Help children explore body signals, physical sensations, and emotional awareness with these Interoception Lessons, Activities & Exercises! This collection of printable and digital activities introduces children to the connection between what they notice inside their bodies, how they feel, and what their bodies might need.

With a 37-slide Google Slides lesson, 52 interoception exercise cards, and 14 printable worksheets, children can explore body awareness through guided instruction, hands-on exercises, and creative reflection. The activities encourage curiosity about sensations such as breathing, heartbeat, temperature, muscle tension, and other physical experiences.

Perfect for child therapy, occupational therapy, individual counseling, small groups, and elementary social emotional learning (SEL) lessons, these activities provide flexible ways to teach interoception while respecting differences in sensory processing and communication.

📦 What's Included:

✔️ 37-Slide Interoception Google Slides Lesson

• A digital teaching presentation for introducing interoception, internal body sensations, and the relationship between body signals and emotions.

✔️ 52 Interoception Exercise Cards

• Printable exercises that invite children to explore physical sensations and practice noticing different body signals.

✔️ 14 Printable Interoception Worksheets

• Guided reflection activities for exploring body awareness, describing sensations, and making connections between physical experiences and emotions.

✔️ Guided Body Awareness Activities

• Opportunities to explore how sensations can change during different activities and how children might communicate what they notice.

🎒 Quick Details: Elementary | 👥 Individual counseling, small groups + classroom | 🖨️ Google Slides + printable PDFs | 🎯 Interoception, body awareness, emotional identification + self-regulation

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• This set is included in the Interoception Activities Growing Bundle, a collection of more activities for teaching body awareness, emotional identification, and the mind-body connection.

• 🎁 Growing Bundle: The larger collection is designed to expand with additional interoception activities. Check the current bundle listing for the latest included materials and future-update terms.

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🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Recognizing internal body signals

✔️ Developing interoceptive awareness

✔️ Identifying and describing physical sensations

✔️ Exploring connections between body sensations and emotions

✔️ Building emotional vocabulary

✔️ Recognizing physical needs

✔️ Developing self-awareness

✔️ Communicating body sensations and support needs

✔️ Exploring personalized regulation strategies

✔️ Understanding that body signals vary between individuals

✔️ Practicing self-advocacy

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Introduce interoception using the 37-slide Google Slides lesson
• Use the exercise cards during individual counseling or child therapy
• Explore body awareness through guided, optional activities
• Invite children to describe or draw sensations they notice
• Discuss how physical sensations may change during movement or rest
• Use the printable worksheets for reflection and follow-up activities
• Incorporate body awareness activities into occupational therapy sessions
• Explore how emotions and physical sensations may be connected
• Practice communicating physical needs to trusted adults
• Use selected activities during small-group counseling
• Incorporate the digital lesson into classroom SEL instruction
• Offer drawing, pointing, speaking, or writing as response options
• Pair the exercises with the Interoception Social Story and Game
• Revisit activities over time to explore changes in body awareness

👩‍🏫 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 useful for adults supporting children who benefit from visual instruction, guided exploration, and multiple ways to recognize and communicate internal body sensations.

These activities can be adapted for neurodivergent children, while respecting individual differences in sensory processing, communication, and interoceptive awareness.

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🖨️ Format & Download:

This digital product includes a 37-slide Google Slides interoception lesson, 52 printable exercise cards, and 14 printable worksheets.

Use the Google Slides presentation on a computer, interactive whiteboard, or through screen sharing. Print selected worksheets and exercise cards for individual sessions, small groups, or classroom activities.

The activities can be used independently or alongside the other products in the Interoception Activities Growing Bundle.

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📌 Important Notes:

• Interoception is highly individual. Children notice, interpret, and communicate internal sensations differently. There is no single correct way to experience a body signal.
• Physical sensations do not always indicate one particular emotion. For example, a faster heartbeat may be associated with movement, excitement, nervousness, or other experiences.
• All body awareness exercises should be invitational. Children can participate through observation, drawing, discussion, or other preferred methods without being required to focus on sensations that feel uncomfortable.
• Adapt activities to individual sensory preferences, disabilities, medical needs, and developmental differences.
• 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.