Social and Emotional Learning Update:
Starting this week, all Kindergarteners and First Graders will be starting the Zones of Regulation Social and Emotional Learning curriculum. The pandemic has affected us all in many ways, and we know that many of our children need extra social and emotional support. Each week, we will be sending home information about what kids are learning in their Zones lessons so that you can check in with them about it at home.
The Zones curriculum helps kids start to identify the intersection between emotions and how they feel in the body. We sort our feelings into 4 Zones of Regulation:
Blue Zone: sad, tired, sick, bored, moving slowly
Green Zone: happy, calm, focused, relaxed, ready to learn
Yellow Zone: frustrated, worried, silly/wiggly, loss of some control
Red Zone: mad/angry, terrified, out of control
Once kids are able to better understand and identify how they are feeling, they can use this information to problem solve and choose “tools” (coping skills) to help them feel better. There are no BAD Zones, everyone is in the different Zones at different times, but Green is the most comfortable and the Zone that makes learning and playing with friends at school easiest!
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to your child’s classroom teacher, or our School Counselor, Angela Gallivan (agallivan@medwayschools.org).
Joyfully,
Hilary Jackson
