Make social emotional learning creative and engaging with this SEL Guided and Directed Drawing Growing Bundle! Students answer discussion prompts (over 400 included) to unlock each step of a drawing while exploring feelings, coping skills, self-esteem, communication, problem-solving, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) concepts.

This growing collection includes 60 guided drawing activities across six themes: CBT, self-esteem, summer, fall, winter, and spring. Students can create everything from dinosaurs and animals to seasonal favorites like pumpkins, snowmen, flowers, and sandcastles.

Each activity combines creative expression with meaningful SEL conversations. The editable Google Slides activities let you customize questions for your students, while the included pre-teaching slides support conversations about growth mindset, perseverance, patience, coping skills, and making mistakes.

📦 What's Included:

✔️ 60 Guided and Directed Drawing Activities:

🧠 CBT Directed Drawings

• 10 Directed drawings with CBT prompts to create a Brontosaurus dinosaur, cat, eddy bear, plesiosaurus dinosaur, sailboat, goldfish, robot, dog, doll and a dinosaur hatching from an egg
• Explore helpful and unhelpful thoughts, the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions, coping strategies, and self-awareness.

💛 Self-Esteem Directed Drawings

• 10 Directed drawings with self-esteem and confidence prompts to create a lily pad, bird, stacking toy, Pterodactyl, ferret, ball, Ankylosaurus, video game, snake, and a Spinosaurus
• Explore self-worth, confidence, self-image, personal strengths, and positive self-reflection.

☀️ Summer Directed Drawings: 10 Activities

• 10 Summer directed drawings with SEL prompts to create a seashell, ice cream, sun, fish, beach ball, crab, sunscreen lotion, boat, sandcastle, and a sand dollar
• Practice social emotional learning through fun summer-themed drawings and discussions.

🍂 Fall Directed Drawings

• 10 Fall directed drawings with SEL prompts to create a mushroom, acorn, apple, sunflower, maple leaf, owl, pumpkin, scarecrow, a leaf, and a fox
• Explore feelings, social awareness, communication, problem-solving, and CBT skills with autumn-themed activities.

❄️ Winter Directed Drawings

• 10 Winter directed drawings with SEL prompts to create a mug, snowman, snowflake, tree, pinecone, sweater, bear, penguin, mitten, and hot cocoa
• Practice emotional awareness, coping skills, communication, and social emotional learning through winter-inspired art.

🌷 Spring Directed Drawings

• 10 Spring directed drawings with SEL prompts to create a tulip, bird, beehive, flowerpot, rain cloud, birdhouse, bird's nest, umbrella, a watering can, and a flower
• Explore SEL skills through creative spring-themed drawings and discussion prompts.

✔️ 📚 All Sets Include:

• Guided drawing steps unlocked by answering SEL questions.
• SEL discussion prompts integrated into the drawing activities.
• Editable editions so you can write your own questions or prompts for any subject.
• Google Slides activities with PDF access instructions.
• SEL pre-teaching slides addressing growth mindset, perseverance, patience, coping skills, and learning from mistakes.
• Bonus printable pages and special bonus drawing sets.

✔️ Growing Bundle Benefits

• Seasonal and themed collections for use throughout the school year.
• Additional resources added to the growing bundle are included for existing purchasers.
• The bundle price may increase as new sets are added.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades 1–5 | 👥 Individual counseling, small groups + classroom SEL | 🎨 60 directed drawings | 🧠 6 themed collections | ✏️ Editable Google Slides | 🖨️ Bonus printable pages | 💛 SEL, CBT + self-esteem

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Identifying and expressing feelings

✔️ Self-esteem, self-worth, and confidence

✔️ Helpful thinking and CBT concepts

✔️ Coping skills and self-regulation

✔️ Communication and conflict resolution

✔️ Perspective taking and empathy

✔️ Growth mindset, perseverance, and problem-solving

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Use individual drawings as creative warm-ups during counseling sessions.
• Incorporate seasonal activities into classroom SEL lessons.
• Practice communication and problem-solving skills in small groups.
• Customize editable questions to align with student goals.
• Use pre-teaching slides to introduce growth mindset and coping skills.
• Display activities on a smartboard for whole-class participation.
• Share your screen during virtual counseling sessions and guide students through each drawing.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, child therapists, and elementary educators supporting students in grades 1–5.

These activities offer a creative approach to SEL for students who enjoy drawing, benefit from visual supports, or prefer exploring social and emotional topics while participating in a hands-on activity.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ Interactive Google Slides guided drawing activities.

✔️ PDF files with access instructions.

✔️ Editable editions for customizing SEL questions.

✔️ Bonus printable pages and special drawing sets.

✔️ Suitable for individual, small-group, classroom, and screen-sharing use.

This is a digital download. No physical materials will be shipped.

📌 Important Notes:

This is a growing bundle. Additional resources may be added, and the price may increase as the collection expands.

Students do not need to be confident artists to participate. Encourage creativity, flexibility, and individual expression rather than expecting every drawing to look the same.

SEL prompts can be adapted to different communication styles, developmental needs, and counseling goals using the editable activities.

Digital product only. No physical materials will be shipped.