Dealing with big emotions can be a challenge especially during challenging times. There is a great program called the Zones of Regulation. It teaches children that each feeling is associated with a color. The Green Zone is where we are calm and happy and ready to learn. It is okay to feel Blue (sad, sick) or Red (angry, frustrated) or Yellow (silly, worried), but it is important to use our coping skills to get back to the Green Zone.

In addition, it is important to remind kids to use their coping skills and to look at our problems to see if it is a big problem or a little problem and encourage them to ask themselves if the response is a big reaction or a little reaction.

Change can be hard and, often times, kids have a hard time verbalizing their feelings and their feelings come out "sideways". I hope this information is helpful.

Zones of Regulation

Coping Skills

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