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Zones of Regulation Activities

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  • by Colleen Beck OTR/L
  • November 15, 2023

This blog post on Zones of Regulation, self-regulation strategies, and activities to support the Zones of Regulation curriculum was originally written July 20, 2020. It was most recently updated on November 15, 2023.

The Zones of Regulation® program is a self-regulation tool to help kids identify, address, and use strategies to achieve self-control and emotional regulation in a non-judgmental and safe way. Using interactive Zones of Regulation activities in the actual program can be helpful for kids who struggle with self-regulation. Here, we’re covering information on this program as well as activities to support self regulation.

Today, we are covering more information on this regulation tool as an option to add to your toolbox of strategies. In this blog post, we are not sharing activities as a replacement for the actual Zones of Regulation® program , but rather, a resource to direct individuals toward the program’s website as a resource for self regulation needs.

Here, you will find self-regulation activities (emotional regulation, internal regulation, and physical regulation strategies) and tips to work on self-regulation of emotions through fun and interactive activities. These can be used in a curriculum designed to support specific needs, or you can incorporate these strategies into a regulation station , or calm down area . Other ideas are using a variety of calm down toys in these spaces.

All of us can use what we learn from the self regulation activities found in the innovative program to monitor, maintain, and change our level of regulation.

These are DIY self-regulation activities that you can make as part of your occupational therapy treatment and can be used over and over again!

All of us can use zones of regulation activities to monitor, maintain, and change our level of regulation. Plus, the DIY Zones activities that we show below are not intended to replace the program’s curriculum, but they can support individual needs based on the child. We offer these ideas not as interventions, but as tools you can make as part of your occupational therapy treatment to supplement the Zones of Regulation® program and can be used over and over again!

This blog post is an independent resource and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Think Social Publishing, Inc. or by Leah Kuypers, author of The Zones of Regulation. 

zones of regulation activities

First, let’s cover what self regulation means.

What is self regulation?

Well, let’s break it down. 

“Self” means you or me.  “Regulation” means the process of being in control or to have management. So, add these two terms together and you get “self-regulation” .

Self-regulation means you or me being in control and having management of ourselves.

Self-regulation is a skill that many children have a difficult time learning and achieving without help. In a given day, a child (and an adult) encounters multiple situations and circumstances that require an awareness of self and others as well as the ability to have or gain self-control.

Self-regulation is the ability to attain, maintain, and change one’s arousal level, emotions, and behaviors. This ability to self-control relies on impulse control, working memory, and generally speaking, the ability to keep oneself “in check”. For example, using a regular emotions check in activity or a feelings check in activities can help with this ability.

The ability to experience feelings and desires and make decisions based on those concepts requires motivation, willpower, higher level thinking.

Generally speaking, a child should achieve an optimal level of self-awareness and mindfulness to identify their inner feelings and emotions and be ready to regulate themselves when the time comes. They need to learn strategies and techniques that work for them to assist them in leaving a less optimal level in order to get back to a “ready-to-go” level of regulation.

Here are more mindfulness activities that kids can use in addition to their “Regulation Toolbox”.

Using interactive zones of regulation activities can be helpful for kids who struggle with self-regulation.

Zones of Regulation activities

Activities to support emotional regulation and coping skills can come in many forms. In this resource, you will find specific activities to add to a zones of regulation toolbox, so that monitoring and maintaining a functional level of regulation is possible in any situation.

There are zones of regulation posters, worksheets, self-regulation checks, zones of regulation games, and even cootie catchers. All of these regulation tools are strategies to help kids become more aware of their self in order to function.

Let’s break it down further…

Zones of regulation activities are tools for helping kids regulate emotions and behaviors through coping tools and sensory activities.

What is self-regulation?

Well, let’s break it down.  “Self” means you or me.  “Regulation” means the process of being in control or to have management.

So, add these two terms together and you get “self-regulation”. Self-regulation means you or me being in control and having management of ourselves.

These Zones of Regulation activities are fun ways to teach self-regulation and coping strategies along with the zones of regulation program.

What is regulation?

Self-regulation is the ability to attain, maintain, and change one’s arousal level, emotions, and behaviors.

This ability to self-control relies on impulse control, working memory, and generally speaking, the ability to keep oneself “in check”. The ability to experience feelings and desires and make decisions based on those concepts requires motivation, willpower, higher level thinking.

In order to complete tasks like learning, playing, interacting with peers, completing daily self care, etc. a child should achieve an optimal level of self-awareness and mindfulness to identify their inner feelings and emotions and be ready to regulate themselves when the time comes. They need to learn strategies and techniques that work for them to assist them in leaving a less optimal level in order to get back to a “ready-to-go” level of regulation.

Emotional Regulation Therapy

Generally speaking, there are many activities to support emotional regulation. These coping skills can come in many forms. In this resource, you will find specific activities to add to a self-regulation toolbox, so that monitoring and maintaining a functional level of regulation is possible in any situation.

There are emotional regulation posters, worksheets, self-regulation checks, regulation games, and even cootie catchers.

Other emotional regulation therapy strategies can include using the traffic light emotional regulation concept where the red light, yellow light, and green light of a traffic light are considered for emotions and behavioral responses.

All of these regulation tools are strategies to help kids become more aware of their self in order to function. Let’s break it down further and look at how and why this program works, but also where to go next when it comes to regulation strategies.

thoughts emotions behaviors = self regulation

It requires the ability to self-monitor our thoughts, actions, feelings, internal body processes ( interoception ), and then make choices. These decisions can sometimes occur in a moment. For some, this instantaneous decision-making can lead to poor regulation.

