Looking for comprehensive emotional regulation social stories to support your calm down area? This Emotions Social Story teaches young learners to identify, understand, and manage secondary emotions like bored, frustrated, jealous, and more. Perfect for preschoolers, special education classrooms, and students with autism, this resource builds emotional awareness and self-control with interactive and engaging materials designed for visual and hands-on learners.

Key Features – 100-pg PDF including links to digital activities

✔️ Social Story: A 17-slide rhyming story available in digital formats (Boom, Google Slides, Easel, and YouTube) plus printable versions in color, black-and-white, and a mini take-home version.
✔️ Interactive Boom Deck: Includes the social story and 11 practice slides where students identify emotions in relatable scenarios.
✔️ Token Board Activity: Students color or add stickers to track their recognition of 15 different emotions.
✔️ Cut-and-Paste Activity: Match simple text scenarios to Boardmaker symbol emotions, covering 15 emotions across 3 pages.
✔️ Coloring Pages: 15 pages, one for each emotion, to reinforce learning in a fun, low-pressure way.
✔️ Communication Symbols: Boardmaker visuals with the sentence stem “I feel” and a variety of emotions for learners to express themselves.

Emotions included: bored, frustrated, irritated, annoyed, jealous, excited, lonely, proud, nervous, embarrassed, guilty, curious, shy, confused, silly

Why This Resource Stands Out

✔️ Focused on Emotional Regulation: Help students recognize and name their emotions, then practice skills to stay calm and self-aware.
✔️ Supports Multiple Learning Styles: Interactive digital slides, hands-on activities, and visual aids provide engaging options for every learner.
✔️ Ideal for Calm Down Areas: Seamlessly integrates into classroom calm-down corners or emotional regulation toolkits.
✔️ Flexible and Comprehensive: Multiple formats make this resource adaptable for classrooms, therapy sessions, or at-home use.

Perfect for preschoolers, special education classrooms, ABA therapy, and speech therapy, this resource is aligned with developmental milestones and designed to foster emotional growth and communication skills.

Support your students in understanding and managing their emotions with confidence and care!

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For Boom™ products

You may be eligible for a free trial from Boom Learning. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. If you choose not to stay on a paid subscription account after your free trial, you will still be able to assign all your Boom Cards to as many students as you see fit using Fast Play pins (which give instant feedback for decks that are self-grading). You will not be charged when your free trial expires.

For Google™ products

► You will need Google Drive in order to access this resource. Your students will also need Google accounts so they can access the activity if you are assigning to them.
► You must be logged into your account when you download the file. When you click the link, you will get a prompt, “Would you like to make a copy of….” Click Make a copy, and it will copy to your Drive.
► If your school district has Google access blocked, you can choose to have the resource added to a personal Google account and then share it with your school account.

⚠️️IMPORTANT  :   The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom or family use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single use. Copying for other parents, teachers, school-wide use, or for school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses. Contact me at audra@abainschool.com for additional licenses at a discounted rate. Thank you for respecting my work.

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