Blue Zone
What is a blue zone feeling?
Happy, good, ready to learn and listen.
True or false: Yellow Zone is when you are out of control.
False. Red zone is the out of control zone.
What are some ways you can get out of red zone?
Take 3 deep breaths, take a break from the people or the place that made you red zone.
What are the three size of problems?
Small, medium, large.
What kind of energy do you have in blue zone?
Low energy, moving slowly.
Which of these is not a green zone feeling?
Happy, Excited, Calm, Proud.
Excited
Name 3 different yellow zone feelings.
Frustrated, excited, nervous, worried, silly, scared, jealous, confused, embarrassed
Is red zone a bad zone?
There are no "bad zones." Zones tell us how we are feeling on the inside, and all feelings are felt by all of us every day. We are responsible for how we act on the outside.
What size of the problem is this:
There is a fire!!!!
Large! Call 911!
What is a body clue you might be feeling blue zone?
Moving slowly, body feeling tired, crying, eyes wanting to close, slow breathing.
What is a body clue that you are in the green zone?
Looking, listening, and following directions is easy for your body. Smiling, body is calm, breathing is steady.
What is a body clue you might be in yellow zone?
Body is wiggling or moving quickly around the room, thumb sucking, talking faster or louder, heart feels faster, breathing faster.
What is a body clue you might be in the red zone?
Yelling/screaming, hitting, throwing, feeling hot, tight body/muscles, difficulty talking or thinking.
Does this reaction match the size of the problem:
Problem: Your parents won't let you play what you want to play.
Reaction: Yelling and throwing
Problem size: small
Reaction: big
Do they match? No.
If we are feeling blue zone and the game we are about to play needs you to go fast to make a high score, what can you do?
You can choose not to play if you need a break to yourself to rest. This is okay!
If you still want to play, the game needs a yellow zone body to play (high energy) but you are feeling low energy. The game is harder to win if we are feeling blue zone. We can help our body and make the game easier by using a blue zone tool to give our body some more energy.
Should we ONLY feel green zone in the classroom?
No.
It is okay to feel other zones in class. Work might be hard and we get frustrated (yellow zone). A friend might say something that makes us sad (blue zone). We need to understand that those are inside feelings, and we can use our tools to help our body and brain feel like it can stay in class and do the things we are expected to do.
What are my yellow zone triggers?
-When I don't get what I want
-Homework
-Sweets/brownies
How do you feel when you're about to punch?
Before the punch is yellow zone, red zone if you do punch.
You lost your iPad for 3 hours. How do you feel, and what is something we can do to feel a little better?
Sad.
Distract ourselves with other things to do.
Bouncing on your bed is a great tool for helping your body.
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Look back at the question box. And then read it backwards.
You are told that big plans that you were excited about need to change.
1. Think of a time that this happened to you. What was it?
2. What zone did you feel when this happened?
3. What size of the problem was it? What size reaction should match it?
4. How should we solve that problem?
This answer is different for everyone!