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Social Emotional Learning Centers Games: Kind or Unkind Sorts

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Inside: Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers games perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. 


When I taught elementary school, every day was all about the centers. It was my students’ favorite part of their day when they could independently work on games or activities.

Their favorite centers were always the games that were themed to the holiday or season.

And while our centers focused on reading and writing, what we really needed to focus on was character education, social emotional learning and kindness. 

So I created what I wished I had when I was a teacher: social emotional learning centers games that connect to each holiday and season that my students would have loved to have played. 

And we’ve put them all together for you in this Kind or Unkind Sort Mega Bundle with 31 themed kind or unkind sorts. 

Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. 

What’s included in the Kind or Unkind Sort Mega Bundle:

31 Kind or Unkind Sort Social Emotional Learning Centers Games Themes to Use Year Round:

  1. Apple sort
  2. Bee sort
  3. Bunny Peeps sort
  4. Candy Sort
  5. Christmas sort
  6. Cookie sort
  7. Dog sort
  8. Flowers sort
  9. Gingerbread cookie sort
  10. Gumball sort
  11. Hanukkah sort
  12. Hearts sort
  13. Hot cocoa sort
  14. Ice Cream sort
  15. Kites sort
  16. Leaves sort
  17. Lemonade sort
  18. Mittens sort
  19. Pirate Treasure sort
  20. Popcorn sort
  21. Popsicles sort
  22. Pumpkin sort
  23. Rain sort
  24. Shamrock sort
  25. Shark sort
  26. Snowmen sort
  27. Sports sort
  28. Sun sort
  29. Turkey sort
  30. Water splashes sort
  31. Watermelon sort

Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not.

Each kind or unkind sort comes with: 

  1. 24 kind and unkind sorting cards in color
  2. 24 kind and unkind sorting cards in black and white
  3. Kind or Unkind mats in color
  4. Kind or Unkind mats in black and white
  5. Worksheet to show mastery
  6. Two writing prompts

Use this gingerbread man kind or unkind sort game to help determine what is kindness and what isn't.

These are perfect to use year-round through the seasons and holidays to connect social emotional learning to high interest themes students already love:

September: apples

October: pumpkins

November: turkeys and leaves 

December: Christmas trees and dreidels and gingerbread cookies

January: mittens and snowmen and hot cocoa

February: hearts

March: shamrocks and kites

April: bunny peeps and rain

May: flowers and bees

June: suns and watermelon 

July: popsicles and sharks and lemonade

August: water splashes and ice cream

Year-round/anytime: dogs, sports, popcorn, pirate treasure, gum, candy, cookies

Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. 

How to use the Kind or Unkind Sort Social Emotional Learning Centers Games: 

1. Purchase the Kind or Unkind Sort Mega Bunde and choose which sort you want to start with, depending on what season you’re in. 

2.Print and laminate the action cards and the Kind or Not Kind Mats. If you print them in black and white, you can color in the cards first.

Offer kids skin color crayons so the clipart has diverse kiddos.

Use this pirate treasure kindness sort game to teach social emotional learning in a fun, hands-on way. 

3. Cut apart the cards.

This kindness raindrops kind or unkind sort is a great way to teach character education all through the rainy days of spring.

4. Go over the pictures on the cards to ensure children understand what the picture depicts. You can use these as discussion starters before or after the activity.

This summer themed social emotional learning game to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. It's perfect summer character education 

5. The students will sort the cards by kind actions or unkind actions by placing the cards near the correct mat.

Use the kindness bubble gum activity to teach sel curriculum in a fun, hands-on way. 

They can work in small groups in centers, independently, or as a whole group with a pocket chart. 

6. To follow up on the activity, students can complete the worksheet to show their understanding.

Use the kindness bubble gum activity to teach sel curriculum in a fun, hands-on way. 

7. To connect to writing and language arts studies, draw a picture/write how they will choose to be kind this season. Prewriters can dictate their answers and then draw a picture. 

Ready to get the social emotional learning centers: Kind or Unkind Sort Mega Bundle?

Get the Kind or Unkind Mega Sort here.

Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. 

Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. 


Use this year long Kindness Craft and Write Bundle to tie in reading, writing, holidays and social emotional skills each month

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I’m Nicole and am a recovering elementary school teacher, a mom to three super busy kids, and the founder of The Raising Kind Kids Club where we share strategies and resources with busy parents and educators to intentionally focus on kindness, family connection, and bullying prevention.

We have hundreds of paid and free done-for-you resources to make teaching kindness and social emotional learning to kids easy, fun, and hands-on. Email me at nicole@coffeeandcarpool.com if there’s a resource that you wish you had.

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