Emotions Wheel SEL Activity
A turnable wheel that moves a child from "bad" to a word that actually fits. Emotional vocabulary on one page, with matching scenario worksheets.
All 39 printables in the studio, for preschool, PreK, kindergarten and early elementary. Each one links straight to its listing on Teachers Pay Teachers. Two of them are free.
Children can't regulate a feeling they can't name. These build the vocabulary first, then connect each feeling to something a child can actually do about it.
A turnable wheel that moves a child from "bad" to a word that actually fits. Emotional vocabulary on one page, with matching scenario worksheets.
A feelings check-in they look forward to. Children open a cookie, name the emotion inside, and talk about a time they felt it.
A whole-class check-in that takes thirty seconds. Each child moves their apple, so you can see who needs you before the day starts.
Colouring pages with writing and reflection prompts, so quiet time in the calm down corner still does some work.
Friendship, inclusion and noticing other people, taught through crafts, coupons and discussion rather than a poster about being nice.
Friendship and differences activities that celebrate what makes each child different, with a class graph and an exit ticket.
Ten pages of coupons children fill in and hand to someone, plus a tracker. Kindness they can act on rather than just talk about.
A kindness cookie jar craft for a bulletin board, with differentiated writing prompts so the whole class can take part.
Poetry analysis older students won't dread, built around kindness, with SEL poetry writing worksheets.
A 100th day celebration built around kindness and reflection rather than counting.
Who helps at our school? Worksheets on school roles and career awareness that connect children to the adults around them.
Most early childhood behaviour problems are really transition problems. These do the repeating so you don't have to say it for the ninth time before lunch.
Call-and-response attention signals on posters, so you can get the room back without raising your voice.
Hands-on activities that teach the backpack and arrival routine once, properly, instead of repeating it every morning.
Life-skills activities that teach children to look after their own space, with an answer key and real-world connections.
Movement-based worksheets that finally make left and right stick, with directional activities and classroom routines.
The first week sets the tone for the year. Icebreakers, goal setting and all-about-me activities that get children talking to each other on day one.
A free back-to-school craft children build and take home. They colour the pieces, fill in what makes them them, and the trees make a display.
An icebreaker that isn't awkward. Children interview a classmate and report back, which builds classroom community in week one.
First-week writing and fun activities built around the 2026 to 2027 school year.
Goal setting older students will actually mean, with SEL self-awareness worksheets for the first week back.
Turn their summer into a book. Differentiated creative writing that works across a wide range of grades.
Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving and end-of-year sets that keep the social-emotional work going through the parts of the year when the calendar gets loud.
A gratitude pie children build slice by slice, with emotional awareness worksheets, so gratitude isn't just another worksheet.
Growth mindset activities about coping with change, using autumn as the way in.
Gratitude writing and reflection set at the Thanksgiving table, with conversation cards for the whole class.
Halloween movement and music brain breaks that burn real energy before you ask for focus again.
A Halloween craft with genuine writing in it, in colour and black-and-white versions.
A potion lab that's secretly a writing lesson. Children invent their own potions and describe how they work.
Name recognition with a fall twist. Children build their own name on an apple tree.
Beginning sounds and letter recognition practice with autumn mazes, built for early literacy centres.
A handprint keepsake families keep forever, marking the end of PreK or kindergarten.
A memory book and keepsake activities for the end of kindergarten, with a crown and an award.
A free Independence Day printable. Find and count everything red, then blue, then white, and write what you found.
A reading tracker and book log children will actually keep up with, with ten log pages and a journal challenge.
Letter recognition, beginning sounds and fine motor practice for the youngest learners. Centers you can set out and leave alone.
Fifty-two play-dough mats covering uppercase and lowercase letters, building fine motor strength and letter recognition at once.
Oversized memory match cards for letter recognition and beginning sounds, sized for literacy centres and partner practice.
Alphabet practice children can draw, connecting beginning sounds to their own illustrations.
Beginning sounds and letter recognition through alphabet writing and drawing. Build words, build confidence.
Print-and-post reference charts and matching practice for nouns and verbs. No weekend spent with chart paper and markers.
Common versus proper nouns, finally clear. Print-and-post reference charts for writing centres and classroom walls.
Action verb reference posters for writing centres, giving young writers stronger verbs to reach for.
Noun detectives on the case. Worksheets that get children finding and sorting nouns in real sentences.
Verb practice that isn't boring, with action verb activities and real-world connections.
The feelings chart is free, evergreen and the fastest way to see whether these will work for your class.