Self-regulation can refer to emotional regulation or behavioral regulation . Self-reflection of feelings, emotions, and our response to situations is the ability to use emotional regulation.

Emotional regulation can look like a bad decision based on inner thoughts, or being in a grumpy mood and as a result being mean to a friend. Emotional regulation has to do with inner decisions related to emotions and moods. We cover more on the specifics of mood and affect and how this is impacted by regulation needs.

Behavioral regulation refers to decisions related to actions and what we say, do, or think in response to inner thoughts and desires.

I think we can all say that one time or another we had something that we were expected to do but we really did NOT want to do.

Examples of behavioral regulation include:

  • Maybe that was mow the lawn when we really wanted to watch a movie inside.
  • Maybe we wanted to sleep in when we actually had to get up for an early meeting.
  • Knowing that those tasks needed to be done and making the decision to do them rather than giving into impulses is a form of self-regulation.

In another great resource, we covered the connection between executive functioning skills and emotional regulation .

Self-Control and Self-Regulation

A self-regulation program like the ones listed above are a helpful strategy for supporting self-control skills and self-regulation that impact behavioral responses. These strategies can be helpful for our children (and us adults!) to use during everyday tasks in our daily lives, whether that be schools, work, community, and homes. 

Coregulation is part of this, too!

These self regulation tactics help kiddos to identify, address and use strategies to achieve good self-control and emotional regulation in a non-judgmental and safe way. Using the zones helps to take the focus off of the child as being “good” or “bad” and places the focus on obtaining control to get back to the “green zone.”

A self-regulation blueprint can be created that includes helpful strategies and self regulation activities that can be used when needed to support children.

These strategies actually teaches the child and their parents or teachers how to recognize the relationship between emotions, feelings, and their internal “state of being” with the behaviors and actions that we see.

This self awareness relationship impacts attention, learning, and emotions.

Self Awareness and Self Regulation

When students understand the connection between their arousal states and their ability to self-regulate, they can identify different zones or levels which they are currently in at any given time.

This is the ability to have self awareness, body awareness , and make choices that impact self regulation .

They can then use regulation tools or strategies to impact their arousal so they can appropriately and efficiently respond to the demands of a given task.

These different levels of regulation help a child recognize, categorize, and communicate their feelings or emotions based on a specific knowledge of how one’s body and mind respond to situations. This is self awareness and self regulation in action!

One of the most important steps to self-regulation is having the self-awareness that something is “off” and we need to do something physically emotionally, or cognitively and that a change must happen. This is where understanding the nervous system is important for the adult in the situation. Understanding what is happening behind the limbic system , the vestibular system , proprioceptive system , and overall sensory processing systems are key.

This makes a self-regulation strategy an effective and fluid tool for a child to understand, learn, and achieve without feeling judged or different.

One tool to support these skills is by using self awareness games . Games can help to support the individual in using self-reflection skills as a tool for beginning the internal processes needed for functional use of self-regulating strategies “in the moment”.

Let’s quickly review the various aspects of self-regulation and different feelings or emotional experiences that occur along a spectrum so you can have a better understanding of the reason behind my fun tool creations.

I designed the regulation tools shown below for individual children to help them better understand and navigate their emotions while identifying strategies that help them shift from a less desirable zone to a more calm and focused space, which is better for participating and learning at school, home, community, church, therapy, or any environmental location where the individual participates.

We have a few blog posts here on the website that explain self-regulation in greater detail.

This article on using the Mightier program for self-regulation shows how to use the application and game to help a child identify their feelings and utilize coping strategies that impact those various emotional regulation changes. The games adjust to challenge the child as they become more proficient in coping strategies.

In this self-regulation craft and activity , we used a lion and a lamb concept to bring the abstract meaning of regulation to a concrete place of learning and exploration, by helping kids to see that self regulation strategies can make a huge difference in paying attention and learning in the classroom or completing tasks that need to be done at home. 

  • In this article, we covered the connection between executive functioning skills and emotional regulation .
  • Here are more mindfulness activities that kids can use in their Zones of Regulation Toolbox.

Zones of regulation activities and self-regulation curricula

Self-regulation CurriculA

There are many different programs that offer self-regulation curriculum. These are regulation programs and interventions that can assist a child (and adult) to learn the skills necessary to achieve emotional regulation fit for every situation, circumstance, and environment.

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Many programs, curriculum or interventions are created by occupational therapy professionals. These include:

  • Zones of Regulation
  • The Alert Program
  • The Sensory Connection
  • And a new program called, The Regulation Rocket.

One of the common self-regulation programs is the Zones of Regulation.

Zones of Regulation Information

The Zones of Regulation ® is a self-regulation program created by occupational therapist, Leah Kuypers, who founded the framework program in 2011.

The program supports children and families in better understanding how self-regulation works through concreate concepts, colors, and strategies.

Zones of Regulation framework created by Leah Kuypers, but rather are sharing this resource as a way for families and therapists to get started with specific activities and a plan to support regulation needs.

What are the zones of regulation

Well, in brief summation, the Zones of Regulation program is a curriculum or framework created by an occupational therapist, Leah Kuypers, which is designed to help a child navigate their sometimes confusing emotions. The curriculum helps a child to achieve self-regulation and emotional control by gaining skills in self-control and problem-solving based on targeted zones that are identified with colors.

