Super Coping Skills Customizable SEL Story

Feelings like anger, sadness, disappointment, and anxiety may feel uncomfortable and might impact our daily lives and ability to do what is important to us. Even though we may not like these having these feelings, they mean our brains and bodies are reacting to our changing lives. While these feelings are valid, and we all feel them from time to time, we all have the power to help ourselves feel better.

This project helps students feel comfortable talking about tough emotions and identify what can help make these feelings manageable. Your students or children will shrink their monsters by naming and drawing coping strategies and describing their ideal calm down space. On a sample page, I have provided examples of how I shrink my own Anxiety Monster. Each underlined or blank space is customizable on a computer or can be printed and filled. Whether they choose to shrink an anxiety, anger, sadness, frustration, disappointment, or other Tough Feeling Monster, encourage your students and children to be creative and be their own heroes.