Comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning Resources
Self-Control Lunch Bunch Activities | Directed Drawing & SEL Worksheets (Digital + Print)
Make your Lunch Bunch groups more engaging with these Self-Control Directed Drawing and No-Prep SEL Worksheets! This fun, interactive resource combines a leopard directed drawing activity with six printable Lunch Bunch placemats to help elementary students explore impulse control, social filters, staying on topic, and self-management skills.
Students answer self-control questions to unlock steps in a leopard drawing, then explore social emotional learning through colorful placemats featuring discussion prompts, feelings check-ins, puzzles, and creative activities. The combination of structured conversations and playful activities makes it easier to practice important skills while building relationships.
Perfect for elementary school counseling, Lunch Bunch groups, social skills groups, and individual counseling, these ready-to-use activities include printable and digital options to fit your students' needs.
📦 What's Included:
✔️ Leopard Self-Control Directed Drawing Activity
- Answer 9 self-control prompts to unlock the steps for drawing a leopard.
- Includes an editable edition so you can customize questions for your students or use the drawing with other topics.
✔️ 6 Printable Lunch Bunch Placemat Worksheets
- Six different pages focused on self-control and impulse control.
- Includes color and black-and-white versions.
- Features discussion prompts, feelings check-ins, and engaging activities.
✔️ 18-Slide Google Slides™ Digital Edition
- Colorful interactive slides for group instruction.
- Includes 6 seek-and-find slides.
- Great for projecting on a classroom screen or smartboard while students settle into the group.
✔️ Self-Control Discussion Activities
- Using your social filter and deciding when to share thoughts aloud.
- Staying on topic during conversations.
- Exploring self-control scenarios and impulse control.
- True-or-false and finish-the-sentence prompts.
✔️ Creative SEL Activities
- Feelings identification and daily check-ins.
- Stretch of the day and positive affirmations.
- Spot-the-difference puzzles, mazes, and dot-to-dot activities.
- Drawing prompts, fun facts, and other creative challenges.
🎒 Quick Details: Elementary students | 👥 Lunch Bunch, small groups + individual counseling | 🐆 Leopard directed drawing with 9 prompts | 🖨️ 6 printable placemats | 💻 18 Google Slides + 6 seek-and-find slides | 🎯 Self-control + impulse control
🛍️ Bundle & Save:
Love no-prep lunch bunch activities? Get even more variety with the complete collection:
✔️ No-Prep SEL Lunch Bunch Worksheets Growing Bundle
- The complete bundle currently includes four products, with a combined 108 printable lunch bunch placemat worksheets, color and black-and-white options, and 306 Google Slides, including 108 digital seek-and-find slides.
- Purchase the complete bundle to get more activities for supporting friendships, self-esteem, self-control, and social emotional learning throughout the school year.
🎯 Skills Addressed:
✔️ Self-control and impulse control
✔️ Using a social filter
✔️ Staying on topic during conversations
✔️ Feelings identification and self-awareness
✔️ Self-management and decision-making
✔️ Social communication and relationship skills
✔️ Self-esteem and positive self-talk
💡 Ways to Use It:
✔️ Place the printable worksheets on the table during Lunch Bunch groups.
✔️ Use the leopard directed drawing to introduce or reinforce self-control skills.
✔️ Project the Google Slides activities while students wait for their lunches.
✔️ Use the seek-and-find slides as engaging group warm-ups.
✔️ Laminate the placemats for repeated use with dry-erase markers.
✔️ Incorporate activities into individual counseling or Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.
✔️ Customize the editable drawing prompts for specific counseling goals.
👩🏫 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 communication skills.
The activities provide opportunities for students to participate through conversation, drawing, movement, pointing, and other preferred communication methods.
🖨️ Format & Download:
✔️ Printable PDF Lunch Bunch placemats in color and black-and-white.
✔️ Digital Google Slides™ activities.
✔️ Editable directed drawing edition.
✔️ PDF with access to the Google Slides materials.
✔️ No-prep activities suitable for individual and group sessions.
This is a digital download. No physical materials will be shipped.
📌 Important Notes:
These placemats are designed for adult-supported discussions, not independent worksheets. Some prompts are intended for conversation rather than written answers.
The social filter activities can be used to explore communication choices while respecting students' individual communication styles and neurodivergent differences.
Digital purchases are nonrefundable.