The Zones of Regulation program is what most of our children use in their schools and homes.  This program helps kiddos to identify, address and use strategies to achieve good self-control and emotional regulation in a non-judgmental and safe way. Using the zones helps to take the focus off of the child as being “good” or “bad” and places the focus on obtaining control to get back to the “green zone.”

The self-regulation program teachers children and their parents or teachers how to recognize the relationship between emotions, feelings, and their internal “state of being” with the behaviors and actions that we see.

This relationship impacts attention, learning, and emotions. When students understand the connection between their arousal states and their ability to self-regulate, they can identify different zones or levels which they are currently in at any given time.

Zones of regulation explained

In a brief summation, the Zones of Regulation program is a curriculum or framework created by an occupational therapist, Leah Kuypers, which is designed to help a child navigate their sometimes confusing emotions. The curriculum helps a child to achieve self-regulation and emotional control by gaining skills in self-control and problem-solving based on targeted zones that are identified with colors.

These zones help a child recognize, categorize, and communicate their feelings or emotions based on a specific zone. This makes the program an effective and fluid tool for a child to understand, learn, and achieve without feeling judged or different.

Kids can have big emotions that impact their ability to cope in school or at home! These Zones of Regulation strategies can make a big difference in emotional control and using coping skills at school and at home.

Activities to support self regulation for extreme feelings can be calming and regulating activities.

The Red Zone is an extremely heightened state of alertness with intense emotions and is typically viewed as the child being “out-of-control.”

Red Zone feelings might include:

  • Out of control
  • “Hands on” physical reactions
  • Extreme feelings
  • Feel “ready to explode”
  • Devastation

Regulation Activities to support anger, physical reactions, extreme feelings, and “out of control” feelings may include:

  • Heavy work (Try these themed heavy work activity cards )
  • Running, walking
  • Deep breaths (try these themed deep breathing cards )
  • Listening to music
  • Talking to someone
  • Activities listed under the other zones

zones of regulation activities for yellow zone

The Yellow Zone is entering a heightened state of alertness and elevated emotions typically viewed as heading toward the red zone, but the child still has some control.

Examples of Yellow Zone behaviors include:

  • Nervousness
  • Frustration

Regulation Activities to support worried or anxious feelings, frustration, silliness, nerves, or the wiggles may include:

  • Enjoy nature
  • Drink a glass of water
  • Listen to music
  • Write in a journal

zones of regulation activities for green zone

The Green Zone is the optimal level of alertness and is typically viewed as the child being “good to go” and ready for leaning and social interactions.

Examples of the Green Zone behaviors include:

  • Positive responses
  • Ready to go

Regulation Activities to support calm or focused feelings, feelings of contentment, happiness, positivity, and being ready to learn or join friends may include:

  • List out accomplishments
  • Help someone
  • Reach out to a friend

Note that when in the “green” zone according the the Zones of Regulation framework, that it’s not the end goal. This is a level of feelings that all may experience at one time or another, but it’s not necessarily considered “good” vs. “bad” when experiencing other feelings.

Strategies listed above for these feelings can be ways to journal about how one is feeling, talk to another person, expressing gratitude, or reaching out to others.

Zones of regulation activities for

The Blue Zone is a low level of alertness typically viewed as the child running slow.

Examples of Blue Zone responses include:

Regulation Activities to support those who feel sad, tired, bored, or sick may include:

  • Talk to someone
  • Build a puzzle
  • Read a book
  • Color or draw
  • Think about positive mindset strategies

quote about individual needs for self regulation on a background with a sunset in pinks purple and grey

No two kids will benefit from the same self regulation strategies

Just like there are no two children alike, and no two teens or adults alike, there is no exact blueprint to these self-regulation strategies.

Each individual will likely use different sets of mechanisms to support regulation needs.

What works for one individual may not work for another.

It’s also important to remember that emotional, cognitive, or physical regulation signs of sensory dysregulation or functional regulation can be different and change over time. Likewise, the coping skills that support regulation develop over time.

One of the key pieces to the a self regulation tool is the point that there is no one “right” level to be in. It’s OK to have emotions of all levels and behaviors that match…to a point (getting so angry that one breaks things or is destructive to property is not ok. Being so upset and frustrated that one is mean and hurtful to a friend is not ok).

We all have fluctuations of moods and behaviors. The part that is important for us as advocates for children is to offer strategies to help kids understand and identify their feelings and emotions. It’s important for kids to understand how their reactions impact others, particularly when they are not able to manage their emotional or behavioral response.

Remember the concept that there is no “right” level or regulation and there is no “wrong” level. We all have emotions that fluctuate and change and we all have physical responses, behavioral responses to these emotional levels. These responses are not right or wrong either!

Rather, it is appropriate and OK to have strategies to move from non-functional levels to functional levels, and in ways that work for the individual. If you or I are constantly in a depressed, down, or upset mood, that can have an impact on wellbeing. It can make us spiral into a deeper depression or anxiety that impacts social participation, health, functional participation. This is where it’s appropriate to have an “out” or a way to support the regulation needs.

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Fun Zones of Regulation Activities

What is the best part about the fun tools I created?  YOU can create them and use them with most any regulation program based on the programs framework.

Look at the fun tools I created and take the general structure and design to build essential tools to go with whatever program you may be utilizing in therapy, the classroom, or at home.

Use zones of regulation activities to help kids identify and regulate emotions and behaviors.

