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Doodle Mood / mood-meter check-in

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  • PreK-5
  • School
  • early childhood
  • counseling
  • Quick
  • Wellbeing

Documented for Virginia: SEL.

What it is

Color the Doodle to show today's mood - a wellbeing check-in ritual tied to emotion vocabulary.

Source: Classroom Activities; SEL/Counseling Map

  • Timeminutes — a daily ritual
  • Setupa little setup

What you need

  • The class Doodle
  • dry-erase crayons

Steps

  1. Step 1 of 3

    Check in with color

    Color the Doodle to show today's mood.

  2. Step 2 of 3

    Say what the color means

    Share as much or as little as you want about why.

  3. Step 3 of 3

    Come back tomorrow

    The check-in works because it repeats: same Doodle, new day, new colors.

Tips

  • K-1: point to a feeling face.
  • Grades 2-3: name the mood — and why.
  • Grades 4-5: plot the mood and pick a coping strategy.

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