size of the Problem Social Story Emotional Regulation Coping Skills Activities

Description

Help children build emotional regulation and problem-solving skills with this NEWLY UPDATED Size of the Problem Social Story & SEL Toolkit. Through engaging stories, discussion, reflection, and hands-on SEL activities, children learn how to recognize the size of a problem, match their reactions, choose helpful coping strategies, and solve everyday challenges at home, at school, and in their community.

 

Designed for classrooms, counseling, special education, autism support, and home learning, this comprehensive SEL resource helps children build emotional regulation, flexible thinking, coping skills, and everyday problem-solving strategies through meaningful discussion and repeated practice.

 

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Rather than simply teaching children to label problems as small, medium, or big, this toolkit guides them through a simple process they can use in real-life situations:

🛑 Stop

Pause before reacting.

🤔 Think

How big is my problem?

⚖️ Match

Choose a reaction that fits the problem.

🧩 Solve

Use a helpful strategy or ask for help when needed.

 

Children practice this same routine throughout the entire resource, helping them transfer these important social-emotional skills to home, school, and community settings.

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This comprehensive SEL toolkit includes:

✔ Social Story

✔ Class Pledge

✔ Student Promise & Action Plan

✔ SEL Teaching Cards

✔ Poetry Connection

✔ Poetry Recitation Activity

✔ Read, Reflect, Grow Activity

✔ Reminder & Challenge Cards

✔ Calm & Confident Tools

✔ Stop • Think • Solve Practice Cards

✔ Social Skills Reader

✔ Parent Letter

✔ Family Discussion & Extension Activities

✔ Adult Notes & Discussion Guide

✔ Narrated Story Link

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Children practice important SEL skills including:

⭐ Emotional regulation

⭐ Size of the Problem

⭐ Problem solving

⭐ Coping skills

⭐ Flexible thinking

⭐ Matching reactions to problems

⭐ Decision making

⭐ Self-regulation

⭐ Asking for help appropriately

⭐ Perspective taking

⭐ Social awareness

⭐ Responsible decision-making

⭐ Home-school connection

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Perfect for:

• Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Classroom Lessons

• School Counseling

• Special Education

• Autism Support

• Behavior Intervention

• Small Groups

• Individual Instruction

• Whole-Class SEL

• RTI & MTSS

• Homeschool

• Parent Support

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Newly Updated!

This resource has been completely redesigned into the One Giggle at a Time SEL Toolkit format and now includes:

✨ A more universal social story for home, school, and community

✨ Expanded discussion and reflection activities

✨ New SEL teaching cards

✨ Calm & Confident coping tools

✨ Family connection resources

✨ Poetry connection and movement activity

✨ Social skills reader

✨ Reminder & Challenge Cards

✨ Updated parent and teacher guides

✨ A consistent Stop • Think • Match • Solve routine used throughout the toolkit

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Why teachers love this resource

Children don’t learn emotional regulation or problem-solving from a single lesson. They learn through repeated opportunities to read, discuss, practice, reflect, and apply their skills in everyday situations. This toolkit provides those opportunities with engaging, developmentally appropriate activities that make SEL meaningful, practical, and easy to implement.

 

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