Help students build emotional awareness, practice positive self-talk, and strengthen self-esteem with these engaging Thanksgiving Social-Emotional Mazes! This no-prep resource combines feelings identification, positive affirmations, and hands-on activities to make SEL learning fun during November and the fall season.

Students can explore six Thanksgiving-themed mazes while practicing supportive self-talk, recognizing facial expressions, and identifying emotions. The resource also includes 19 two-piece feelings matching puzzles, 19 scenario cards, conversation dice, and bonus worksheets to extend learning beyond the mazes.

With full-color and black-and-white versions, these activities are easy to incorporate into individual counseling, small groups, classroom SEL lessons, calm corners, and early-finisher activities.

📦 What's Included:

🌀 6 Thanksgiving Feelings & Positive Affirmation Mazes

• Six full-color Thanksgiving-themed SEL mazes.
• Six black-and-white versions that can also be used for coloring.
• Positive self-talk affirmations to encourage self-esteem and confidence.
• Activities for recognizing and naming different emotions.
• Opportunities to combine maze-solving with feelings discussions.

🧩 19 Two-Piece Feelings Matching Puzzles

• 19 printable two-piece feelings puzzles.
• Activities for matching facial expressions with feeling words.
• Hands-on opportunities to build emotional vocabulary.
• Useful for individual instruction, partner activities, and SEL centers.

💬 19 Feelings Scenario Cards

• 19 scenario cards for exploring emotions in everyday situations.
• Opportunities to discuss how someone might feel and why.
• Encourages students to recognize that people can experience different feelings in similar situations.
• Can be used independently or paired with the matching puzzles.

🎲 Feelings Conversation Dice

• Printable conversation dice to extend discussions about emotions.
• Interactive prompts for encouraging emotional awareness and reflection.
• Can be paired with the mazes, puzzles, and scenario cards.

📝 Bonus SEL Worksheets

• Additional printable activities to reinforce feelings identification and self-awareness.
• Opportunities to continue practicing SEL skills after completing the mazes.
• Useful for independent practice, counseling sessions, and classroom learning centers.

🎨 Color & Black-and-White Options

• Full-color maze versions for engaging visual activities.
• Black-and-white maze versions for flexible printing and coloring.
• Options for students who enjoy combining art with SEL activities.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 🌀 6 mazes in color + B&W | 🧩 19 feelings puzzles | 💬 19 scenario cards | 🎲 Conversation dice | 📝 Bonus worksheets | ❤️ Feelings + self-esteem | 🖨️ Printable activities

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

Want a discount on these Thanksgiving feelings and affirmation activities? Check out:

🍂 Thanksgiving Counseling + Social Emotional Learning Bundle

• This bundle includes these mazes plus feelings matching puzzles.
• Expected and unexpected behavior game with 30 scenarios.
• Thanksgiving Would You Rather yoga and creative movement activities.
• Scarecrow, squirrel, and corn husk Color by Code feelings activities.
• The bundle offers multiple ways to practice emotional awareness, positive self-talk, social skills, movement, and responsible decision-making throughout the fall season.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Identifying and naming emotions

✔️ Recognizing facial expressions and emotional cues

✔️ Building self-esteem and supportive self-talk

✔️ Developing emotional vocabulary and self-awareness

✔️ Exploring how people might feel in different situations

✔️ Practicing social awareness and perspective-taking

✔️ Building perseverance through maze-solving activities

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Use the positive affirmation mazes during individual counseling sessions focused on self-esteem and self-talk.
• Incorporate the feelings identification mazes into Thanksgiving classroom SEL lessons.
• Offer the black-and-white mazes as coloring activities for students who enjoy creative expression.
• Use the 19 two-piece puzzles to practice matching facial expressions with feeling words.
• Pair the 19 scenario cards with the puzzles to explore feelings in everyday situations.
• Roll the feelings conversation dice during small-group counseling or Lunch Bunch activities.
• Add the bonus worksheets to calm corners, SEL centers, or early-finisher activities.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and homeschool educators working with students in kindergarten through second grade.

This resource is especially useful for professionals looking for low-prep, seasonal activities to support feelings identification, emotional vocabulary, positive self-talk, self-esteem, and social awareness.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ Six printable Thanksgiving SEL mazes in full color.

✔️ Six black-and-white maze versions.

✔️ 19 two-piece feelings matching puzzles.

✔️ 19 feelings scenario cards.

✔️ Printable feelings conversation dice.

✔️ Bonus SEL worksheets.

✔️ Printable digital download.

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

📌 Important Notes:

This resource includes six different maze activities, each provided in color and black and white, for a total of 12 maze pages. These are two versions of the same six activities, not 12 different maze designs.

Students can participate through pointing, matching, coloring, writing, discussion, or other communication methods that work for them. Activities can be adapted to support different communication and learning needs.

Positive affirmations can be introduced as invitations to explore supportive self-talk rather than statements students must repeat or believe.

Thanksgiving experiences and traditions vary among families. The activities can be used with sensitivity to students' different backgrounds and experiences.

This listing is for the individual Thanksgiving Social-Emotional Mazes resource, not the complete Thanksgiving Counseling + SEL Bundle.