Psychologist Robert Plutchik, Ph.D., created one of the most popular versions of the emotion wheel, a flower-shaped diagram to visually illustrate our emotions and their various, adjacent relationships to each other. Click here for the worksheet if you wish to print at home: Size of the problemīelow I attached some more fun and creative worksheet visuals that I thought you could use at home that work right along with these concepts.The tool has many variations (also known as the Junto, Geneva, or feelings wheel), but the wheel's overall goal is to clarify what's happening in our inner world, home in on the specific nuances of that emotional state, and understand the depth and purpose behind those emotions. Below is a great visual to help kids determine the size of a problem. Sometimes problems can seem a lot worse then they are. This helps us to get a better perspective of the problem and helps to determine what the apporopriate reaction should look like. Some problems are small and some are big. 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 CardsĪnother concept that is often woven through the 'Zones' concept is to determine how big of a deal a problem really is. Remember, everyone may need something different since we all experience feelings in a unique way. Click here for the worksheet if you wish to print at home:īelow are some strategy cards that offer coping tools to help return to the ' green zone'. Please email me if you have any questions or just feedback if you try anything and how it works!īelow is a simple chart of the 'basics' of Zones that breaks down the catagories and emotions associated with each one. 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. I frequently refer to these 'Zones' during my lunch bunches, meetings with students or during classroom guidance lessons. 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.

Wheel of emotions coloring page