Help your students learn to work together, speak kindly, and stand up for others with this engaging, story-based escape room designed for upper elementary! This activity blends teamwork, character education, and social-emotional learning into a fun, meaningful challenge that reinforces real-world skills. Students solve clues, complete puzzles, and collaborate to “unlock” each step as they learn about empathy, perspective-taking, and how to be an ally at school.
This resource includes mini-lessons on kindness, respectful language, and supporting peers, plus a sorting activity that helps students identify phrases that build others up vs. break others down. The challenges encourage thoughtful reflection, cooperative problem-solving, and positive communication, perfect for groups who struggle with teamwork, friendships, or classroom community.
Use it in a classroom, a small counseling group, an SEL rotation, substitute plans, or an enrichment block. No prep required.
Perfect For:
• School counselors
• General education classrooms
• Social-emotional learning time
• Anti-bullying lessons & assemblies
• Team-building at the start of the year
Skills Students Build:
• Empathy & perspective-taking
• Using words to encourage others
• Problem-solving in groups
• Being an ally and including peers
Escape room-style games also encourage kids to:
· Think critically and solve problems
· Communicate and collaborate
· Build confidence and self-esteem
· Build teamwork skills
What’s Included:
This activity is completely digital using a host site. In the downloadable PDF, there will be a link for you to follow, and you will be able to utilize the escape game. You will need to create a teacher account through Boom Learning to be able to utilize the resource.
Terms:
Copyright © Guided by Giggles, Jolene Rogers. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this activity are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this activity without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use only.
