Occupational Therapy Free Sort & Match Emotions Self Regulation Strategies SEL

Are your students struggling with their emotions and having difficulty choosing coping strategies to regulate their bodies? Are they off-task, disruptive, distracted, or impulsive?  Do you need ideas to help manage these behaviors? 

Integrate social and emotional skills into your school day and teach your students effective self-regulation strategies, coping skills, and stress management with these social-emotional learning activities. In just a few minutes a day, you and your students can be more regulated and focused.

This is a small free part of my social-emotional learning Sort and Match Emotions and Self Regulation Strategies resource that can be use to make interactive books for individual students. Great for school counseling, speech or occupational therapy activities, calming corner visuals and classroom management.

When is a Good Time to Use This Resource?

• SEL Integration: Seamlessly incorporate SEL activities into your school day.
• Occupational Therapy: Ideal for occupational therapy activities targeting emotional regulation.
• Speech Therapy: Enhance communication skills by identifying and expressing emotions.
• Calming Corners: Utilize visuals for creating calming corners in classrooms.
• Classroom Management: Promote self-regulation for improved behavior.

What is Included in the PDF?

• Sorting Pages: Various styles for sorting emotions and actions.
• Emotion Pictures: Representing happy, calm, okay, and focused emotions.
• Action Pictures: Depicting activities for learning, listening, doing one's best, and following directions.

Skills Students Work On:

• Emotion Recognition: Identifying and expressing different emotions.
• Coping Strategies: Learning effective strategies for emotional management.
• Self-Regulation: Promoting behaviors that match various situations.

Key Features:

• Free Preview: Experience a snapshot of the larger SEL resource.
• Adaptable Use: Suitable for various therapeutic and educational settings.
• Interactive Books: Create individualized interactive books for students.
• Versatile Formats: Use as cut-and-paste activities or laminate for long-term use.

Occupational Therapy Tip:

• Co-regulation: Encourage co-regulation to calm down, focus on learning, and alleviate stress and anxiety.

Empower your students with the ability to identify, understand, and manage their emotions effectively. This free resource serves as an introduction to a comprehensive SEL product. Explore the preview to discover the full potential of Sort and Match Emotions and Self-Regulation Strategies.

When students can identify how they are feeling they can learn to choose activities to help them manage their emotions. This freebie includes where you want students to be for optimal learning. Strategies to get to this point are available in many of my Self Regulation Resources. I also have many resources to help students identify their emotions. It can be done as a cut and paste activity or can be laminated and used with Velcro.

Consider the full version of Sort and Match Emotions and Self Regulation Strategies for many more emotions, actions and styles of sorting sheets. Color versions of all pictures are also in the full version. I also have a Teen Sort and Match Emotions and Self Regulations resource for older students.

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About the author: As an occupational therapy assistant, I create resources to help students develop essential fine motor, visual perceptual, gross motor, and social-emotional skills, especially in today's challenging times. My goal is to support students in building the foundation they need for success in the classroom. Cindy@CreativeCOTA.com