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Feelings Check-In Activities & Feelings Chart | Emotion Identification & Coping Strategy Tools for K-5 SEL & Counseling

Name: Feelings Check-In Activities & Feelings Chart | Emotion Identification & Coping Strategy Tools for K-5 SEL & Counseling
Brand: Social Emotional Workshop
SKU: 2040322
Price: 5.75 USD
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$5.75

A K-5 feelings check-in toolkit: 25-feeling chart, check-in cards, coping-strategy matching, and trackers. 64 pages + interactive Google Slides.

Made for: Small Groups, Individual Counseling, and The Classroom

Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

File Format: PDF and Google Slides

Total Pages: 64 printable + 26 slides

Topic: Feelings and Self Regulation

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About This Resource

Feelings check-in toolkit for daily SEL and counseling | Grades K-5 | 64 printable pages + 26 interactive Google Slides | Color & B&W.

A student walks in already shut down, and "how are you feeling?" gets you a shrug. A chart to point to, cards to sort, or a spinner to land on gives them a way in when words are hard. This toolkit builds a daily feelings check-in into your classroom or counseling routine, with the visuals and activities students need to name an emotion, gauge how big it is, and pick a strategy to manage it.

With this resource, you'll help students:

Name emotions using visual cues, even when the words are hard to find
Notice how strong a feeling is, so they can respond to it
Match a coping strategy to how they feel in the moment
Set a small goal and reflect on how a strategy worked
Build self-awareness through a predictable daily habit

What's Included

The Daily Check-In

Feelings Chart: 25 feelings, from happy, proud, and nervous to physical states like hungry, tired, and thirsty.
Feelings Check-In Cards: "I Feel / I Can" cards students set with a clothespin or paperclip to show how they feel and the strategy they'll use, in color and B&W with male, female, and mixed images, plus a Weekly I Feel card
Small-Group Check-In Spinner: students spin to the feeling they're having and share with the group, with a question-mark spot for a feeling that isn't shown
My Feelings Photo Worksheet: students draw or photograph themselves showing four feelings they had that week

Connecting Feelings to Coping Strategies

I Can Strategy Cards: a dozen kid-friendly strategies (deep breaths, talk about it, a mindful minute, wall push-ups, take a walk, and more), plus a blank card for students to add their own
Matching Coping Strategies to Feelings: a 20-minute I-do / we-do / you-do mini-lesson with Feelings Puzzles (suggested solutions included) and an If This, Then That board and cards for pairing a feeling with a strategy to change it
Strategy Desk Plates: a desk reference students use to set a goal and pick a go-to strategy

Reflect and Set Goals

Check, Reflect & Get Set: student trifolds with Goal Cards, Strategy Cards, and Don't Get Stuck Cards, a fold-up routine that walks a student from setting a goal to choosing a strategy to having a backup when they feel stuck

Individual Tools

Feelings Toolbox: a small box or pencil case holding a student's chart, check-and-reflect card, goal card, Capture the Feeling, and strategy keyring for daily one-on-one check-ins
Feelings Tracker: a monthly tracker where students build a five-feeling color key and mark each day, then reflect on the patterns they notice
Feelings Change Log: a step-by-step log to record how they feel, what happened, how they want to feel, and a strategy to get there
Capture the Feeling: a positive-memory card students draw or photograph and return to when they need a reset

Digital Versions

Interactive Google Slides versions of most printables, built for students to complete on tablets, computers, or phones

64-page printable resource plus a 26-slide interactive Google Slides version | PDF + Google Slides | Color and B&W

Why This, Why Now

The first SEL skill is self-awareness, and it starts with a student being able to say how they feel. We can't manage a feeling we can't name. A daily check-in gives every student a low-stakes way to practice, and it quietly tells them their feelings matter and someone is paying attention. For the students who freeze on "how are you feeling?", the visuals carry the conversation, so they can point, sort, or spin to show how they feel.

How It Works

Check in: the student names the feeling and its size using the chart, cards, or spinner
Match a strategy: they connect that feeling to a coping strategy with the puzzles, boards, or desk plates
Set a goal: the Check, Reflect & Get Set trifold turns it into a small, doable goal
Track it: logs and trackers reveal patterns over time, so you both can see what is working

Ways to Use It

Daily whole-class morning check-in or SEL block. Opening routine for individual or small-group counseling sessions. Tier 2 support for students building emotional vocabulary and regulation. A calm-down or check-in station students run on their own.

Good to Know

CASEL Aligned: self-awareness competency
Prints in color or B&W; most pieces also come as interactive Google Slides for digital use
Works for daily routines and one-off sessions alike
Instant digital download

Details

Grade levels: K-5
Focus: identifying feelings, emotional intensity, and coping strategies
For: school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and SEL teachers
Format: PDF + Google Slides, color and B&W
Length: 64-page printable resource plus a 26-slide interactive Google Slides version

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I purchased this resource while taking an SCL course. It was a great way to expose students to new emotions. I love the illustrations and how relatable they are.

These activities and visual are amazing for working on feelings, coping, and calming. They are easy to laminate and use a posters to reference often. The black and white version is great for coloring zones of regulation.

This resource is great and provides enough variety that I can easily change things up.

The digital version has been really helpful for teletherapy sessions. Students have been very engaged in our counseling check ins.

Use this tool with all my student to check in on feelings

This has been a great tool to utilize in my learning lab program that supports students with mild/moderate disabilities.

This was perfect for my class. They enjoyed it and it was very low prep!

Great resource for students to express themselves. I use for counseling and with classroom students.

Very useful

This is a great resource for student who have a difficult time verbalizing how they are feeling. I carry it around with me incase a student is having a hard time in a different setting. It is also very easy to create.

We did this three times a day and my children loved it also helped identify emotions

A great resource to do emotion check-ins with students.

I use this at the beginning of the school year to teach kids self awareness with their feelings

This was a great resource to use with one of my SEL students. He loved it and it helped ease his anxiety going through the school day.

This has been helpful to students to help identify their feelings. They even used it in their writing to use words other than sad, mad, or happy.

I really like the approach of this and how it allows the students to work through how they are feeling and accept that their emotions are real, important and okay to have.

I used this with a couple of students who were really struggling to self-regulate. It gave them very clear navigation to communicate their feelings and get to a calmer space.