Help elementary students build self-control, impulse control, and self-management skills with this engaging collection of social emotional learning games and activities! Part of the Social Skills Treasury, this resource uses interactive games, real-life scenarios, and sorting activities to help children explore how to pause, think, and make intentional choices.

Students will practice recognizing situations that call for self-control, consider different ways to respond, and explore when sharing a thought aloud might be helpful or hurtful. The activities encourage meaningful conversations about impulse control while giving students opportunities to practice skills in a supportive, playful environment.

Perfect for individual school counseling, small-group counseling, classroom SEL lessons, and social skills instruction, this versatile resource includes printable and digital activities, plus tools for goal setting, progress monitoring, and family communication.

📦 What's Included:

✔️ Interactive Self-Control Board Game

• Game board with spinner, pawns, and dice.
• Reflection question dice to encourage discussion.

✔️ 32 Self-Control Scenario Cards

• Printable and digital versions.
• Everyday situations for exploring self-control and impulse control.

✔️ 32 Social Filter Thought Cards

• Printable and digital versions.
• Discuss whether a thought might be helpful to share aloud or keep private.

✔️ Sorting Activities

• Good Self-Control or Poor Self-Control sorting mats.
• Social Filter sorting mats for exploring when to share thoughts aloud.

✔️ Visual Supports

• "I Can" learning targets poster.
• Playing a Game visual poster.

✔️ Counseling & Progress-Monitoring Tools

• SMART IEP and treatment plan objectives.
• Data collection sheet.
• Editable family letter.

✔️ Additional Resources

• Suggested companion resources and extension activities.
• Color and black-and-white versions.

🎒 Quick Details: Elementary students | 👥 Individual counseling, small groups + classroom SEL | 🎲 Board game + 64 scenario and thought cards | 🖨️ Printable + digital | 🎯 Self-control, impulse control + self-management

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

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✔️ Self-Control & Impulse Control Social Skills Treasury Bundle (Sets 1–3):

• Set 1: Board game, 64 scenario and thought cards, and sorting activities.
• Set 2: Eight-page social story, 24 discussion cards, board game, and 27 worksheets and coloring pages.
• Set 3: Upper elementary reading and writing activities, graphic organizers, reflection questions, and a six-page flipbook.

✔️ Social Skills Treasury Growing Bundle:

• Get a variety of activities to help students explore self-control through games, stories, discussions, reading, writing, and creative activities.
• Includes activities on justice sensitivity, self-control, flexible thinking, kindness and empathy, grit and perseverance, growth mindset, sportsmanship, and perspective taking

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Self-control and impulse control

✔️ Self-management and self-regulation

✔️ Pausing and thinking before acting

✔️ Social awareness and communication

✔️ Making intentional choices

✔️ Understanding the impact of words and actions

✔️ Self-reflection and decision-making

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Play the board game during individual or small-group counseling.
• Use scenario cards to discuss everyday situations involving impulse control.
• Explore social communication using the thought cards and sorting mats.
• Incorporate activities into classroom SEL lessons.
• Use the reflection dice to encourage discussion and self-awareness.
• Practice skills during social skills groups or executive functioning lessons.
• Use the SMART objectives and data sheet to support individualized counseling goals.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and classroom educators supporting elementary students with self-control and self-management skills.

The flexible activities can be adapted to students' developmental levels, communication preferences, and individual support needs.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ PDF, Google Slides™, and PowerPoint formats.

✔️ Printable and digital activities.

✔️ Color and black-and-white versions.

✔️ ZIP file containing the resource materials.

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

Please ensure you have compatible software to open the included files.

📌 Important Notes:

Self-control is a developing skill, and students may need different levels of support depending on their environment, sensory needs, and executive functioning abilities.

Use the scenarios to explore choices collaboratively rather than expecting every student to respond in exactly the same way.

Digital purchases are nonrefundable.