Help elementary students explore self-control, impulse control, and self-management skills with this engaging collection of social emotional learning activities! Part of the Social Skills Treasury, this second set combines a social story, interactive games, discussion cards, worksheets, and coloring activities to make important skills easier to understand and practice.

Children are still developing the ability to pause, manage impulses, and make intentional choices, especially when they're experiencing big feelings, frustration, excitement, or sensory overload. These activities create opportunities to discuss everyday situations, explore different responses, and identify strategies that work for individual students.

Perfect for individual school counseling, small-group counseling, classroom SEL lessons, and social skills instruction, this resource offers multiple ways for students to learn, reflect, and participate.

📦 What's Included:

✔️ 8-Page Self-Control Social Story

• Introduces self-control and impulse control concepts in a child-friendly format.
• Supports discussion about choices, feelings, and self-management.

✔️ 24 Self-Control Discussion Cards

• Everyday situations and questions for practicing self-control skills.
• Great for counseling conversations, group discussions, and role-play.

✔️ Interactive Self-Control Board Game

• Engaging game-based practice for exploring self-control.
• Encourages discussion, reflection, and applying skills to different situations.

✔️ 27 Worksheets and Coloring Pages

• Printable activities that reinforce self-control concepts.
• Opportunities for drawing, writing, reflection, and skill practice.

✔️ Flexible SEL Learning Activities

• Multiple ways to introduce, revisit, and reinforce self-control.
• Activities that can be adapted for different developmental and communication needs.

🎒 Quick Details: Elementary students | 👥 Individual counseling, small groups + classroom SEL | 📖 8-page social story | 💬 24 discussion cards | 🎲 Board game | 🎨 27 worksheets + coloring pages

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

• Set 1: Interactive board game, 32 self-control scenario cards, 32 social filter 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

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🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Self-control and impulse control

✔️ Self-management and emotional regulation

✔️ Recognizing situations that require extra support

✔️ Pausing and considering different responses

✔️ Social problem-solving and decision-making

✔️ Self-awareness and reflection

✔️ Identifying helpful coping strategies

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Read the social story to introduce or revisit self-control concepts.
• Use discussion cards during individual counseling sessions.
• Play the board game during social skills groups.
• Incorporate worksheets into classroom SEL lessons.
• Use coloring pages for creative reflection and conversation.
• Practice responding to everyday situations through role-play.
• Revisit activities when students are developing individualized self-management strategies.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, special education teachers, child therapists, and classroom educators supporting elementary students with self-control, impulse control, and social emotional development.

Students can participate through speaking, writing, drawing, pointing, or other preferred communication methods.

🖨️ Format & Download:

This digital resource includes:

• 8-page social story.
• 24 discussion cards.
• Self-control board game.
• 27 worksheets and coloring pages.

Use the activities during counseling sessions, small groups, or classroom lessons. Print the materials as needed for your students.

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

📌 Important Notes:

Self-control develops over time, and students may need environmental accommodations, co-regulation, sensory supports, or explicit instruction to use these skills successfully.

These activities are intended to encourage self-awareness, flexible problem-solving, and supportive conversations, rather than simply teaching children to suppress their feelings or meet adult expectations.

Digital purchases are nonrefundable.