Comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning Resources
St. Patrick's Day Counseling & SEL Activities Bundle
Plan March counseling and classroom SEL lessons with 8 St. Patrick’s Day and spring resources. This digital and printable bundle combines feelings dough and drawing mats, matching puzzles, affirmation and feelings mazes, two Would You Rather movement games, and three Color by Code activities.
Children practice naming emotions, recognizing facial expressions, using positive self-talk, and connecting feelings with situations. Rotate matching, drawing, play dough, coloring, and movement activities during individual counseling, small groups, classroom SEL centers, and morning meetings.
📦 What's Included:
- St. Patrick’s Day Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats: 44 mats in leprechaun, shamrock, rainbow, and pot of gold designs; 40 scenario cards, flashcards covering 13 emotions, feelings prompt dice, and color and black-and-white versions
- St. Patrick’s Day Would You Rather Yoga Game: 33 pocket-size cards, 33 full-page posters, and a Google Slides game with This or That stretching prompts
- St. Patrick’s Day Creative Movement Game: 20 pocket-size Would You Rather cards, 20 full-page posters, a Google Slides game, and 20 bonus creative movement cards
- St. Patrick’s Day Feelings Matching Puzzles: 64 self-correcting puzzles, including 32 two-piece and 32 three-piece puzzles across shamrock, leprechaun, gold coin, and rainbow themes; matching game, feelings prompt dice, and 8 bonus worksheets
- St. Patrick’s Day Positive Affirmation and Feelings Mazes: 6 full-color and 6 black-and-white mazes, 19 two-piece feelings puzzles, 19 scenario cards, feelings discussion dice, and 11 bonus worksheets; includes two-choice and written feeling responses
- Gardening Feelings Color by Code: 6 differentiated coloring options, 14 feelings prompts, a Google Slides game, and 3 bonus feelings and coping skills worksheets
- Rainy Day Feelings Color by Code: 6 differentiated coloring options, 14 feelings prompts, a Google Slides game, and 3 bonus feelings and coping skills worksheets
- Springtime Butterfly and Mushroom Feelings Color by Code: 6 differentiated coloring options, 16 feelings prompts, a Google Slides game, and 3 bonus feelings and coping skills worksheets
Featured Feelings: Annoyed, angry/mad, astonished, bored, confused, curious, disappointed, embarrassed, excited, frustrated, funny, furious, happy, loving, nervous, proud, sad, scared, shocked, shy, sick, silly, skeptical, surprised, tired, and worried
🎒 Quick Details: 8 seasonal SEL resources | 44 dough mats + 40 scenario cards | 64 matching puzzles | 33 yoga cards + 20 creative movement cards | 6 maze designs in color + black and white | 3 Color by Code sets | Printable PDF + Google Slides
🎯 Skills Addressed:
- Naming feelings and recognizing facial expressions
- Emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and self-reflection
- Positive self-talk, affirmations, and self-esteem
- Coping skills and self-regulation
- Social awareness and perspective-taking
- Choice-making and body awareness through movement
💡 Ways to Use It:
Pair the dough mats with feelings flashcards and scenario cards to create and discuss emotional expressions. Use the two-piece puzzles for face-and-word matching, then the three-piece versions to add situations. Follow with mazes or Color by Code prompts for feelings and positive self-talk practice.
Start a session or morning meeting with either movement game. Children consider the Would You Rather choices and copy the movement that matches their answer. Project a Google Slides activity for shared practice, or rotate printable activities through counseling groups, Lunch Bunch, and classroom centers.
👩🏫 Who It's For:
School counselors, social workers, psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, classroom teachers, and parents planning St. Patrick’s Day and spring social-emotional learning activities.
🖨️ Format & Download:
Printable PDFs for dough and drawing mats, cards, puzzles, mazes, coloring activities, and movement cards and posters. Digital Google Slides versions are included with the yoga, creative movement, and Color by Code games. The Color by Code bonus worksheets are Color by Coping Skills, What’s on My Mind, and The Way I Feel / Colors of My Feelings.
📚 More Spring SEL Resources:
Read Spring, Easter, and St. Patrick’s Day Counseling and Social Emotional Learning Activities for seasonal feelings lessons, matching games, and movement ideas.
📌 Important Notes:
- 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.
