Zones of regulation
The color of the zone that Ms. Erica, Ms. Kelly, your teachers, and your loved ones want you to be in the most.
Ready to learn. Doing your best. Able to focus. Able to use your coping skills.
Hint: Kermit the frog is this color. Think of the traffic light. This one means we're good to keep driving.
What is the green zone?
This coping skill involves:
paper
a pen or pencil
putting the feelings all down on the paper
What is writing or journaling?
Bonus: Do you write your feelings down on paper?
Glad
Joyful
Great mood
What is happy?
Johnny didn't finish his homework.
His mother tells him that he can't play outside until it is done.
Johnny slams his bedroom door and screams at mom.
Was Johnny's choice a good one?
No, Johnny's feelings of being upset or angry at the consequence is okay but the way he handled his feelings in this moment is not.
Bonus: What is a better choice that Johnny could make if he's upset?
Using your face and/or through movement, show me how someone who is sad might look or act.
Show me!
Bonus: Tell me one thing that the person who is sad might do to feel better.
The color of the zone that means you're starting to lose control.
You might be really silly in this zone. Not able to follow teachers directions. You might be really worried or really annoyed.
Hint: Think of the traffic lights. You might need to slow down a little.
What is the yellow zone?
This coping skill involves:
Music
Moving your body
Doing your best fort nite moves
What is dancing?
Bonus: Show me your best move!
Frustrated
Upset
Out of control
What is angry or mad?
Johnny is having a tough day. He woke up sad and is having a hard time focusing in class. Johnny tells his teacher how he is feeling and she listens to him.
Was Johnny's choice a good one?
Yes, telling a supportive adult how you feel is a great choice.
Bonus: Who is a supportive adult in your life that you can tell how you feel?
Using your face or through movement, show me what someone who is mad or angry might look or act like.
Show me!
Bonus: What might be something the person who is angry could do to feel better?
The color of the zone that is the most dangerous. We might be mad in this zone. We might yell at other people in this zone. We might have unsafe hands or unsafe feet in this zone. We need to come to a full stop.
What is the red zone?
This coping skills involves:
Paint
Crayons
Colored pencils
Paper
What is drawing or coloring?
Nervous
Butterflies in your tummy
Unsure of what is going to happen
What is anxious or worry?
Johnny's teacher asks Johnny is read out loud during class time. Johnny is nervous because he wasn't ready to be called on but instead he gets mad and calls her a poopy head for calling on him. The other kids start to laugh. Johnny throws his books at the wall.
Was Johnny's choice a good one?
what is no. Johnny calling his teacher names was not kind or respectful. Johnny throwing his books could have hurt someone.
What are 2 different choices that Johnny could have made?
Using your face or through movement, show me how someone who is anxious, nervous, or worried might look or act like.
Show me!
Bonus: Tell me one thing that a person who is anxious, nervous, or worried could do to feel better.
True or False: You can only be in one zone the whole day.
What is false?
We can move from zone to zone depending on what is happening to us and around us. The goal is always to do what we need to do to get back to green as soon as we can.
This coping skill involves:
Putting on sneakers
Putting on a coat and a mask
Going at your own pace around the neighborhood or block
What is walking or running?
Feeling down
Not wanting to do the things I usually like doing
Crying sometimes or all the time
What is sad?
Johnny and his friend are roasting each other. Johnny's friend says something really hurtful and it upsets Johnny. Johnny tells his friend that what he said was hurtful and Johnny's friend says that "it was just a joke and that Johnny should get over it because we were both joking." Johnny tells his friend that the joking started out fun but that the last joke made him feel uncomfortable. Johnny's friend apologizes.
Was Johnny's choice a good one?
Yes, sometimes teasing can get too intense even if it starts out being just jokes. Johnny's friend didn't intend to hurt Johnny but the impact on Johnny was hurtful.
Using your face or through movement, show me what someone is who is scared might look or act like.
Show me!
Bonus: Tell me one thing that a person who is scared or afraid might do to feel better.
True or false: It's important for me to know what zone I am in so that I know what I am feeling and also what skills to use to stay or get back into a more appropriate zone.
What is true?
This coping skill involves:
Telling an adult who cares about you how you are feeling
What is talking it out or processing?
Looking forward to something
The feeling when a new game comes out
The feeling when you get an unexpected surprise
What is excitement or excited?
Tell me about 3 good choices you've made this week.
Tell me about 1 not so great choice you've made this week.
Tell me!
What's a goal for next week?
Using your face or through movement, show me what someone who is happy might look or act like.
SHOW ME!
Bonus: What's one thing you can do today to make yourself happy?