Colors
What Zone do these feelings belong to? - Sad, bored, tired, and sick.
The Blue Zone
What zone are we in when we are ready to go?
The Green Zone
Smiling is a body cue for what zone?
Green Zone
True or False:
You can be in more than one zone at a time.
True
What Zone do these feelings belong to? - Overyjoyed/elated, panicked, angry, terrified.
The Red Zone
Name your favorite calming strategy
Examples:
Deep Breaths, going for a walk, listening to music, squeezing your hands, pushing the wall, 5 Finger Breathing, head down on desk, etc.
Furrowed brows and clenched fists are body cues for what zone?
Red Zone
What zone are we in when we are ready to do our school work?
The Green Zone
What zone do these feelings belong to? - Worried, frustrated, silly, excited.
The Yellow Zone
What is an example of a calming technique?
Deep breathing, Listening to music, Coloring.
What are 2 body cues for the yellow zone?
Wiggly body, looking around, tapping pencil, blurting out...
Do ALL strategies that can help get us back in the Green zone work for everybody?
No, eveyone is different. They need to find what works for them.
What zone do these feelings belong to? - Happy, focused, calm, proud.
The Green Zone
Deep breathing can be done to help us be calm in what zones?
BONUS: Demonstrate 5 Finger Breathing exercise
All of them!
Crying is a body cue for what zone(s)?
Blue or Red Zone
What is a low energy and low pleasantness feeling?
Exhausted, Bored, Sick...
Name all four colors of the Zones of Regulation with an emotion for each
Blue, Green, Red and Yellow
What Zone are you in right now?
What strategies could help you?
Answers vary
Elated is a feeling in what zone?
Red Zone - high energy and high pleasantness
Why do we use the Zones of Regulation
To better understand how we are feeling and what strategies we may use to manage ourselves.