Help students explore the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions with this engaging Winter CBT & SEL Directed Drawing Set 3! This art therapy inspired resource combines step-by-step drawing with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) concepts, coping skills, self-awareness, and growth mindset.

Students answer social-emotional learning questions to unlock the steps to complete three winter drawings: a snowman, pinecone, and sweater. Each drawing includes six prompts, giving students 18 opportunities to explore helpful and unhelpful thoughts, coping strategies, and flexible thinking.

This digital resource also includes editable Google Slides, SEL pre-teaching slides, and bonus printable pages. It's a creative way to bring CBT concepts into individual counseling, small groups, classroom SEL lessons, and virtual sessions while encouraging confidence, focus, and creative expression.

📦 What's Included:

❄️ 3 Winter Directed Drawing Activities

• Step-by-step drawing instructions revealed as students answer SEL questions to unlock the steps to create a snowman,
• pinecone, and a sweater
• Step-by-step drawing instructions revealed as students answer SEL prompts
• Six questions per drawing, for 18 prompts total

🧠 18 CBT & SEL Discussion Prompts

• Identifying helpful and unhelpful thoughts
• Exploring ways to change unhelpful thoughts into more helpful ones
• Recognizing growth mindset and fixed mindset thinking
• Discussing coping skills and self-awareness
• Reflecting on thoughts, feelings, and responses to challenging situations

✏️ Editable Google Slides Edition

• Editable version for adding your own questions or prompts
• Customize the drawings for different counseling goals, academic topics, or student needs
• Reuse the activities with different discussion questions

💡 SEL Pre-Teaching Slides

• Growth mindset
• Grit and perseverance
• Patience
• Coping skills
• Accepting mistakes as part of learning

🖨️ Bonus Printable Pages

• Additional printable pages to accompany the digital activities
• Flexible options for in-person counseling and classroom lessons

🎒 Quick Details: Grades 1–3 | ❄️ Snowman, pinecone + sweater | 🎨 3 drawings | 🧠 18 CBT & SEL prompts | ✏️ Editable Google Slides | 💡 Pre-teaching slides | 🖨️ Bonus printables | Digital + print

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

Want a discount on these winter directed drawing activities? Check out:

❄️ Winter SEL Directed Drawing Bundle

• Features 10 winter-themed drawings and 60 SEL prompts including a travel cocoa cup, snowman, snowflake, tree, pinecone, sweater, bear, penguin, mitten, and hot cocoa mug
• Covers feelings, social awareness, communication, problem-solving, CBT concepts, and coping skills
• Includes editable editions and bonus printable pages
• Features a bonus travel cocoa cup directed drawing activity not included in the individual sets

🌈 SEL Directed Drawing Growing Bundle

• Includes a growing collection of 60 directed drawings with over 400 prompts>
• Features activities for feelings, empathy, communication, problem-solving, coping skills, and other SEL concepts
• Includes editable versions and bonus printable resources
• Offers engaging art-based activities for counseling sessions and classroom SEL lessons throughout the school year

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🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Identifying helpful and unhelpful thoughts

✔️ Practicing more balanced and supportive self-talk

✔️ Understanding connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions

✔️ Exploring coping skills and emotional regulation

✔️ Building self-awareness and reflection skills

✔️ Developing growth mindset, patience, and perseverance

✔️ Practicing flexible thinking and accepting mistakes

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Use one of the three winter drawings during individual counseling sessions focused on identifying helpful and unhelpful thoughts
• Incorporate the drawing activities into small-group lessons about coping skills and self-awareness
• Invite students to explore growth mindset and ways to respond when something feels challenging
• Introduce CBT concepts with the pre-teaching slides before beginning a drawing
• Customize the editable Google Slides prompts to address individual counseling goals or classroom learning objectives
• Present the activities on a smartboard or through screen sharing during classroom SEL lessons or virtual counseling sessions
• Use the bonus printable pages for students who prefer drawing on paper or as a follow-up activity

👩‍🏫 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 first through third grade.

This resource is especially useful for professionals looking for creative, art-based ways to introduce CBT concepts, helpful thinking, coping skills, self-awareness, and growth mindset.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ Three digital winter directed drawing activities: snowman, pinecone, and sweater

✔️ Eighteen CBT and SEL prompts, with six prompts per drawing

✔️ Editable Google Slides edition

✔️ SEL pre-teaching slides

✔️ Bonus printable pages

✔️ PDF with access to the Google Slides activities

📌 Important Notes:

• The editable version allows you to replace the included prompts with questions suited to your students' needs
• This is an art therapy inspired educational resource, not a formal art therapy treatment

• 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