Conflict Resolution Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Conflict is a normal part of every friendship, and what students need is a way through it. These conflict resolution coloring pages give them the language before the next disagreement, with 20 messages about staying calm, listening to both sides and looking for a fair solution. It is a Relationship Skills set for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Focusing on the problem, not the person
• Taking turns speaking and listening
• Talking it out instead of acting it out
• Choosing peace over power

What’s inside these conflict resolution coloring pages

• 20 messages to color, each in portrait and landscape
• “Solving Problems Peacefully Check-In,” an 8-question SEL reflection page with tips
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like role-playing a small disagreement with a partner and solving it kindly
• Guides for classroom and counseling use, plus a printing guide
• The full list of all 20 messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Affirmations: “I focus on the problem, not the person.” “I take turns speaking and listening.”
• Quotes: “Talk it out. Don’t act it out.” “Choose peace over power.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as conflict resolution affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. One set can serve a third grade class and a seventh grade advisory. Use it before partner work, as part of a restorative conversation or in a calm corner. The reflection page asks “When is it hardest for you to focus on the problem, not the person?” The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

Keep the strategies in sight after the lesson with Conflict Resolution Bookmarks to Color, or build the talking side with Communication Skills Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.