Activity for Emotions and Coping Strategies

In this zones activity, kids can make the tools they need to work on self-regulation. Have kiddos fold file folders to create a pocket on the bottom.

Trim off the edges. Use hot glue to turn the large pocket into four sections (red, yellow, green, and blue). Color and label the sections based on zones. Have kiddos label craft sticks with either emotions or coping strategies and insert into the correct pockets.

This Regulation Pocket Play for Emotions and Coping Strategies Folders can be used in the home or classroom.

Use this zones of regulation activity to help kids with self-regulation and coping strategies for emotional regulation at home or at school.

Self Regulation in the Classroom

Self regulation in the classroom can impact learning, attention, focus, and student interaction.

Now that you know some zones of regulation activities, you can use them in the classroom or learning environment. Whether that be in the traditional school setting, in homeschooling, or in remote learning settings, the a regulation curriculum or practical self regulation strategies are effective to foster learning.

Go ahead and make these fun and easy Zones of Regulation tools to help your kiddos learn emotional regulation and self-control to help them succeed in their daily lives so they can feel good and remain cool. Kiddos will enjoy the interactive components and you’ll see learning and regulation evolve! They can be used at home or in the school environment.

  • In the learning environment, kids can identify how characters of a book or reading assignment feel.
  • Help students identify emotions in magazines or online.
  • Identify specific tasks that the characters could do to get to a zone that would help them in the situation they are in. This can be a great group activity for students.
  • Come up with group or small group coping tools that students can use as a brain break or movement break.
  • Have students make a DIY quiet fidget tool that they can keep in their pencil pouch or desk.
  • Explore these sensory strategies for school and come up with regulation activities that work for the learning situation.
  • Add movement to learning. These monthly movement activities can work for many themes. These heavy work activity cards can be used in the classroom or with various learning themes.

Anger Zone Poster

While anger is a very good and normal emotion, when anger becomes too much for communication, functional tasks, and leads to meltdowns and tantrums that impact safety of oneself and others, talking about anger and this extreme feeling can be very beneficial.

One strategy is an Anger Poster, or an Anger Zone Poster.

An Anger Poster might include a space to draw or write about things that lead to uncontrollable anger. There can be pictures cut out of magazines or printed from online that show what leads to these intense feelings.

It’s important to include things on the poster like a social story of sorts that shows how not to act or behave, including dangerous consequences or hurting others as a result of angry feelings.

You can also include coping tools to support these intense feelings.

Zones of regulation activities for kids and ideas for teaching kids self-regulation

Colleen Beck, OTR/L has been an occupational therapist since 2000, working in school-based, hand therapy, outpatient peds, EI, and SNF. Colleen created The OT Toolbox to inspire therapists, teachers, and parents with easy and fun tools to help children thrive. Read her story about going from an OT making $3/hour (after paying for kids’ childcare) to a full-time OT resource creator for millions of readers. Want to collaborate? Send an email to [email protected].

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Zones of Regulation Activities To Help Kids Manage Their Emotions

Help kids reach the green zone.

ideas for zones of regulation activities

Learning to identify and regulate emotions is a big job, especially for little kids. These skills are essential for students to master in order to be successful in school and in life. The Zones of Regulation approach organizes feelings into four “zones” to make them easier to identify and work through. The trick is teaching students how to identify which zone they’re in and how to get back to “green.”

What are the Zones of Regulation?

The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum used in classrooms and by occupational therapists. It’s an instructional approach that organizes feelings, levels of alertness, and energy into zones and color-codes them:

  • Blue = sad, bored, tired
  • Green = focused, calm, happy, content
  • Yellow = stressed, excited, giddy, worried
  • Red = angry, terrified, panicked

Check out this video that helps break it down:

Obviously, we want to help students get in and stay in the green zone. In the official curriculum, students are taught to identify their zone, how their body feels in each zone, and how to read cues to improve their emotional control, regulation, and problem-solving ability.

Zone of regulation infographic with colorful blocks and emojis listing the different zones and associated feelings.

What does it mean to be in “green”?

Emotional regulation is one of those things that you know when you see it or when you feel it. When your emotions are regulated, you have control over your feelings. You can identify and apply strategies to modulate your emotions so that you’re controlling your emotions, not letting your emotions control you. For students, starting with emotional regulation is truly starting at the beginning of SEL skills. Before kids can listen, have empathy, or follow directions, they have to be able to manage their emotions.

Learn more: What Is Emotional Regulation?

Zones of Regulation Activities

First, students need to identify their feelings and which zone they are in. Use these activities to help students learn the language of emotional regulation and talk through situations that may make them feel angry, excited, or sad before they happen.

Teach students to name the “color” they are in

zones of regulation poster and cards

Being able to recognize emotions is important. Create a chart, like the one above, that shows the different zones with their colors and the feelings that go with each color. Students can point to or place a marker on the zone to show which zone they’re in. The more they practice, the better they’ll be at identifying their feelings.

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Create a bulletin board

feelings bulletin board for zones of regulation activity

Print and laminate this bulletin board to create a display that students can update during morning meeting or whenever their feelings change. ADVERTISEMENT

Get it: Feelings bulletin board printable

Play a round of Feelings Matchup

memory cards with different feelings on them for zones of regulation activity

Identifying and labeling feelings in oneself and others is a life skill that takes lots and lots of practice. Play Memory to engage students in matching feelings. If you want to make your own, create a set of memory cards with feelings on them for students to match words with feeling faces, feelings with feelings, or feeling with zone.

