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Learning how to regulate is critical to help students.   And nothing is better than sneaky learning, GAMES and ACTIVITIES! One way to build on learning is to use the Formula "I feel....I Need" with different ways to talk, practice and rehearse. This one is about cups of feelings and cooling off with marshmallow strategies! Relating is an innate skill that follows Regulation.  How about if we do both, promote positive relating with learning strong regulation. When students feel stress, they ma

This is a slide show activity to help groups get to know feelings, triggers to feelings and things that help our feelings! It should take less than 20 minutes to complete and a great way to have students get to know eachother!

Learning how to regulate is critical to help students.   This is based on the competencies of SEL and it is a creative hands on activity that talks through I feel and I need practice. Relating is an innate skill that follows Regulation.  How about if we do both, promote positive relating with learning strong regulation. When students feel stress, they may not have the skills to handle the stress and when the skills are not there, they shift (our innate skills) into flight, fight or freeze.

Use the ingredients to create strategies to make a sandwich to help cope.  Materials will include a brad to help put sandwich together, so the sandwich can open and close.     Recipe: Cut out ingredients and strategiesHave students glue strategies on to the ingredients and discuss:Talk about the triggers to frustrationTalk about who they can make sandwiches with (good support)Talk about what strategies they choseLearning how to regulate is critical to help students.   And nothing is better than

How to: This is a three part activity:  Identify Feelings, Connecting Strategies, Calming strategy practice. All needed items are included in this activity, you can print body outlines, print out strategies and use slide to walk through progressive muscle relaxation. There is also a visual model to show what it could look like when done.