Using Calming Strategies and Coping Skills for Emotional Regulation - SEL Worksheets

No-prep SEL worksheets for grades 3-5 that introduce calming strategies and coping skills. These print-and-go worksheets help students explore distraction, movement, and calming strategies they can try with big feelings or difficult situations.

With this resource, you'll be able to:

• Introduce students to distraction, movement, and calming strategies.
• Guide discussion on why different strategies may help different students or situations.
• Practice identifying strategies students may want to try.
• Send worksheets home so families can continue the conversation.

What's Included

Using Regulation Strategies Worksheets

Five worksheets introduce different types of strategies students can try. Each one includes a discussion question and a short activity to apply what they have learned.

• 5 worksheets, 2 pages each
• Discussion question and student activity on each worksheet
• Printable PDFs in color and black and white
• Digital Google Slides version with fill-in text boxes that mirrors the printable worksheets

10 pages | PDF + Google Slides | Black & white included

What These Worksheets Cover

1. Introduce how strategies can help with big feelings or difficult situations.
2. Explore distraction strategies that can shift attention away from a situation.
3. Explore movement strategies that can help release extra energy.
4. Explore calming strategies that can help slow down the body and thoughts.
5. Reflect on what they learned about strategies and which ones they think will work for them.

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“Love these daily SELs!! I use these all the time in individual and small group sessions. Great when introducing a topic because it provides the education, scenarios and questions!” Kelsey N.

Ways You Can Use This

• Use the worksheets with a whole class, small group, or individual student to introduce distraction, movement, and calming strategies.
• Use the discussion questions to compare when different kinds of strategies may be helpful.
• Complete the short activities together or use the Google Slides version for students to identify strategies they may want to try.
• Send the worksheets home to help families continue conversations about coping skills that may be useful in different situations.

Do I need Google Classroom? You don't need to use Google Classroom, but you do need a Google account to use Slides.

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