Pokemon SEL Worksheet: Butterfree: Letting Go and Lifting Up (SEL Resource #012)

Help your students understand how to release worry and emotional heaviness with this Butterfree-themed social–emotional learning worksheet designed for primary learners. Butterfree’s ability to lift into the air after shedding its cocoon becomes a powerful, child-friendly metaphor for letting go of thoughts or feelings that hold us down. This resource teaches students how to recognise what feels emotionally “heavy” for them and learn simple, practical ways to lighten that load.
The worksheet features a warm, engaging introduction, a creative “Release and Rise” draw-and-reflect activity, an easy-to-practise take-home strategy, and a supportive message that ties directly to Butterfree’s theme of emotional lightness and freedom. This unique activity encourages children to identify worries, visualise letting them go, and recognise how emotional release supports wellbeing and resilience.
Ideal For:
Primary teachers, school counsellors, psychologists, wellbeing coordinators, behaviour support teams, and home educators seeking high-engagement SEL resources that build self-awareness and emotional resilience.
Educational Benefits:
Supports emotional regulation, worry management, self-awareness, mindfulness, resilience, and reflective thinking. Helps students practise letting go of unhelpful thoughts and develop healthier coping habits.
Great For:
Wellbeing lessons, morning check-ins, calm corner activities, small-group interventions, behaviour support plans, or individual counselling and therapeutic work.
Empower your students to feel lighter, calmer, and more in control with this Butterfree SEL worksheet — a creative and uplifting resource that teaches the art of letting go and rising above emotional challenges.