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Students in Mrs. Gresser's 5th grade class learn about the Zones of Regulation. Later, they serve as mentors to 1st graders at Rothschild School and help teach them about using regulating tools throughout their day.

1) Students learn about Whole Body Listening Skills
2) Students learn about Social Thinking Concepts (We can think with our eyes and whole body)
3) Students learn about basic emotions (younger) and more complicated emotions (older)
4) Students learn about facial expressions, body language and tone of voice
5) Zones feelings (learning how to categorize our feelings into color zones)
6) Students learn how their actions can change how others feel (positively and negatively)
7) Social Behavior Maps are introduced
8) It's all about perspective - how perspective can help you understand yourself and others
9) Our social filters
10) Flight, Fight or Freeze - Our amazing brain and survival responses
11) Tools
a. Breathing Tools
b. Thinking Tools
c. Mindful Tools
d. Body Tools
d. Relaxation Tools and Scripts
e. Fun with the Tool Lab
12) My very own Tool Box
13) Reflecting on the Process - The Big PIcture
14) Conferencing about Regulation and Tool Use

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Students in Mrs. Gresser's 5th grade class learn about the Zones of Regulation. Later, they serve as mentors to 1st graders at Rothschild School and help teach them about using regulating tools throughout their day.

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Difficult Times & Tough Talks

Coping With Incarceration

With adults’ love and support, kids can cope with the incarceration of a loved one.

Dealing With Divorce

Separation or divorce mean lots of changes, but love, comfort, and care can help children adjust and cope.

Displacement & Resettlement

Families resettling in the U.S. are coping with big changes and have already faced so many challenges. Here are resources to help them heal and thrive.

Family Caregiving

A parent’s injuries can affect routines and responsibilities, but family teamwork can help you face these changes and thrive during them.

Family Homelessness

Losing one’s home brings enormous challenges. And yet families are incredibly strong and determined to create a better future.

Foster Care

As an adult involved in foster care, you have an enormous job: building and rebuilding family structures and children’s sense of safety.

Handling Emergencies

Your family can prepare for emergencies together in easy ways.

Health Emergencies

A health emergency brings many changes and uncertainty for young children and families. But there are things we can do to face each day with optimism.

Helping Kids Grieve

Coping with the loss of a loved one brings enormous challenges. With love and support, children can start to heal.

Offering Comfort

Little ones need lots of help from caring adults to grow and thrive. Comforting, nurturing touch is actually necessary for healthy brain development!

Parental Addiction

Resources and support for families struggling with parental addiction.

Racial Justice

Here are resources to build resilience, empathy, curiosity, and thoughtfulness in young children as they prepare for the task of building a better world by standing up, standing tall, and standing together.

Resilience

Giving children tools to overcome both little and big challenges will help them to learn and grow.

Traumatic Experiences

Grown-ups hold the power to help lessen the effects of traumatic experiences.

Veterans & Changes

With open communication and a little creativity, you can make children the heroes of an exciting new adventure.

Violence

When children are exposed to traumatic events within their own neighborhoods, communities, or across the world, you can help them feel safer and more secure…and build hope for a more peaceful, kinder future.

Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

Autism

Share the amazing by celebrating and supporting the uniqueness of every child, including those on the autism spectrum.

Caring & Sharing

It’s a big world—children need to learn how to build relationships with the people all around them.

Caring for Kids

Family, friends, and neighbors make up a circle of care and support, filling children’s days with learning and love.

Community Service

Games, activities, and videos to help you help children build strong communities—and a better world—together.

Eating Well

Fresh, healthy foods build strong bodies and minds.

Exploring Emotions

When you help children to understand and express their emotions, you help them grow and thrive.

Family Bonding

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and each is unique in its own way. But one thing all families have in common is love.

Handling Tantrums

Big emotions can be hard for little kids to handle. Tantrums are tough for kids and parents, but there are ways to help everyone cope with those difficult moments.

Learning Through Play

Play helps kids develop the skills needed for school and life.

Learning Through Routines

Everyday moments are learning moments!

Managing Asthma

You can help children with asthma by understanding what it is and how to be prepared.

Milestones

Your presence, love, and care helps support children’s healthy development each and every day.

Moving Our Bodies

Children naturally love to move, but it’s not always easy to direct that energy or to find places kids can move freely. Set the stage so you can have fun moving with them every day!

Staying Healthy

Healthy routines help the whole family thrive.

You Matter Most

You are the most important factor in your child’s growth and development.

ABC’s & 123’s

Building Language Skills

Talking thoughtfully with kids—and listening carefully to them—helps lay the foundation for school success!

Developing Math Skills

Math is all around us—and both kids and grown-ups use it every day.

Financial Education

Help kids understand money and learn to make good financial decisions.

Learning Through Art

Creating art gives children an opportunity to express themselves. Art can help bring science, math, and literacy concepts to life, and help kids develop important self-regulation skills.

Reading & Writing

Read books and share stories with children every day!

School Readiness

Use these resources to turn everyday moments into brain-building adventures.

Science

Kids learn science by exploring the world around them. That’s why everyday moments are perfect opportunities to build science skills.

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Your care and support can make a huge difference in the life of a young child. Sesame Street is here for you with activities and tips for the challenges and joys along the way.

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Mindfulness and mediation for schools and life

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We live in a busy, plugged in world. Bring mindfulness to your life. Reboot for Home Reboot for Schools

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Video explaining a four minute routine for classroom teachers to help students regulate before learning.

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Mind Yeti in the Classroom: Mindfulness at Work

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See how educator Kristy Herrman and counselor Jennifer Murray use Mind Yeti in the classroom to help students calm, focus and connect with one another.  Learn more and try Mind Yeti yourself: http://mindyeti.com

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Worksheets for the Zones and how their body might be feeling in each zone

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Help children recognize how their body functions when experiencing different emotions using this freebie! Each page focuses on one of the four Zones from the Zones of Regulation program by Leah Kuypers.

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Zones of Regulation Poster Set!! *If you are unfamiliar with the Zones of Regulation® published by Social Thinking Publishing, here is a quick synopsis from Leah Kuypers' website. It is important that people familiarize themselves with the Zones of Regulation curriculum before using these materials.