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Go on an emotions scavenger hunt

A super-fun activity to help students identify feelings by using emojis and their power of observation. Create Zone of Regulation images using emojis of different feelings or pictures of students showing each feeling, then have them find these feelings around your room or the school.

Complete a dashboard gauge

dashboard gauge coloring sheet for zone of regulation activity

Have students fill out the dashboard gauge with a situation that makes them upset or a situation when they knew something was “wrong.” They complete the dashboard gauge with information to show how they felt, and an explanation of how they calmed down and how their emotions around that situation changed.

Get it: Dashboard gauge printable

Sort emotion words

Linking Zones of Regulation activities to fun experiences helps kids make connections. Create an emotions sorting game with note cards with synonyms for the major feelings: happy, sad, excited, and angry. Students sort the words into the four zones. They’ll see how varied our feelings can be and how some feelings are similar, and build their vocabulary.

Feelings bingo

feelings bingo game with cards with faces and chips

Use or create bingo boards that feature the feelings, emojis, or behaviors that show each feeling (e.g., jumping around the room when we are giddy or putting our head down when we are tired). Play bingo to reinforce the Zones of Regulation vocabulary and terms.

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Reinforce the zones with a song

This catchy tune by the fun crew at BlackBerry Jam Kids teaches kids all about the different emotions in the Zones of Regulation and strategies to get back into the green zone.

Play a feelings block game

block game with colored blocks and questions to discuss emotional regulation

Play a game like this Jenga game that includes questions to talk about feelings and strategies with every move. It reinforces what students are learning.

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Talk through feelings scenarios

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Connect feelings and strategies with a flip chart. Students can find the reason, the feeling, and the strategy and talk them through.

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Role-play with task cards

two task cards with situations that students might encounter, like: what would you do if you didn't have time to do your work before school for zones of regulation activity

Role-play is a great activity for helping students rehearse acceptable behaviors. These task cards help students build emotional self-control by rehearsing responses to different scenarios that may trigger strong emotions. Best for grades 4–7.

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Build emotional toolboxes

What can students do to regulate their emotions when they veer away from the green zone? Create a toolbox of activities as you teach lessons on the Zones of Regulation. Keep the toolbox in your calm-down corner or somewhere else students can access it when they need the tools.

Inform families

It’s helpful when students use the same language about feelings at home and at school. Share the Zones of Regulation and how you’re teaching it through parent nights and information you send home.

Display information about the zones front and center

zones of regulation poster

Keeping the information students need front and center will help them begin to recognize which “zone” they are in and help them learn to regulate their behavior.

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Name feelings every day

printables with today I feel sheets and feeling faces

Implement a routine to help students name their feelings each day. Print out these “Today I Feel” cards and emotions. Students can share their feelings during morning meeting or privately in their journals. The important thing is that they have time to think about and identify their feelings as part of the daily routine.

Get it: Free printable feelings chart bundle

Use a feelings thermometer

poster for self regulation that looks like a thermometer

Reinforce that feelings impact our body and can literally make us feel “hot” or “cool” with a thermometer reference.

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Zones of Regulation Activities: Red

Getting kids from red to green feels the most urgent. Use these activities to help kids move out of angry or panicked and into calm and content.

Heavy work is the phrase for any task that requires students to use large muscles. Think: having a student move a box of books from one side of the room to another, or challenging students to see who can hold a plank longest.

Deep breaths

posters of how to breathe like an animal

Teach students how to calm down from feeling giddy or high-energy by practicing animal breaths after an energizing activity. Then, they can breathe like a lion or whale when they’re calming down on their own.

Learn more: How To Use Transition Times for Mental and Emotional Health Check-Ins

Calm-down corner

Fourth grade girl sitting at a desk using a mind jar.

Provide students with a safe place to take a break when they need to regulate their emotions with a calm-down corner. Include resources for strategies that will help them manage their feelings and how to know when they’re back in green.

Learn more: How To Create a Calm-Down Corner in Any Learning Environment and Relaxing Music Videos for Calming Down Your Classroom

Zones of Regulation Activities: Yellow

Students who are feeling worried, giddy, or excited can also require some help to calm and center themselves.

Self-control bubbles

This is a really fun activity to talk about self-control with kids, and it’s harder than it seems! Label a special bottle of bubbles “Self-Control Bubbles.” Gather kids in a circle. For the first round, blow bubbles and allow students to pop, touch, chase, and catch the bubbles to their heart’s desire (within control). However, for the second round, tell the students that they are going to practice using self-control. Bubbles will be all around them, but the students must use their self-control strategies and not touch or chase the bubbles. Afterward, talk with kids about how it felt and how they managed to control their impulses.

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Yoga and stretching

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Yoga poses that ground students and help them focus on their breath shift feelings from jittery to calm.

Get it: 15 Easy Yoga Poses printable

Calm-down jar

Make calm-down jars to mesmerize students. For students who really like this calm-down strategy, keep the jars you make in your calm-down corner.

Learn more: DIY Calm-Down Jars

Zones of Regulation Activities: Blue

Use these activities when students are feeling sad, bored, or, well, blue.

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Puzzles, including jigsaw puzzles and word searches, are a way to engage the brain in thinking, which can lift kids out of the blue zone.

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Mindful coloring

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Mindful coloring is one of those activities that can be adapted for any grade level or interest, and it helps kids get from red to green consistently. Incorporate mindful coloring during transitions or downtime, and make it available in your calm-down corner.

