About Our Brain
What part of the brain controls our emotions?
The amygdala!
This is the zone we are in when we are feeling good, happy, calm, and ready to learn!
The green zone.
Coping skills can be healthy or unhealthy
True!
Sometime we want to cope in unhealthy ways, but it is always better to find healthy ways to cope with our emotions.
Taking deep breaths!
In through your nose, out through your mouth.
When do we use coping skills?
When we need to get back into the green zone because our amygdala is in control.
How do we show our amygdala on our hand brain model?
Open hand, it's your thumb!
This is the zone we are in when we're feeling furious, when we want to hit someone, and don't feel in control of our bodies
The red zone!
Your body cannot tell you when you may be feeling anxious.
False!
When we're anxious, our heart might beat faster, our hands might feel cold or sweaty, our face might be red or hot, or you can have butterflies in your stomach. There are many ways our body can tell us we may be feeling anxious.
Being in the green zone!
Give me an example of an UNHEALTHY coping skill!
Hitting someone, yelling, or flipping a table.
How do we show that we're in the green zone with our hand brain model?
Make a fist!
This is the zone we are in when we are sad, tired, bored, or too sick to want to learn.
The blue zone.
True or False?
True!
It's important to find the skills that work for you.
Being in the blue zone!
Name one adult at your school that you can talk to help manage your emotions
Your teacher, Ms. MacDonald, Mr. Cole, and many more!
What do we call the top part of our brain that includes our cerebrum and pre frontal cortex?
The upstairs brain / The upper brain!
This is the zone we are in when we are feeling silly, excited, worried, or angry.
The yellow zone.
When we are resilient, we want to give up when we fail.
False!
When we have resilience, we are able to recover from failures and bounce back.
Signaling to our teachers that we're out of the green zone!
Show your amygdala hand symbol or just raise your hand and ask them.
"What if" thoughts
What part of our brain do we use to choose a coping skill when our amygdala takes control?
The Pre Frontal Cortex
This is the zone that you should never be in because it's wrong.
None of them!
We can't control how we feel, but we control how we manage our emotions. There's nothing wrong with being out of the green zone, as long as we use our coping skills to get us back to green
It is unhealthy to be in the red zone.
True or False?
False!
It isn't unhealthy to have strong feelings, but we can deal with them in unhealthy or healthy ways.
Playing thought detective!
The coping skill where you breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, breathe out for 4 seconds, and hold for 4 seconds
Square Breathing / Box Breathing Method