Coping Skills for Kids: Feeling Jealous
This session teaches coping skills for kids, helping students recognize jealousy and Change the Channel before they respond to a friend. Through a short video, a discussion about how a student might handle wanting what a classmate has, and a movement game where they show whether a statement is true or false and explain their choice, they practice naming the feeling and choosing a helpful next step. The takeaway: it is okay to feel jealous, and there are kind ways to respond.
Extension activity
- Skill
- Emotional Recognition
- Goal
- Changing the Channel on Feelings
- Grade level
- Elementary School
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Video modeling lessonFeeling Jealous
When Serena makes the soccer team, Alessandra gets upset and tells Serena she is better at soccer than her. Alessandra is jealous of Serena because she wants to be on the team. Alessandra needs to learn that it’s okay to feel jealous, but we shouldn’t get angry at friends because we want what they have.
- Extension activity
Interactive Worksheet: Feeling Jealous Scenarios
Jealousy is when we feel upset because we want something that someone else has. It is hard when we feel this way, but we should not make others feel bad.
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Warm-up
- Video: Hot Cocoa Breathing2:05
- Video: Daily Intention2:59
- Video: Body Squeeze2:12
Session Opener
Guiding Question: What does it mean to feel jealous?
Practice
- Discussion Question
- Role-Play Activity
- Mini Game
How to use it with your students
- 1Watch Play the video modeling lesson so students see the skill in action.
- 2Practice Try the skill together with a discussion prompt, role-play, or mini game.
- 3Extend Use the extension activity to help students carry the skill further.
What's Covered
In this lesson, students learned that jealousy is an okay feeling and that we can notice it and switch to kinder words and actions instead of getting upset with a friend. They practiced recognizing the feeling and choosing a friendly response, like congratulating someone who got something they wanted.
Key Terms
- Jealous
- Jealousy is a feeling that shows up when someone else has something you want. You can notice the feeling and still choose kind actions.
- Respect
- Respect means treating others as important and worthy of kindness. It includes recognizing that people may have different abilities or ways of doing things, and valuing those differences.
Sample IEP Goal This Session Supports
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Changing the Channel on Feelings
When experiencing strong emotions such as jealousy, disappointment, frustration, or embarrassment, learner will use a self-selected coping strategy (e.g., taking a break, positive self-talk, deep breaths) to manage the feeling and return to the task or interaction in 4 out of 5 opportunities independently/given X prompt(s).
Send this tip home to support generalization
At home or in the classroom, when a student seems jealous of what someone else has, you can try naming the feeling out loud, like "It makes sense to wish you had that too." Naming it gives them a moment to choose how they respond.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this intervention free?
Yes, this ready-to-teach session on Feeling Jealous is free. You can access this intervention free for 14 days through the Everyday Speech Session Library. Every user gets three free sessions, but you can get more or extend your access by sharing the Session Library with friends and colleagues.
What ages is this for?
These materials are designed for elementary school students.
What's included?
You'll get access to your choice of warm-up videos, a session opener, a core material on Feeling Jealous, three practice prompts, and an extension activity, Interactive Worksheet: Feeling Jealous Scenarios.
What skill does this intervention teach?
This ready-to-teach session is on emotional recognition - more specifically, changing the channel on feelings.
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