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Big Feelings Small Tools Lesson Plan

Students will review familiar coping skills and practice choosing and applying a calm-down tool to manage big emotions, strengthening self-regulation in a 15-minute individual session.

This lesson helps students recognize their emotions and reinforces practical self-regulation strategies, promoting emotional awareness, resilience, and independence in managing big feelings.

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Review and Prepare Materials

5 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up

2 minutes

Step 2

Review Coping Skills

4 minutes

Step 3

Practice Tool Use

6 minutes

Step 4

Reflection and Closing

3 minutes

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Big Feelings, Small Tools

Feeling Faces

Coping Skills Review

Try It Out!

Reflection Time

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