Let’s Make a Managing Stress Flip Book!

Managing stress can be a tricky skill to master, especially for children and preteens! This craftivity encourages students to reflect upon and make future plans for how they effectively manage stress in their young lives. Once complete, it provides an excellent reference tool to keep close and return to when next experiencing a stressful situation.

This downloadable social and emotional learning booklet has seven flaps that include the following:

• What is Stress? 
• Common Stressors
• I Feel Stressed When:
• Taking Control
• Coping Strategies
• Coping Strategies I Use
• Coping Strategies to Try

✂️ Teacher Tips for This Managing Stress Activity

Cut and paste activities can get hectic – we get it! 😂Some thoughtful lesson prep will help to make this learning experience run smoothly for you and your students!

For older students:

Give each student a set of the writing pages (run them off on the copier as sets so you don’t have to sort them all post-printing!)

Have students cut out each flipbook page along the dotted line.

Once all six pages are cut apart, have students stack them from largest to smallest, lining up the top.

Staple together across the top to assemble the flipbook!

For young students:

In order for your younger students to focus on the questions (and not the cutting and assembly!), consider printing the pages individually for the number of students, and then using a paper slicer to cut them in bulk. 

Line them up on the floor in your classroom and call students forward to collect each sheet along the line, until they have their full set. You could be waiting at the end of the ‘production line’ with your stapler at the ready to combine the pages and save them from being misplaced!

Download & Print — Easy as Can Be! 

Click the download button to download your managing stress flip book PDF file. It’s as simple as that! 

This social and emotional learning resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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