Self-Care Task Cards

For a second grader, self-care can be a full water bottle, a steady bedtime or a blanket fort on a Saturday.

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Grades: 2–5
What you get: 50 cards in each set
Type: Task Cards
Use it: Print + digitaldigital = any device, no student logins
Competency: Self-Management
Topic: Self-Care

About this resource

For a second grader, self-care can be a full water bottle, a steady bedtime or a blanket fort on a Saturday. These self-care task cards turn habits like those into 100 short prompts, and by Set B students are weighing screen time, recharging hobbies and a plan of their own. Written for Grades 2–5, they build Self-Management through the everyday choices students make for their bodies, minds and feelings.

What students practice

Building sleep and rest habits, from bedtime charts to quiet time
Choosing food and water that keep their energy up
Keeping clean and healthy, like washing hands before snack
Balancing screen time with other activities
Making and updating a self-care plan of their own

What’s inside

Set A for Grades 2–3: Sleep and rest; Food and water; Moving and playing; Doing things I enjoy; Keeping my body clean and healthy
Set B for Grades 4–5: Healthy daily routines; Screen time and balance; Hobbies and fun that recharge me; Time with people who make me feel good; Planning my own self-care
50 cards in each set (A1–A50, B1–B50), 10 per theme, printable 2 or 4 to a page
A second PDF of 103 journal pages, each matched to one card; the card file runs 81 pages

A look inside

Set A: “You make a rainbow snack plate with fruits of many colors. Which colors would you pick? How could you make snack time more fun?”

Set B: “You planned to play a game for 20 minutes, but an hour has passed. What made the time slip by? What could help you stop when you planned?”

Set B: “Your self-care plan is all about your body and leaves out your mind. What could you add for your mind and happiness? How would you know it fits you?”

How to use these self-care task cards

Morning meetingCard A35 asks everyone to name one thing that makes them smile

An SEL lesson or small group on screen habits with Screen time and balance (B11–B20)

Writing promptsB41 asks for a self-care menu, which students can draft on its reflection sheet

Counseling sessions that talk through a student’s own plan with the B41–B50 cards

Grade fit

Set A, for Grades 2–3, sticks to habits a younger child can picture: a toothbrush timer, a sun hat at the beach, an indoor obstacle course on a cold day. Set B, for Grades 4–5, asks students to spot patterns across a week, like rough Mondays after late weekend bedtimes, and adjust their routines.

Digital version

In the interactive digital task cards, you choose Set A or Set B, and students type their answers on any device with no student logins. At the end they download an answer sheet to hand in.

Good to know

Several cards are built around family routines, such as dinner at the table, a Sunday reset or fishing with Dad. Invite students to answer for whatever their own home looks like.

Pairs well with

Self-Care Scenario Cards — Printable & DigitalFull library · Scenario Cards

Questions teachers ask

Does this set cover stress and calming down?

Not directly. The cards focus on daily habits: sleep, food and water, play, hygiene, screen time, hobbies and time with people. Calming tools for a hard moment are outside this set.