Managing Emotions Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Big feelings do not wait for a convenient moment. These managing emotions coloring pages help students practice noticing, naming and cooling down in a calm moment, so the tools are ready when needed. The 20 messages treat every feeling as okay and focus on what to do with it, in the Self-Management competency for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Taking time to cool down
• Noticing feelings without judgment
• Feeling it, naming it and taming it
• Seeing emotions as messengers

What’s inside these managing emotions coloring pages

• 40 pages to color: 20 messages in portrait and landscape
• “Emotions & Awareness Check-In,” an 8-question reflection page
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like drawing an “emotion thermometer” that shows how different feelings rise and fall, or practicing saying “I feel ___ because ___.”
• Guides for classroom and counseling use, plus a printing guide
• The full list of all 20 messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Among the 20 messages: “I take time to cool down.” “I notice my feelings without judgment.”
• And more: “Feel it. Name it. Tame it.” “Emotions are messengers.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as managing emotions affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. The counseling guide adds a simple routine for regulation support, so the set works in the calm corner or as a session opener. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

Students can carry a reminder with Managing Emotions Bookmarks to Color. For anger in particular, see Anger Management Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.