Grades 2–5
Mindful Minute Log
Try a different mindful minute for five days and rate how you feel before and after each one.
SEL worksheet · Mindfulness and calming
Calming Choices
Color the twelve choices that help your body calm down and cross out the ones that do not.
- Grade level
- Grades K–3
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Calming strategies, Breathing, Noticing and focus, Self-regulation
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Color the choices that help your body calm down. Put an X on the ones that don’t.
- My top calming choice at school:
- My top calming choice at home:
Teacher tip
Ask kids to circle their favorite calming choice to try first next time.
How to use it
- Teach the strategy when kids are calm, so it is ready for big moments.
- Use it after recess or before a test to settle the room.
- Keep finished sheets in an SEL folder so kids can look back on their growth.
Watch for
Some kids don’t like closing their eyes. Let them look at the floor instead.
Talk about it
- When could you use this at home?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Start each afternoon with one minute of mindful breathing.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More mindfulness and calming worksheets
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Five-Finger Breathing
Trace your hand, then slide a finger up each finger as you breathe in and down as you breathe out: five slow breaths.
Grades K–3
Mindful Listening Sound Hunt
Sit still for two minutes in three places and check off every sound you hear, from birds to your own breathing.
Grades 1–5
Mindful Snack Senses
Eat one small snack very slowly and write what you notice with each of your five senses.
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