Zones of Emotions BUMPER: Self-Regulation, Self-Awareness, Check-In Tools

Looking for a simple, fun & engaging way to improve children’s self-regulation of emotions and build their self-awareness as part of your daily routine? Our Zones of Emotions pack is perfect to empower children to connect to self and connect to others. Use it as a positive classroom management resource or for parents to monitor feelings and emotions at home. Children will gain self-care tools to know when to rest, slow down or stop and ask for support in readiness to learn or participate.

♥ BENEFITS ♥

Children quickly and effectively learn:

♥  to identify how their bodies and minds relate to their emotions and energy levels,

♥  to monitor and track their emotional and energy changes throughout the day/across various subjects

♥  why self-awareness is important to take informed actions to get back to their ‘happy place’ (the green zone) more rapidly,

♥  to manage their stress levels more effectively,

♥  to rate the ‘size of their problems’, emotions or energy levels on the ‘Power Scale’ from 1-10 similar to battery charge (which helps students with low

emotional intelligence),

♥  to build a self-care toolkit of unique strategies for each of the zones

Teachers, school counsellors and carers can:

♥  monitor children’s feelings, stress levels, energy levels at a quick glance

♥  accommodate classroom management strategies to cater to children’s individual needs

♥  integrate the knowledge and activities for daily opportunities to teach self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social management (in alignment with CASEL social-emotional wellbeing framework)

♥ build a positive, supportive community

♥ STUDENTS LOVE IT!♥

"Students are keen to share their zones of regulation throughout the day in an inclusive and supportive classroom or home environment, knowing that they are being heard, building a sense of belonging and trust and growing a sense of self as they monitor their changes throughout the day. Over time they build a sense of pride as they learn to take more responsibility for regulating their actions according to their own needs and how to support others when they need to self-regulate."

♥ WHAT’S INCLUDED:♥

Zones of Regulation Information

♥ A3 Zones of Emotions poster with overview of each zone

♥ Blue Zone, Green Zone, Yellow Zone & Red Zone information posters

♥ Blue Zone, Green Zone, Yellow Zone & Red Zone information posters in symbolic shapes

♥ 4 in 1 Zones Cards

♥ PowerPoint presentation – explaining each of the four zones (Blue, Green, Yellow & Red Zones)

Monitoring Tools for Self-Regulation

♥ large bright, horizontal Power Scale class monitoring chart (to suit younger Primary School aged students)

♥ large boho-coloured, horizontal Power Scale class monitoring chart (to suit older Primary School aged students)

♥ large bright, vertical Power Scale class monitoring chart (to suit younger Primary School aged students)

♥ large boho-coloured, vertical Power Scale class monitoring chart (to suit older Primary School aged students)

♥ A4 Power Scale worksheet with information (in both colour options).

♥ 2:1 Power Scales handout without information for desks or use in journals (in both colour options).

Self-care Strategies Worksheet

♥ Zones of Emotions "Your POWER Toolkit" worksheet

♥ Zones of Emotions Self-care Power Tools overview (in both colour options)

BONUSES:

♥ 32 colour-coded Emotion Cards with illustrations (+ 4 blanks for each zone)

♥ 9 Quick Self-Care Tools + blanks for inspiration

♥ 2 x Check-In Charts (1x landscape & 1x portrait orientation) - use Emotion & Quick Self-Care cards to complete

♥ Zones of Emotions Feelings Wheel - emotions related to basic needs (being met or not met) *Basic Needs resources coming soon

IDEAS FOR USE:

• ➔ Calm Corner: Check-in to the calm corner on their way into the classroom/home prior to morning meetings or circles. Use pegs with their names on them or attach to a magnetic whiteboard and use magnetic name tags to indicate where they are on the scale.
• ➔ Reduced-size printing: Some resources are created for high-resolution printing in A3, but they may be printed at 3 to 1 page or smaller for more intimate 1:1 check-ins.
• ➔ Zone Flip Cards: Laminate your choice of Zones information posters or cards, add a ring to the corner and make zone cards for the children to flip through to indicate their current zone for teacher or carers to see at a glance.
• ➔ Check-In Folder: Create individual check-in folders with resources glued into a manilla folder with either the desk version with (or without) explanations or a reduced horizontal or vertical Power Scale alongside the Self-care Power Tools. Allow the children to personalise their cover with different emotions or emojis. Check-In with these at various times throughout the day. Add strategies to their Power Tool kit as they find new strategies that work.
• ➔ Check-In Journal: Glue a reduced sized vertical 2:1 page Power Scale into the inside cover of an A5 exercise book, the Self-care Power Tools in the back cover and information sheet/s in the front pages. Trim the journal pages so that the scale can be seen on side of each page. Get students to record their self-reflections daily (in words or illustrations):
  • 1. number of the scale & energy levels, 2. emotions, 3. sensations in their body (body signs), 4. situation which may have contributed to their emotions, 5. thoughts, and 6. self-care strategies they will try to get back to their happy place (green zone)
• ➔ Modelling: Provide opportunity for children to observe how their teacher or parent is feeling to connect more deeply with them. Teacher or carer can share openly their current levels, how they feel in their body and strategies they use to get back to their happy place.
• ➔ Extension: Play charades with a range of emotions to demonstrate how they look in their body, then categorise them into the 4x Zones of Emotions. Create a list of these to be displayed in the home/room or in their books.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS IF:

♥ you feel disconnected from students or children in your care & want to connect and understand them more deeply

♥ you want to teach children why self-awareness is important for our overall wellbeing

♥ you want to develop self-regulation in your students/children through daily reflection

♥ you want to create a shared language in the classroom/home to express emotions and energy levels

♥ you want to establish a trauma-informed classroom or home environment

WHAT OTHERS SAY:

“Students love the opportunity to share where they are on the scale as they enter the classroom, especially those still needing support to co-regulate their emotions. They use the power scale to alert me that they are not ready to learn or participate and so we modify the learning environment or give them a choice from their self-care power tools to allow them the time needed to re-join the class. It’s been great to observe the whole class start to use a common language to share how they are feeling too.”

PRINTING NOTE: To optimise printing quality to high resolution, some files are created in A3 size. Please be mindful of this when printing to ‘print to scale’ or ‘to fit page’ depending on your printer settings. Prints can be printed as is or enlarged/reduced to suit your purpose.

CREDIT to Leah Kuyers, the original creator of the ‘Zones of Regulation’. These resources are independent of this program and were designed to complement the use of this.

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