Help children understand what their bodies are telling them with this Interoception Activities Growing Bundle! This collection of social emotional learning activities helps kids notice internal body sensations, connect physical signals with emotions, and explore what their bodies might need. Through interactive games, a social story, body mapping worksheets, and structured lessons, children develop body awareness and emotional self-understanding in engaging, hands-on ways.

Interoception is the ability to notice and interpret internal body signals, such as hunger, thirst, temperature, heartbeat, and other physical sensations. These signals can offer important information about emotions and physical needs, but not every child notices or experiences them in the same way. This bundle provides visual supports, discussion activities, and opportunities for guided exploration without assuming that everyone experiences emotions or body sensations identically.

Designed for grades 1–5, these interoception activities are useful for child therapy, occupational therapy, individual and small-group counseling, special education, and classroom SEL lessons. Instead of simply asking children how they feel, the activities help them explore three important questions: How does my body feel? Where do I notice feelings in my body? What might my body be telling me?

📦 What's Included:

✔️ 21-Page Interoception Social Story

• A digital and printable social story introducing internal body signals, sensations, feelings, and the mind-body connection.

✔️ Interactive Interoception Games

• Hands-on games using spinners, dice, and pawns to encourage discussion and exploration of body sensations and emotions.

✔️ 100+ Body Sensations and Emotions Discussion Cards

• Conversation cards that help children describe physical sensations, consider possible emotional connections, and explore different experiences.

✔️ 115+ Interoception Worksheets

• Printable activities focused on recognizing body signals, developing feelings vocabulary, and building body awareness.

✔️ Body Mapping Activities

• Cut-and-paste, drawing, and creative activities that invite children to explore where they notice different sensations and feelings in their bodies.

✔️ Body Sensations Vocabulary Posters and Visual Supports

• Visual references that help children develop language for describing internal sensations and communicating their experiences.

✔️ Google Slides Interoception Lessons

• Digital lessons with teaching notes to introduce and reinforce body awareness concepts.

✔️ Body Awareness and Regulation Exercise Cards

• Activities that encourage children to notice physical sensations and explore strategies for responding to their needs.

✔️ SMART IEP Counseling Objectives and Progress Monitoring Tools

• Goal-setting and data collection supports for planning individualized instruction and tracking skill development.

✔️ Family Communication Materials

• Resources to help families understand the skills being practiced and support body awareness conversations across settings.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades 1–5 | 👥 Individual, small group + classroom | 🖨️ Printable + digital Google Slides | 🎯 Interoception, body awareness, emotional identification + self-regulation

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

This bundle includes:

✔️ Body Mapping Activities

✔️ Interoception Social Story + Game Set

✔️ Interoception Lesson + Exercises

🎁 This is a growing bundle! Purchase now and receive future additions to this bundle at no extra cost. As new interoception activities are added, the bundle price may increase, but existing purchasers will receive those additions without an additional purchase.

For additional information about teaching these skills, explore the Whole Child Counseling Guide to Teaching Interoception.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Interoceptive awareness

✔️ Recognizing internal body sensations

✔️ Identifying physical needs

✔️ Understanding connections between body sensations and emotions

✔️ Developing body sensations vocabulary

✔️ Emotional identification and self-awareness

✔️ Body mapping and noticing physical cues

✔️ Communicating sensations and support needs

✔️ Exploring personalized regulation strategies

✔️ Developing self-advocacy skills

✔️ Recognizing that body signals vary between people

✔️ Strengthening the mind-body connection

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Read the interoception social story to introduce body signals and sensations
• Use the body mapping worksheets to explore where children notice physical feelings
• Practice identifying sensations with the vocabulary posters
• Use the discussion cards during individual counseling or child therapy
• Play the interactive games during small-group counseling
• Teach structured lessons using the Google Slides presentations
• Invite children to notice sensations before and after movement or rest
• Explore how hunger, thirst, temperature, and other needs may feel
• Discuss how emotions can be connected with physical sensations
• Use drawing or cut-and-paste activities for children who prefer nonverbal responses
• Offer body awareness exercises as optional regulation activities
• Help children identify ways to communicate physical needs to trusted adults
• Use visual supports during occupational therapy sessions
• Incorporate selected activities into classroom SEL lessons
• Revisit worksheets over time to notice changes in awareness and vocabulary
• Use the included progress monitoring tools to support individualized goals
• Share family communication materials to encourage supportive conversations at home

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Child therapists, mental health counselors, social workers, psychologists, school counselors, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, special education teachers, elementary classroom teachers, homeschool educators, and families.

Especially helpful for adults supporting children who benefit from additional opportunities to recognize internal body sensations, identify feelings, communicate physical needs, and explore emotional regulation.

These activities can be adapted to support neurodivergent children, including autistic and ADHD students, while respecting individual differences in sensory processing, body awareness, and communication.

🖨️ Format & Download:

This digital bundle includes printable interoception worksheets, body mapping activities, discussion cards, games, vocabulary visuals, exercise cards, a social story, and digital Google Slides lessons.

The collection currently includes a 21-page social story, more than 100 discussion cards, and over 115 worksheets, along with additional instructional and planning materials.

Print selected activities for individual counseling, therapy, or classroom use. Use the digital lessons and social story on a computer, interactive whiteboard, or through screen sharing.

📌 Important Notes:

• Interoception is highly individual. Children may notice, interpret, and communicate internal body sensations differently. There is no single correct way to experience or describe a feeling.
• Body sensations do not always correspond to one specific emotion. For example, a racing heart might be associated with excitement, nervousness, physical activity, or another experience.
• Use invitational language and offer multiple ways to participate. Children can describe sensations verbally, point to visuals, draw, select choices, or choose not to focus on a particular sensation.
• Avoid requiring children to complete body scans or activities that feel uncomfortable or overwhelming. Adapt activities based on sensory preferences, disabilities, medical needs, and individual comfort
• Growing Bundle: Future additions are included at no extra cost for existing purchasers.
• 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.