Elementary School Problem Solving Internet Activities

Elevate your students' emotional intelligence and equip them with coping skills year-round with this digital resource — add a special layer of fun during Fall and Halloween—with this "Feed the Monster" Google Slides™ activity!

Designed for elementary school counselors, teachers, and educators, this dynamic and interactive digital resource focuses on helping students cultivate critical coping skills and calming strategies.

With its whimsical monster characters, this game-like activity is not only relevant all year but becomes an especially engaging experience around Halloween time.

Students will be captivated as they "feed" the monsters an idea of how to calm down. Students will be so absorbed in this activity they won't even realize we are teaching them social skills, calming strategies, coping skills, and more!

Here's a detailed breakdown of what you'll find in this comprehensive Google Slides™ activity:

• Slide One: Introduction Page
  Start the experience with an inviting intro that sets the tone and outlines the objectives of the activity.

• Slide Two: Mini Social Story/Purpose of Game
  Orient your students with the game's goals through a short, relatable narrative that explains the 'why' behind mastering these essential skills.

• Slides Three & Four: Monster State vs. Calm State
  Utilizing vivid illustrations, these slides show the emotional contrast between feeling overwhelmed ("Monster State") and achieving calmness ("Calm State").

• Slide Five: Calming Strategies
  Discover proven techniques that children can utilize to transition from a 'Monster State' to a 'Calm State.'

• Slide Six: Outline of Activity
  A quick guide to help guide the experience.

• Slide Seven to Forty-Two: Scenario Slides with Student Activities
  Engage with real-world examples and role-play activities, enabling students to practice their newfound calming techniques and coping skills in a secure and enjoyable setting.

• Slide Forty-Three: Credits and Terms of Use Slide
  Acknowledgments and essential details for the appropriate use of this resource.

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If you already own the Feed the Monster printable version of this elementary school counselor game, please note that this digital version features the same enriching scenarios and activities, all optimized for an online learning environment.

Don't miss this indispensable tool for building emotional resilience and social competency.

Enhance your SEL (Social Emotional Learning) curriculum with an activity that not only resonates with your students but also makes emotional regulation engaging and accessible!

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Challenge students to make good choices with this responsible decision making game! This is the perfect activity to improve critical thinking, decision making skills, and the concept of our actions having consequences. This game teaches problem-solving, good choices vs. poor choices, responsible decision-making skills, and more!

Students will be completely mystified by the “simmer or ignite” theme. They will be excited to brainstorm ways to respond to the various situations, making correlations between how their responses affect the various situations.

They will be thinking critically about each situation and deepening their understanding of the power and impact behind their decisions.  

Here’s What’s Included:

Google Slide™ Activity Containing:

• Slide One: Intro
• Slide Two-Four: Simmer vs. Ignite Explanations
• Slide Five-Six: Example Explanations
• Slide Seven: Comparison Page
• Slide Eight - Forty-Nine: Simmer vs. Ignites Interactive Activity Slides
• Slide Fifty: Credits and Terms of Use

This good choice vs. poor choice decision-making game is perfect for classroom lessons, small groups, or distance learners. Download this resource, and you are ready to teach your students new life skills!

Sharpen your student’s decision-making skills as you guide them through the decision-making process. They will be presented with various scenarios while playing this game that requires students to think critically about their choices and the consequences of these choices.

Students will be given many examples of good choices that make situations better and poor choices that make situations worse. Help students gain an understanding of how situations can be "simmered" or "ignited" based on their behaviors and reactions to others.

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This is also available as a Simmer or Ignite Printable Activity!

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Teach your students calming strategies with this fun and interactive Google Slides™ activity! Students will be captivated as they "feed" the sea monsters an idea of how to calm down! This product is fully digital.

Included in the download is one Google Slides™ activity containing:

Slide One: Intro Page

Slide Two: Mini Social Story/Purpose of Game

Slide Three - Four: Sea Monster State vs. Calm State

Slide Five: Calming Strategies

Slide Six: Outline of Activity

Slide Seven - Forty-Eight: Scenario Slides with Student Activities

Slide Forty-Nine: Credits and Terms of Use Slide

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There is a difference between teasing that is meant to hurt feelings and teasing that is meant to be playful and fun. Help students differentiate between situations where teasing is meant in good fun, and where the teasing crosses the line and becomes hurtful, or even bullying, with these digital tease monster activities! Teach about teasing to minimize tattling, help students identify bully-like behaviors, and improve relationship-building skills. 

This fun bullying vs. teasing activity helps students to understand that not everyone reacts or feels the same way in each situation. Scenarios that would not hurt one person’s feelings, may hurt a classmate deeply. It is important for students to realize the impact their actions and words can have on others.

This engaging Google Slides activity will have students conversing about and identifying the differences between friendly and mean teases. Students will gain a deeper understanding of how not all situations, or teasing behaviors, affect us the same. 

Included is a Google Slides™ Activity Containing:

• Slide One: Intro Page
• Slide Two: Previous Knowledge Test
• Slide Three- Seven: Playing vs. Hurtful Teasing Explanation and Comparisons
• Slide Eight: Knowledge Test
• Slide Nine: Knowledge Check
• Slide Ten: Activity Explanations
• Slide Eleven- Sixty Two: Scenario Slides with Student Activities
• Slide Sixty-Three: Activity Sheet (Printable)
• Slides Sixty-Four: Credits and Terms of Use Slide

Use this digital Google Slides activity to help students to define teasing, recognize what makes a tease friendly or mean, understand the difference between teasing vs. bullying, as well as realize how powerful their words can be.

This activity can be used as a book companion lesson for Tease Monsters by Julia Cook or can be used as a stand-alone activity. The purchase of Tease Monsters by Julia Cook is not necessary to utilize this resource. 

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This is also available in a printable Tease Monster Activity pack.

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