to learn.
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Grades 2–5Answer key
Kind or Unkind Self-Talk?
Sort ten things kids say to themselves into kind self-talk and unkind self-talk, then rewrite two.
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Grades 1–5
Affirmation of the Day
Say a new affirmation each day for a week and write one way you showed it.
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- Morning meeting: talk about one feeling or skill, then finish a sheet like Name That Feeling or Fixed or Growth Mindset? together.
- Calm-down corner: keep Animal Breathing Cards, 5-4-3-2-1 Calm Down and Mindful Coloring Pattern in a folder kids can reach.
- Small groups and counseling: the scenario sheets, like Pick a Fair Solution and Spot the Clues, Show You Care, start good conversations.
- Home connection: send Weekly Goal Tracker, My Responsibility Chart or Affirmation of the Day home for the week.
A conflict resolution week
- Monday: How Big Is the Problem?, so kids know which problems they can solve on their own.
- Tuesday: Conflict Tools Match, then act out two of the tools.
- Wednesday: practice Use an I-Message with a partner.
- Thursday: Walk the Peace Path, and put the six steps up on the wall.
- Friday: Pick a Fair Solution as a quick check of what they learned.
Every topic has five sheets, so the same plan works for feelings, friendship, goals or good choices.
More free printables for the classroom
- Thinking sheets500 open-ended draw-and-write sheets, with 50 on feelings and 50 for reflecting.
- How to draw funny facesDraw happy, grumpy and silly faces to go with a feelings lesson.
- Science worksheets100 free science and STEM pages for K to 5th grade.
- Sight word worksheets100 free pages for kindergarten and 1st grade.
- Drawing guides for teachersShort reads on praise, confidence and the “I can’t draw” kid.
- Free activity pagesEvery free drawing, tracing and grid page in one place.
Drawing books full of feelings
Silly, grumpy and goofy faces are a fun way to talk about feelings. Kids can draw them step by step in Kevin Coulston’s books.
How to Draw: Silly Faces
How to Draw: Grumpy Faces
Draw by Grid: Goofy Faces
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Questions
Are these SEL worksheets free?
Yes. All 50 worksheets, the 10 topic packs and the answer key are free to print for home and classroom use, as many copies as your class needs.
Which grades are they for?
Kindergarten to 5th grade. Every sheet shows its grade range. The feelings faces, kind-or-unkind, good choices, animal breathing and “I am” tracing sheets start in kindergarten; the conflict resolution, goal-setting and problem-solving sheets are for grades 2 to 5, and SMART goals, if-then plans and empathy replies are for grades 3 to 5. Use the grade buttons to see only the sheets for your class.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. 34 sheets have an answer key page: the sorts, matching, true or false, put-in-order and fill-in-the-blank sheets. It is page 2 of each sheet’s PDF, at the end of each topic pack and all together in one PDF. Many SEL questions have more than one good answer, so for the write-your-own parts the key shows one example. Trackers, logs, breathing cards and coloring pages have no key.
How are these different from the thinking sheets?
The thinking sheets are open-ended draw-and-write pages. These SEL worksheets are structured practice for a lesson: kids sort, match, put steps in order, read short scenarios and choose, and track a goal or habit over a week. The two sets work well together, and none of the activities repeat.
How can I use them in my classroom?
Use one sheet after a morning meeting or circle time talk, as a small-group or counseling activity, as a calm-down corner page, or send a tracker home for the week. Each topic has five sheets that build on each other, from naming a skill to practicing it.
What SEL topics do they cover?
10 topics, five sheets each: feelings and emotions, growth mindset, kindness and empathy, conflict resolution, friendship and teamwork, mindfulness and calming, goal setting, problem solving and decisions, responsibility and good choices, affirmations and self-esteem. They line up with the five CASEL areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.
Do the sheets print in black and white?
Yes. The headers are light colors that look fine in gray, and the faces, traffic lights, star and coloring pattern are black outlines kids can color. Sheets are US Letter and also print on A4.
All sheets are US Letter, print well in black and white, and are free for home and classroom use. More for teachers in the teacher resources library.
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