Blue Zone
What is the Blue Zone?
This is the zone where you are calm and ready to learn
What is the Green Zone?
This zone includes feelings like nervous, excited, or wiggly.
What is the Yellow Zone?
This zone includes anger, yelling, or losing control.
What is the Red Zone?
Name one calming strategy.
breathing, counting to 10, squeeze ball
Name one body signal you might feel in the Blue Zone
Slow movement, low energy, sleepy
Name one feeling in the Green Zone.
Happy, calm, focused
Name one body signal in the Yellow Zone.
Fast heart, fidgeting
Name one behavior in the Red Zone.
Hitting, screaming
This tool involves slowly breathing in and out.
What is deep breathing?
What is one strategy to move out of the Blue Zone
exercise, talk to someone, drink water
What is one behavior you might see in the Green Zone?
listening, following directions
Give one strategy to stay in control in the Yellow Zone.
deep breathing, take a break
What is one strategy to calm down from the Red Zone?
Deep breathing, safe space
Who is a trusted adult you can go to?
parent/guardian, principal, counselor, teacher, office staff, noon aid
True or False: The Blue Zone is always bad
False
Why is the Green Zone important at school?
True or False: The Yellow Zone always leads to the Red Zone.
False
Why is it important to get help in the Red Zone?
safety, self control
What is a “break space”?
Give an Example of when it's ok to be in the Blue Zone
bedtime, resting, feeling sick
Can you be excited and still in the Green Zone? Explain
Yes, if in control
Give an example of a situation that might put you in the Yellow Zone.
Before a test or game, exciting event
What should you NOT do in the Red Zone?
hurt others, hurt yourself, break things
Why is it important to know your zone?
Helps self control and decision making