Get it: Mandala coloring sheet

Gratitude notes

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Gratitude isn’t just for November. Thinking about what we’re thankful for is a strategy to help students when they’re in the blue zone and need a reminder of the positive things in their day.

Get it: Thankful acrostic printable

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ZONES OF REGULATION RESOURCES

Welcome to the ZONES OF REGULATION page! The Zones of Regulation is a framework of a cognitive/emotional curriculum geared toward helping students gain skills in consciously regulating their actions and feelings; which in turn leads to increased emotional control and problem solving abilities. I frequently refer to these 'Zones' during my lunch bunches,  meetings with students or during classroom guidance lessons. I thought these may help some of you at home as well by using the same language and concepts (also it is a pretty fun and colorful way to teach kids about handling all sorts of emotions)! Below I have attached all sorts of fun worksheets and tools that you can use at home. Please email me if you have any questions or just feedback if you try anything and how it works!

Below is a simple chart of the 'basics' of Zones that breaks down the catagories and emotions associated with each one. Click here for the worksheet if you wish to print at home:

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Below are some strategy cards that offer coping tools to help return to the ' green zone '.  Remember, everyone may need something different since we all experience feelings in a unique way. What works for one may not work for another so it is important to try as many as you can!   Click here for the worksheet if you wish to print at home:  Zones Strategy Cards

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Another concept that is often woven through the 'Zones' concept is to determine how big of a deal a problem really is. Some problems are small and some are big. This helps us to get a better perspective of the problem and helps to determine what the apporopriate reaction should look like. Sometimes problems can seem a lot worse then they are. Below is a great visual to help kids determine the size of a problem.   Click here for the worksheet if you wish to print at home:  Size of the problem

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Below I attached some more fun and creative worksheet visuals that I thought you could use at home that work right along with these concepts. 

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What’s inside this article: A bundle of free zones of regulation printables that you can download and use as a supplement to the Zones of Regulation curriculum.

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I’ve put together a 22-page bundle of free Zones of Regulation printables that you’re free to use as a supplement to your Zones of Regulation curriculum.

If you’re a parent whose unfamiliar with The Zones, read this overview for parents.

You can find additional Zones of Regulation activities here.

The key to successfully teaching the Zones of Regulation is to spend lots of time solidifying the Zones concepts through repetition and play-based learning activities.

There are a few main components to the Zones that your child should learn sequentially to be successful. These free zones of regulation printables will help your child practice these skills.

Zones of Regulation Learning Objectives:

  • What the four zones are and which emotions belong to each zone.
  • How to identify which zone you are in
  • What triggers are cause you to move out of the green zone.
  • How to recognize what zone others are in
  • Strategies to move  back to the   green zone  from yellow, blue, or red
  • Expected behavior vs unexpected behavior
  • Size of the problem
  • How your actions affect what zone other people are in (comfortable and uncomfortable thoughts)

Here are some samples of what’s included in the free printable Zones download. Note: you can download the file at the bottom of this post.

The Four Zones:

Shows the four different zones and which emotions fall into which zone.

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What The Zones Look Like

This page has some simple statements that describe what people look like when they’re in each of the four zones. The bottom has a list of coping strategies for different zones and children can color them in.

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Zones Emotion Wheel

This emotion wheel is based on Plutchik’s Emotion Wheel and modified to use as a learning tool when teaching the zones of regulation. You can find some activities that incorporate this emotion wheel here.

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Name One Thing…

For this activity, children fill in the blanks to name one thing that makes them feel various emotions. Once completed, ask them what zone each emotion is in, and what strategies could they use?

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What Zone Are They In?

Cut out the different cartoon characters faces and have your kids sort them based on what zone it looks like they’re in. You can do this together and talk about what emotions you think they’re feel.

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What Zone Would You Be In If…?

This activity has several situation cards, cut them out and read the scenarios out loud and have your kids decide which Zone they’d be in if they were in that situation. You can take this a step farther and ask them if they think their zone would be expected or unexpected (if you’ve covered that part of the curriculum) .

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Size of The Problem Printable

This free Zones of Regulation printable helps children to understand and identify the size of the problem. It provides some examples for each sized problem, and the colored circles on the side indicate which zone(s) someone would be in when they have each size problem.

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Size of The Problem Matching Activity

Cut out the different scenario cards and sort them on the second page based on how big each problem is.

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Draw a Face Activities

One version of this activity instructs children to draw a face for each of the four zones, the other version asked them to draw specific emotions for each zone – happy, angry, silly, and tired.

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Some problems are really big, however most problems at school are little and can be fixed quickly. This social emotional learning, self regulation activity helps children identify their problems with the concept of ‘how important is it?’ and teaches children to consider the importance of their problem in contrast to the size of their reaction. It is an emotional regulation tool that can guide children to self regulate their emotions, in order to respond appropriately. It also guides children to develop better problem solving skills. This can be used as a SEL tool, as a CBT group therapy tool or in a class room calm down space.

Importance of the problem ball visual.

Kids are visual. They love to SEE things to process them. I used three balls and three jars to demonstrate the concept of how important is the problem. The jar represents the problem. Big, Medium, Small. The ball represents the reaction. If a big problem arises, a big reaction is warranted. It fits.

However, what happens if it’s a small problem, and you give it a big reaction. It doesn’t fit at all. The big reaction looks and feels too big on the small problem. What happens if you give a small reaction to the big problem. It’s too small, the problem still has all this space and room left to fill. Using the balls to demonstrate something along those lines, children can visualise the concept.

