ANXIETY WORKSHEETS – FEELINGS PLAY PACK Anxiety Coping Skills Social Story

Looking for a fun and developmentally appropriate way to help young children explore and manage the feeling of anxiety? Our Anxiety Feelings Play Pack is filled with engaging, hands-on activities designed to support emotional regulation, social-emotional learning (SEL), and coping skills in early childhood and elementary settings. This anxiety-themed play pack provides a creative and interactive way for kids to understand what anxiety feels like, recognize it in their bodies, and learn calm, helpful strategies to manage worry and nervousness.

What’s Included in our SEL and Coping Skills Resource:

• Welcome Letter to the Child – A warm, encouraging introduction to set a supportive tone for learning about anxiety.
• Feeling Definition Page – A simple, child-friendly explanation of what anxiety is and why it’s okay to feel it.
• What Anxiety Feels Like – Helps children connect physical sensations (butterflies in the tummy, racing heart) to their emotional experience.
• Coping Strategies Poster – Visual tools to support calming down and making brave, helpful choices when feeling anxious.
• Short Story and Reflection Questions – A relatable anxiety story to promote empathy, self-awareness, and emotional understanding.
• Posters – Visual reminders that reinforce safe and supportive responses to feeling worried or scared.
• Playdough Face Mats – Children create facial features that express anxiety, helping to build recognition of emotional cues.
• Strategies and Feelings Thermometer – Encourages awareness of emotional intensity and choosing the right calming strategy.
• Gentle Guided Visualization Activity – Supports mindfulness and body awareness, helping children explore and soften anxious feelings.
• Coloring Page – A soothing, creative task to promote emotional expression.
• Mazes and Puzzle – Fun challenges that promote focus, persistence, and calm thinking.
• Cut-and-Paste Strategy Activity – An interactive way for students to match anxiety with healthy coping tools.
• Draw It Tasks – Prompts that invite kids to illustrate anxious feelings and how to manage them.
• Handwriting Practice – Builds fine motor skills while reinforcing emotional vocabulary related to anxiety.
• Silly Sentences Activity – Mix-and-match phrases to bring lightness and laughter into learning about anxiety.
• Scenario Choice Cards – Kids decide thumbs up or down for anxiety-related choices, building judgment and coping awareness.
• Think About Reflection Cards – Short scenarios with reflective questions that help build emotional insight and self-awareness.
• qSelf-Reflection Questionnaire – A simple check-in using a simple scale (Never, Hardly, Sometimes, Always).
• Roll-and-Reflect Dice Game with Printable Dice – A playful activity that combines movement and conversation around anxiety and coping skills.
• Certificate of Completion – A colorful, encouraging award to celebrate the child’s learning and emotional growth.

Our Anxiety Feelings Play Pack is ideal for school counseling activities, SEL lessons, therapy sessions, or home learning. This resource empowers children to understand anxiety, recognize their feelings, and build lifelong coping skills through developmentally appropriate, play-based activities.

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► Looking for more SEL workbook topics? We’ve got you covered!

• Behavior and Feelings Workbook
• Gossiping & Rumors Workbook for Teens 
• CBT Workbook – Thoughts Feelings Behaviors for Teenagers
• Self Esteem and Feelings Workbook
• Emotions & Self Care Workbook
• My Anger Management Workbook

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