The Senses
Zones of Regulation
Act it Out
Sensory Tools
Fiji Staff
100
The name of the sense that involves your eyes.
What is the visual or vision sense?
100
The zone you are in if you feel sick, sad, bored, or tired
What is the Blue Zone
100
This is the proper way to hold your pencil (demonstrate!)
What is tripod, or three fingers grasp.
100
Name one sensory tool that is calming.
What is scratch art, deep breathing, lotion, therapy brush, legos, dolphin playground...many other answers might be acceptable!
100
This teacher's favorite foods are sushi, lobster, and girl scout cookies. (Hint: her favorite color is bright pink)
Who is Mari?
200
Name a focus tool you can use for your mouth.
What is gum, a straw, a chewy tube (other answers may be acceptable)
200
The zone students are expected to be in during class
What is the green zone?
200
This is the expected way to ask someone to move away from you (demonstrate!)
What is "Please give me some personal space."
200
The name for a tool you move in your hand under your desk to maintain focus in the classroom
What is a fidget?
200
This teacher has two middle names. (Hint: her favorite movie is "Finding Nemo")
Who is Marissa?
300
Name one "inside the brain" distracter
What is replaying a movie in your head, getting stuck on thoughts, feeling anxious about something coming up later? (other answers may be acceptable)
300
If you are feeling anxious, you are in this zone.
What is the Yellow Zone?
300
This is the appropriate way to use a fidget (demonstrate!)
What is one at a time, in your lap, eyes forward, non-distracting
300
This calming tool is a coloring page that has lots of little spaces for you to color in circular patterns.
What is a mandala?
300
This teacher has batted at Fenway, and she hit the ball past 2nd base! (Hint: She's also flown a plane)
Who is Sam?
400
This is the name for the muscle sense.
What is proprioception?
400
If you are in the red zone during quiet reading, your classmates might have these kinds of thoughts about you.
What are "weird thoughts" or "uncomfortable thoughts"?
400
This is how to do the lazy 8 breathing sequence (demonstrate!)
Make a large sideways 8 in the air with your finger while breathing slowly in and out.
400
Name one of the breathing tools we learned that helps calm your body down
What is "Lazy 8 Breathing", "Six Sides of Breathing", or "Calming Sequence Visual"
400
This teacher has a sensory sensitivity to styrafoam, bagpipes, and smelly candies. (Bonus hint: June 20th is a very special date for this teacher)
Who is Mandy?
500
This is the scientific name for the movement sense.
What is the vestibular system?
500
The name for events that push you into the Yellow and Red Zones. (Hint: you need to YIELD when you encounter one of these)
What are triggers?
500
This is how you do a wall push up (Demonstrate!)
Put both hands on the wall with arms extended, bend your elbows and lean forward, and then push out. Repeat!
500
This type of touch is usually calming. (Hint: giving yourself a squeeze is one example)
What is deep pressure touch?
500
What classroom has the best teachers in the world?
What is Fiji? (DUH!)
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