If you want to build connections, foster positive character traits, and increase engagement in your classroom, you need social-emotional learning resources. They are the secret classroom management and wellbeing weapon every elementary teacher needs!
Scroll down to see a range of free kindness activities for elementary students and teachers' favorite paid SEL resources to help you weave kindness and giving into your classroom or home.
You're sure to find a free printable kindness worksheets pdf to download or a more comprehensive resource such as online jigsaw puzzles, kindness checklists, coloring bookmarks, SEL coloring pages, my popular kindness fortune tellers, coping strategies for anxiety and mental health, and lots more.
But if you don't find what you need in the free kindness printables section, visit my TPT store for lots of other time-saving and community-building resources!
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Most Popular SEL Activities for Elementary Students
- Student-Favorite Game: A high-engagement activity to build authentic peer connection through play.
- Promotes Character: Fun lessons that encourage daily acts of kindness and positive behavior.
- Fully Customizable: Includes Google Slidesâ„¢ for custom deeds or ready-to-print versions.
- Best-Selling SEL Craft:
30 mindful coloring pages perfect for "soft start" mornings, bell ringers, or brain breaks.
- Collaborative Display: A vibrant, eye-catching mural for a lasting sense of pride and belonging in every student.
- Fully Customizable: Includes Google Slidesâ„¢ templates for custom writing prompts or unique student messages.
- High‑Interest Icebreaker: A student‑favorite game that builds instant classroom connection.
- Strengthens SEL Skills: Builds confidence, communication, and meaningful peer connections.
- Customizable & Flexible: Type in Google Slides™ or handwrite using ready‑to‑use templates.
- Emotional Support: Teaches simple, coping skills that help young learners manage big feelings.
- Mindful Coloring: Calming worksheets give students a quiet, structured way to reset and self‑regulate.
- Classroom Ready: 31 designs and 18 strategies for calm‑down corners, SEL lessons, or daily routines.
- Builds Resilience: Practical tools and simple pictures that help students navigate challenging emotions.
- Personalized Tool: Students create a custom "strategy deck" of the calming methods that work best for them.
- Dual-Size Options: Large cards for a classroom deck and small cards for portable school or home use.
- Endless Creativity: 40 fun hexagon designs to increase engagement and creativity in most subjects.
- Striking Displays: Create bold tessellation murals, bulletin boards, or door posters for standout décor.
- Flexible Formats: Includes printable and editable digital templates for writing or typing.
- Low-Prep Kindness Mission: Students color bookmarks, write a note, and "hide" them for others to find.
- Builds Inclusive Habits: Positive affirmations encourage friendly interactions and a happier classroom.
- Wider School Impact: A fun, high-engagement challenge that spreads kindness beyond your four walls.
- Behavior Reset Tool: A must-have collection of lessons and crafts to help kids navigate conflict and reconnect.
- Story-Based SEL: A deep dive on friendship, empathy, and making good choices through this much-loved book.
- Flexible Literacy Links: Includes reading comprehension, writing prompts, and vocabulary tasks.
- Builds Friendships: A beautiful way to teach students how to give meaningful compliments and grow confidence.
- Secret Kindness Mission: Students excitedly spread joy across the school with this high-engagement challenge.
- Repeatable & Meaningful: An "all-year" activity that helps students feel valued, loved, and connected to peers.
- Ultimate Versatility: 25 patterned templates for any subject, from SEL, math and literacy to seasonal goals.
- High-Impact Displays: Create stunning group murals or door posters that showcase every student's creativity.
- Paper or Digital: Includes ready-to-print sheets plus editable templates for typing and digital customization.
- Massive Variety: Includes 65 designs. You get the brand-new set plus the original legacy set for FREE.
- Instant Classroom Calm: Use for "Soft Starts," indoor recess, or sub tubs to quickly settle fidgety students.
- More Than Coloring: Includes journaling prompts to turn art into a deep character-building lesson.
- Behavior Reset Tool: A must-have collection of lessons and crafts to help kids navigate conflict and reconnect.
- Story-Based SEL: A deep dive on friendship, empathy, and making good choices through this much-loved book.
- Flexible Literacy Links: Includes reading comprehension, writing prompts, and vocabulary tasks.
FREE Social Emotional Printables for Kids
Connection (Social Skills)
Quick Calm (Art & Coloring)
FREE Kindness Quilt Squares
FREE Printables for Adults
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Hi, I’m Lis!
I believe that a classroom built on kindness is a classroom where students (and teachers) truly thrive. My goal is to provide you with meaningful, creative resources that turn everyday moments into opportunities for connection and character growth.
Helping you shape kind hearts is my favorite thing and I'd love to hear your "Kindness Wins"!
Feel free to email me to share or ask any questions.
