Coping Skills Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Every student needs a few go-to tools for hard days. These coping skills coloring pages are one of them, with 20 messages reminding students that pausing, breathing and asking for help all count. The set helps each student build a personal set of strategies in the Self-Management competency for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Using tools that help them cope
• Taking breaks when they need to
• Pausing and breathing
• Treating coping as a strength

What’s inside these coping skills coloring pages

• 40 coloring pages with every message in two layouts
• “Coping with Strength Check-In,” an 8-question reflection page
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like drawing a personal “coping toolbox” with three tools that help, or trying one skill such as breathing, stretching or journaling for 1 minute
• 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 have tools to help me.” “I take breaks when I need to.”
• And more: “Coping is a strength.” “It’s okay to pause.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as coping skills affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. Use the pages in counseling, in the calm corner or as take-home practice when a student needs quiet support. The check-in helps students reflect on what works for them. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

Coping Skills Bookmarks to Color is a pocket-size version of the toolbox, and Stress Management Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes adds more calming practice.