Friendship problem solving worksheets: conflict resolution and social skills pages to calm down, use I-messages, compromise and repair, for Years 1-3 and Grades K-2.

A 20-page booklet that walks children through a friendship problem step by step: notice the feeling, calm the body, listen, find a fair solution and ask for help when needed.

What is included

• Colour-your-own cover: Friendship Problem Solving, Let’s Work It Out!
• What Is a Friendship Problem?, How Do I Feel? and Notice Your Body
• Pause and Breathe and My Calm Choices
• What Happened? (telling the problem without name-calling)
• Use an I-Message (I feel… when… I would like…)
• Listen to Understand and Two Sides of the Story
• Think of Three Solutions and Is It Safe and Fair?
• Take Turns (turn-taking plan) and Find a Compromise
• When You Feel Left Out and Set a Kind Boundary
• Make Things Right (a real apology and repair)
• When to Get Help (trusted adults)
• My Friendship Problem-Solving Plan (5 steps)
• I Can Work It Out! skills checklist

Ways to use

• PSHE and SEL lessons on friendship and relationships
• Small group social skills or nurture groups
• Restorative conversation after a playground disagreement
• Pastoral, counselling or ELSA sessions

Black and white pages that children can colour. PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.