Communication Skills Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Clear, kind communication solves many classroom problems before they start. These communication skills coloring pages give students 20 short messages about speaking clearly, listening fully and choosing helpful words. They practice the give-and-take of conversation in the Relationship Skills competency, for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Choosing words that help, not hurt
• Sharing thoughts with care
• Listening more and talking less
• Talking a problem out instead of acting it out

What’s inside these communication skills coloring pages

• 40 coloring pages with every message in two layouts
• “Communicating with Care Check-In,” an 8-question reflection page
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like using an “I statement” or trying a 30-second active listening session with a partner, no interrupting
• A classroom guide, a counseling guide and a printing guide
• A list of the 20 messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Among the 20 messages: “I choose words that help, not hurt.” “I share my thoughts with care.”
• And more: “Listen more. Talk less.” “Talk it out, don’t act it out.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as communication skills affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. The choice board gets students talking, so the set works before group projects, after a misunderstanding or in a friendship group. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

Students can slip the same messages into a book with Communication Skills Bookmarks to Color. To zoom in on listening, add Active Listening Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.