Perspective Taking Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Seeing through someone else’s eyes takes practice. These perspective taking coloring pages start that habit in a calm moment for Grades 2–8, within the Social Awareness competency. Messages ask students to stay open, ask questions and accept that one moment can look different to someone else. Use them as perspective taking affirmation coloring pages, or as SEL coloring pages with a reflection step.

What students practice

• Staying open to other views
• Asking questions to learn more
• Understanding without having to agree
• Noticing how their actions land with others

What’s inside these perspective taking coloring pages

• 20 perspective taking messages to color: 10 affirmation pages and 10 quote pages, each in portrait and landscape (40 pages)
• The “Seeing All Sides Check-In” reflection page with 8 questions and a page of tips
• A 12-task perspective taking 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 perspective taking messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Affirmations: “I try to see all sides.” “I ask questions to learn more.”
• Quotes: “You don’t have to agree to understand.” “Be curious, not critical.”
• The reflection page asks “When is it hardest for you to consider another person’s perspective?” On the choice board, students might “Draw two people looking at the same object from different angles and noticing different things.”

Grade fit

It is especially useful when students are working to see how their actions land with others. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

For a bookmark with the same theme, see Perspective Taking Bookmarks to Color. For a close relative of the topic, try Empathy Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.