How can I solve a problem? Free Poster .

Think of this as a self regulation importance of the problem ‘thinking tool’ that helps children evaluate how big or small problems are. I made this traffic light Poster as it offers a good visual that guides children in problem solving. The poster reminds children to stop and consider how big the problem is, set some goals, think through it and work out some solutions.

Here is your free Poster. 

This can also be used as an emotional regulation tool. When children are not in a calm mood, they can be prompted to read the poster and consider being ‘stuck at traffic lights’ as something they need to stop and think through to decide on an emotional regulation tool that can provide a solution to get back in the green – good to go!

By doing this, and using these problem solving palm cards in a calm down corner, children are being equipped with social emotional learning and life skills.

Calm zone to self regulation – importance of the problem Activities.

I made this poster with a set of  activities. You can get it here . There are two activities addressing the size of a problem and a set of problem solving palm cards.

  •  One asks children to cut out problems, identify which level of severity they are and glue them next to the coloured arrow. They then match an appropriate solution and glue it on. This allows children to reflect on different levels of problems and teaches many problem solving options.
  • The second is individualised so children can write in their own problem and identify which level they feel it is. They can then glue in an emoticon face of how they felt or reacted and reflect on whether their problem is in the correct level and whether their reaction matched the level.
  • Problem Solving Palm cards . The problem solving cards can be cut out and used in a calm space, or zones of regulation corner. They offer children ideas to regulate their emotions and reaction when needing to solve a problem. They incorporate the size of the problem and can help children who struggle to self-regulate alone by giving them solutions to calm themselves.

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23 Zones of Regulation Activities To Help Kids Manage Their Emotions

Learning to identify and regulate emotions is a big job, especially for little kids. These skills are essential for students to master in order to be successful in school and in life. Fortunately there are plenty of Zones of Regulation activities and games to help teach them how to manage their emotions.

What are the Zones of Regulation?

Zones of Regulation , a curriculum developed by Leah Kuypers, an OT and autism resource specialist, helps kids understand and learn to manage their emotions. Rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, it is a framework that uses four colors—blue, green, yellow, and red—to help students identify their feelings and levels of alertness. The curriculum also provides strategies to support emotional regulation. Teaching students how to read their bodies’ signals, detect triggers, read social context, and consider how their behaviors impact those around them leads to improved emotional control, sensory regulation, self-awareness, and problem-solving skills.

To learn more about the Zones of Regulation, check out this unit by The Calming Corner , these resources from He’s Extraordinary , and this slideshow from the Montana CEC .

What is emotional regulation?

According to  Psychology Today , emotional regulation is the ability to control your emotions and not let them drive your actions. For students, starting with emotional regulation is truly starting at the beginning of SEL skills. Before kids can listen, have empathy, or follow directions, they have to be able to manage their emotions.

Emotional regulation means being able to identify feelings, respond without overreacting, and manage changes in the environment. In addition, emotional regulation means controlling impulses, being able to calm down, and handling emotions in a healthy way. To learn more, check out What Is Emotional Regulation?

The 4 Zones of Regulation and What They Mean

The Zones of Regulation provides an easy way to think and talk about how we feel on the inside and sorts emotions, all of which are expected in life, into four colored zones.

  • The Blue Zone represents sad, bored, tired, or sick.
  • The Red Zone represents overjoyed, panicked, angry, or terrified.
  • The Yellow Zone is worried, frustrated, silly, or excited.
  • The Green Zone is happy, focused, proud, and calm.

Zones of Regulation Activities

To help you integrate this helpful information into your classroom, here are 23 engaging Zones of Regulation activities to support the emotional growth of your students.

1. Identify feelings by giving them a color

Being able to recognize emotions is important. This color wheel will help kids start to identify their emotions by associating them with different colors. Once they have a grasp on what emotions feel like, students can begin to learn strategies to deal with them. Check out these Zones of Regulation activities that incorporate this emotion wheel .

2. Play a round of Monster Feelings Match-Up

Identifying and labeling feelings in oneself and others is a life skill that takes lots and lots of practice. One of kids’ favorite Zones of Regulation activities is Monster Feelings Match-Up. This fun game teaches kids how to identify their feelings and manage their emotions and also fosters their conversation skills.

3. Go on an emotions scavenger hunt

A super-fun activity to help students identify feelings by using emojis and their power of observation. Recently updated for at-home learners as well as whole-class Zoom lessons, check out the full lesson plan . Best for grades K–6.

4. Make cootie catchers

You know kids are going to make cootie catchers anyway, so why not make a version that helps kids review and understand the Zones of Regulation? Each color-coded corner teaches students the feelings and coping skills that go along with each zone. Best for grades 3 and up.

5. Play the Emotions Sorting Game

Linking Zones of Regulation activities to fun experiences helps kids make connections. For example, this simple Emotions Sorting Game inspired by Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out helps kids learn and explore emotions. The game is a printable download available from Mom Endeavors .

6. Make a calm-down sandwich

When students get angry or frustrated, they can use this coping strategy to help calm themselves down. Ask them to brainstorm six things that make them happy or feel calm inside. Then, have them write down their strategies on each piece of a calm-down sandwich.

7. Play Behavior Bingo

Distinguish between awesome actions (like showing respect and encouraging others) and bummer behavior (like using hurtful words or goofing off during work time) with this fun version of bingo. Five awesome actions in a row = BINGO! Great for small groups or the whole class, grades 1–4.

