Wellbeing 

Zones of Regulation 

Identifying and Categorising our Emotions

As we learn the Zones of Regulation in classrooms, we hope that you are beginning to hear your children use the vocabulary to describe their emotions at home. For students to best develop their own vocabulary, it is helpful for them to see adults model this. 

What can you do to support the Zones of Regulation at home?  

• Identify your own feelings using Zones language in front of your child (e.g. “I’m feeling  frustrated because….. , I am in the Yellow Zone.”)  
• Provide positive reinforcement when your child is in the Green Zone and if they make efforts to stay in the Green Zone. Eg. “I can see you are working really hard to stay in the Green Zone by…” 
• Label which Zones your child is in throughout the day (e.g. “You look sleepy, I wonder if you are in the Blue Zone?”)  
• Name the feelings of characters while reading a book of watching a movie.
• Refer to the visuals (below) to support the language. 

Please feel free to email Nicolle if you would like a hard copy of the visuals to stick on the fridge at home!