Perseverance Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Some students stop the moment a task turns hard. These perseverance coloring pages offer 20 messages about trying again, finishing what you start and climbing step by step for Grades 2–8, building the Self-Management competency. They work as SEL coloring pages and as affirmation coloring pages, with perseverance at the center.

What students practice

• Trying again when something is hard
• Finishing what they start
• Taking one step at a time
• Using a new strategy on a tricky task

What’s inside these perseverance coloring pages

• 20 perseverance messages to color: 10 affirmation pages and 10 quote pages, each in portrait and landscape (40 pages)
• The “Keep Going Check-In” reflection page with 8 questions
• A 12-task perseverance choice board: Reflect & Write, Draw & Create, Act & Practice, Connect & Share, in portrait and landscape
• Classroom and counseling guides, a printing guide and a list of all 20 perseverance messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Sample messages: “I finish what I start.” “I try again when it’s hard.” “Progress takes persistence.” “Fall down. Get back up.”
• Choice board tasks include drawing a “try again” ladder that shows the steps you take when things get tough, and trying a tricky task again using a new strategy.

Grade fit

Hand these out during a hard unit, before testing, or in counseling for students who give up easily. Each message comes in portrait and landscape, so students can choose the layout they prefer. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

The same 20 messages appear on Perseverance Bookmarks to Color, a reminder students can keep. For a growth mindset angle, try Effort and Perseverance — Growth Mindset Coloring Pages.