My Coping Skills Toolbox | Printable Activity Pack for Ages 5–7

Help your child discover coping strategies they can use when emotions begin to feel overwhelming.

My Coping Skills Toolbox is a short, hands-on activity pack that helps children explore, practice, and choose calming tools that work best for them. Instead of expecting one strategy to work every time, children begin building a personalized collection of healthy coping choices.

This resource builds on skills introduced throughout the Managing Big Emotions unit, including recognizing feelings, noticing body clues, making thoughtful choices, and practicing flexible thinking.

Your child will:

• Explore different coping strategies
• Practice each strategy with adult support
• Notice which tools help their body and mind
• Choose the strategies that work best for them
• Create their own personalized coping-skills toolbox

Parents and caregivers are encouraged to:

• Move at the child’s pace
• Practice the strategies together
• Adapt the activities to meet the child’s needs
• Share coping tools that help them too
• Revisit the toolbox during real-life emotional moments

Please note:

✓ Designed for ages 5–7
✓ Short coping-skills activity pack
✓ This is not a complete story-based lesson
✓ Instant digital download
✓ Delivered in printable PDF format
✓ Nothing will be shipped
✓ Also included in the complete Managing Big Emotions Unit

Help your child build a toolbox of healthy strategies they can reach for when they need help feeling calm, confident, and in control.