This week we have looked at the various zones of regulation and discussed the feelings we feel when we are in a certain area. We talked about different ways of regulating our emotions to get us back into the green area.
In our classroom we have a Zones if Regulation area where the children can put themselves on a zone and we can talk about how we can help them get back to the green zone.
Teaching self regulation is sooo important as it teaches our children how to monitor their feelings and behaviour and how to respond in an appropriate way as well as teaching them how to look after their mental health.
We then used some emotion pebbles to discuss various feelings and talk about what we can do if we are no longer in the green zone and no longer feeling happy/calm etc. We know how super important it is to look after our brains and bodies. We talked about taking deep breaths, counting to 20, moving our bodies, speaking to someone we trust, doing something you enjoy, hugging someone you love, squeezing a fidget toy or a teddy, having a chill out etc.