8. Practice impulse control with this version of Candy Land

Games are the best way for kids to learn without even realizing they’re learning! These custom-made cards go along with the standard version of Candy Land and help kids learn impulse-control skills. Best for grades K–3.

9. Make emotion-regulation spinners

This fun activity is a great addition to your calm-down corner. Students can pick strategies that work for them to get into the green zone and back on track. Best for grades K–5.

10. Play a round of What Zone Would I Be In if …?

This free activity includes 30 cards with hypothetical situations, plus a page for sorting the cards into the zones. Read the cards and let students decide which zone they feel they would be in if this happened to them. You can ask questions about why they feel that way to encourage discussion.

11. Teach the Zones of Regulation with this fun song

This catchy tune by the fun crew at BlackBerry Jam Kids teaches kids all about the different emotions in the Zones of Regulation and strategies to get back into the “green zone.”

12. Create a sensory break center in your classroom

Provide students with a safe place to take a break when they need to regulate their emotions. Include resources for strategies that will help them manage. For a free copy of the poster shown and tons of great ideas for what to include in the space, check out The Dynamic Duo . Best for grades K–8.

13. Stock your sensory break center with strategy cards

These awesome break cards tap into a favorite set of characters: Pokemon! Each card helps students identify which “zone” they are in and strategies for managing the emotions they are feeling. Available as a PowerPoint, Google Slideshow, and also a printable PDF. Includes four cards for each of the four zones.

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14. Empower students with these contingency maps

Throughout the school day, students make behavior choices (for better or worse). Use these picture maps to help students understand the consequences of making different choices. They are very effective because they illustrate the results of both desired and undesired behaviors in a concrete way. Best for students in K–5.

15. Role-play with task cards

Role-play is a great activity for helping students rehearse acceptable behaviors. These task cards help students build emotional self-control by rehearsing responses to different scenarios that may trigger strong emotions. Best for grades 4–7.

16. Build emotional toolboxes

What can students do to regulate their emotions when they veer away from the green zone? This toolbox of activities includes a handy flip-book that’s chock-full of ideas. Each tab covers a different zone and gives students strategies to regain control. Best for students in K–3.

17. Encourage self-regulation with these desk nameplates

Post these interactive nameplates on students’ desks to help them self-regulate their emotions and feelings by paying attention to what zone they are in. Throughout the day, students self-monitor their emotional state by sliding a paper clip along the zone boxes on the left. If students are in the yellow, blue, or red zone, they can use one of the strategies in their toolbox to help them get back to green. Each student’s toolbox will vary, depending on which strategies work best for them. Best for grades K–5.

18. Share resources with families

Meltdowns and emotional regulation impact the entire family. Share this blog with families to help them develop strategies with their kids at home. Full of helpful tips and valuable information, this is a great resource to help support calmer, happier kids.

19. Display information about the zones front and center

Keeping the information students need front and center will help them begin to recognize which “zone” they are in and help them learn to regulate their behavior.

20. Help students identify what anger feels like

Use this free printable to go through each of the anger cues with your students, and if they feel that the statement is true for them when they’re angry, have them color the word bubble red. Also get the When I Feel Sad printable at the link.

21. Create a Zones resource folder

Fold legal-size file folders to create a pocket on the bottom. Trim off the edges and use hot glue to turn the large pocket into four sections (red, yellow, green, and blue). Color and label the sections based on the Zones. Have students label craft sticks with either emotions or coping strategies to insert into the correct pockets.

22. Use a feelings thermometer

To help kids understand the intensity of an emotion they are feeling, create a feelings thermometer. Draw the outline of a thermometer, then divide it into three sections. Label each section. For example, use slightly angry, really angry, super angry. Talk about each section and label each with what it looks like and strategies for things to do.

23. Practice self-control with bubbles

This is a really fun activity to talk about self-control with kids, and it’s harder than it looks! Label a special bottle of bubbles “Self-Control Bubbles” and gather kids in a circle. For the first round, blow bubbles and allow students to pop, touch, chase, and catch the bubbles to their heart’s desire (within control). However, for the second round, tell the students that they are going to practice using self-control. Bubbles will be all around them, but the students must use their self-control strategies and not touch or chase the bubbles. Afterward, talk with kids about how it felt and how they managed to control their impulses.

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  1. Printable Zones of Regulation Activities for Kids

    Make the Zones of Regulation a natural part of your day with these straightforward steps: Model the Zones: Speak openly about your own emotions using the Zones framework to show your kids how it's done. For example, say, "I'm feeling a bit Yellow Zone right now. I will take some deep breaths to get back to Green.".

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  6. Zones of Regulation Activities To Help Kids Manage Emotions

    The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum used in classrooms and by occupational therapists. It's an instructional approach that organizes feelings, levels of alertness, and energy into zones and color-codes them: Blue = sad, bored, tired. Green = focused, calm, happy, content. Yellow = stressed, excited, giddy, worried.

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    Self-regulation can go by many names, such as self-control, self- management, and impulse control. It is defined as the best state of alertness of both the body and emotions for the specific situation. For example, when a student plays on the playground or in a competitive game, it is beneficial to have a higher state of alertness.

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    This freebie includes the following. 1. A guided problem solving sheet that helps students identify a problem they're having, brainstorm three possible solutions, choose one, and decide whether that choice worked for them. 2. A "Think Sheet" that guides students to identify which Zone they were in when a behavior occurred, what they chose to do ...

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