How do I help my child name their feelings?

Name feelings out loud in everyday moments, yours and theirs: you look frustrated, the tower fell down. Then use a picture page to practice, like circling the feeling face or matching a picture to how it would feel. Children who have words for a feeling can tell you about it instead of only showing it, which makes the feeling easier to handle together.

What calming strategies work for young children?

Slow breathing is the easiest to teach. Belly breathing and five-finger breathing give a child something to trace or touch while they breathe in and out, and stop, breathe, think gives them three steps to remember. Practice when your child is already calm, so the strategy is familiar before a big feeling arrives, and set up a calm down corner with a few comfort items.

Can my preschooler use these worksheets?

Yes. The pages are written for Pre-K and Kindergarten. Each one uses pictures and a short direction that a grown-up reads aloud, and children answer by circling, matching, coloring, tracing, drawing or cutting and gluing. The only writing is tracing a few friendly or feeling words.

Kindergarten Kindness Worksheets

Ages 5-6 · Free previews · Print-ready PDFs

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

GradeKindergarten

TopicSocial-Emotional Learning

More social-emotional learning worksheets

Explore all of our kindergarten social-emotional learning worksheets, covering feelings and emotions, friendship, kindness, self-control and calming strategies, and more.

Feelings and emotions Friendship Self-control and calming strategies Growth mindset and good choices

Frequently Asked Questions

Social-emotional learning, often called SEL, is how children learn to understand their feelings, get along with others and make good choices. For 4 to 6 year olds that means naming feelings like happy, sad and mad, sharing and taking turns, using kind words, calming down with a few deep breaths, and trying again when something is hard. These worksheets practice each of those with pictures, not reading.

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