Positive Self-Talk Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Most students carry a running commentary in their heads that nobody has asked them to notice. These positive self-talk coloring pages offer a kinder script for Grades 2–8, one affirmation or quote per page. The messages model encouraging, honest self-talk that supports effort without sounding empty, in the Self-Awareness competency. Use them as positive self-talk affirmation coloring pages, or as SEL coloring pages with a reflection step.

What students practice

• Noticing their inner voice
• Choosing kind, honest words for themselves
• Encouraging themselves when plans go wrong
• Talking to themselves like a friend

What’s inside these positive self-talk coloring pages

• 20 positive self-talk messages to color: 10 affirmation pages and 10 quote pages, each in portrait and landscape (40 pages)
• The “Positive Self-Talk Check-In” reflection page with 8 questions
• A 12-task positive self-talk 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 positive self-talk messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Sample messages: “I’m learning to lift myself up.” “Words have power. Use them well.” “Talk to yourself like a friend.”
• The check-in asks “What positive words can you use when things don’t go as planned?” One choice board task is to draw a speech bubble filled with kind words you can tell yourself.

Grade fit

Try the set in counseling sessions on self-esteem or worry, before a challenging day, or in the calm corner. It fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

The same 20 messages appear on Positive Self-Talk Bookmarks to Color. For a watercolor version, see Positive Self-Talk Bookmarks — Watercolor Nature Set.