Self Control Worksheets Social Skills Story EDITABLE SEL Activities

Help young learners understand what self-control looks like, why it matters, and what they can do when big feelings take over.

This Self-Control Social Skills Story teaches children practical strategies for stopping, thinking, calming their bodies, and making safer choices. With simple language, child-friendly examples, and engaging illustrations, students learn that self-control does not mean ignoring their feelings—it means choosing what to do next.

Perfect for whole-class SEL lessons, small groups, special education, counselling sessions, behaviour support, or one-on-one intervention.

What’s Included

• Full-colour self-control social skills story
• Black-and-white story version
• Simple self-control strategies students can practise
• Real-life examples involving frustration, waiting, sharing, losing, and making choices
• Editable pages to personalise the story for individual students
• Student response and reflection worksheets
• Cut-and-paste activities
• Self-control certificates
• Multiple certificate options
• Boy and girl name labels
• Colour and black-and-white printing options

Skills Covered

Students will learn how to:

• Recognise when they are beginning to feel upset or frustrated
• Stop and think before acting
• Keep their hands and body safe
• Use calming breaths
• Count slowly
• Use kind words
• Wait for a turn
• Walk away when needed
• Ask for help
• Make safe and responsible choices
• Understand that mistakes are opportunities to practise again

Perfect For

• Preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and early elementary
• Special education classrooms
• Autism support
• Social Emotional Learning lessons
• School counselling
• Behaviour intervention
• Calm-down corners
• Morning meetings
• Small-group instruction
• Individual behaviour plans
• Home learning and parent support

Why Teachers Love It

This resource gives students clear, concrete language for a skill that can otherwise feel very abstract. The story can be read repeatedly, displayed in a calm-down space, sent home for reinforcement, or personalised using the editable pages.

The black-and-white version also allows students to colour the story while discussing each self-control strategy.

Suggested Uses

Read the story before challenging parts of the school day, such as transitions, group work, games, recess, waiting, or sharing materials. Follow the story with the included activities, role-play examples, and certificate to celebrate progress.

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