Make Christmas counseling and social-emotional learning fun with this discounted bundle of 8 festive SEL activities! This collection combines feelings games, puzzles, positive affirmation mazes, color-by-code worksheets, play dough mats, and two movement activities to help young children practice identifying emotions, building self-awareness, and exploring social skills.

Designed for kindergarten through second grade, these Christmas counseling activities offer engaging ways to teach social-emotional skills through play, creativity, movement, and discussion. Use them for individual counseling, small groups, classroom SEL lessons, learning centers, or seasonal brain breaks.

📦 What's Included:

🎄 Christmas Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Game (Digital + Print)

• Interactive digital social skills game featuring 30 scenarios
• Bonus printable behavior sorting cards for hands-on learning
• Students explore social expectations, consider context, and discuss different behavior choices

🎨 Christmas Positive Affirmations & Feelings Mazes

• 6 Christmas-themed SEL mazes for exploring feelings, positive affirmations, and self-esteem
• 19 feelings discussion scenario cards and interactive feelings dice
• Bonus matching puzzles and SEL worksheets for additional practice

🧘 Christmas Would You Rather Yoga Brain Break Game (Digital + Print)

• 30 Christmas-themed Would You Rather and This or That yoga movement prompts
• Gentle stretching activities that encourage body awareness, movement, and student choice
• Digital and printable options for classroom brain breaks, counseling sessions, and movement activities

🎅 Christmas Feelings Play Dough & Drawing Emotions Mats

• 44 feelings play dough and drawing mats featuring Santa, an elf, a reindeer, and a gingerbread character
• 40 feelings scenario cards for exploring emotions and different perspectives
• Feelings discussion dice for interactive conversations about emotions

🧩 Christmas Feelings Matching Puzzles

• 30 two-piece feelings puzzles matching facial expressions with emotion words
• 30 three-piece feelings puzzles matching expressions, emotion words, and scenarios
• Santa, reindeer, and elf designs, plus bonus SEL worksheets for reinforcing emotional vocabulary

🧤 Christmas Mittens Color by Code Feelings Activity (Digital + Print)

• 6 differentiated color-by-code feelings coloring pages
• 14 feelings prompts for practicing emotional identification and self-awareness
• Digital and printable versions for flexible use in counseling and classroom SEL lessons

🌟 Christmas Creative Movement & Yoga Game (Digital + Print)

• 20 creative movement cards with Christmas-themed movement activities
• Would You Rather yoga game for additional stretching and movement choices
• Digital and printable options for classroom brain breaks and holiday activities

❄️ Snowglobe Color by Code Feelings Activity (Digital + Print)

• 6 differentiated snowglobe color-by-code feelings coloring pages
• 16 feelings prompts for discussing emotions and practicing self-awareness
• Digital and printable activities for individual counseling, small groups, and classroom SEL lessons

🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 👥 Individual, small group + classroom | 🖨️ Digital + Print, formats vary | 🎯 Feelings identification, social skills + self-awareness

🎯 Skills Addressed:

Feelings identification, emotional awareness, self-awareness, emotional regulation, self-esteem, positive affirmations, supportive self-talk, social awareness, understanding social expectations, perspective-taking, responsible decision-making, body awareness, and coping skills.

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Plan Christmas-themed individual counseling sessions for grades K–2
• Create festive small group counseling activities
• Practice naming emotions with matching puzzles and feelings mats
• Use play dough or drawing to help students express emotions without relying only on words
• Explore positive affirmations and self-esteem through SEL mazes
• Discuss social expectations and different perspectives with the Christmas Tree Hunt game
• Use the two movement and yoga games for classroom brain breaks
• Practice feelings identification with differentiated color-by-code worksheets
• Set up hands-on Christmas SEL learning centers
• Offer activity choices based on students' interests, sensory preferences, and support needs
• Reinforce social-emotional skills before winter break

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

School counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, mental health counselors, special education teachers, classroom teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and homeschooling families.

Especially helpful for professionals supporting kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade students who want low-prep, hands-on Christmas SEL activities for counseling sessions and classroom lessons.

🖨️ Format & Download:

Includes digital and printable Christmas SEL activities. Individual resources feature a combination of printable worksheets, cards, mats, puzzles, and interactive digital games.

Use the printable activities for hands-on learning or the digital versions for smartboards, screen-based counseling, and classroom instruction. Formats vary by individual resource.

📌 Important Notes:

• Not all students celebrate Christmas. Consider students' cultural and religious traditions and offer non-holiday winter alternatives when appropriate
• This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available