Kindergarten What Helps Me Calm Down worksheets

About this worksheet

Every kindergartner has a tower knocked over, waits too long for a turn, or feels nervous before it is their moment to share, and every one of those moments comes with a big feeling that is completely ordinary. This worksheet never treats the feeling itself as the problem. The grown-up says one short sentence about a familiar situation, and the child points to the picture of what would help: a calm face taking deep breaths, a hand with five fingers for counting to five, a couch for taking a break, or a teacher for asking a grown-up. The other pictures are unhelpful reactions such as shouting, running around, grabbing or throwing things, so the child has to tell a calming choice apart from one that would only make the moment louder.

Nothing has to be read. Every question has exactly one picture that fits the story, and the others are clearly wrong for it: a book on a high shelf needs a grown-up, and a tired child needs a break, not a shout or a sprint. Ask your child why the calm choice they picked would help their body feel steadier — that reasoning is the skill this page is teaching, not the picture they point to.

What your child will learn

• Match a familiar big-feeling situation to a calming strategy
• Tell a calming choice apart from one that makes things louder
• Know four calming strategies: deep breaths, counting to five, a break, and asking a grown-up
• Understand that anger, worry, and nervousness are all ordinary feelings