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The Zones of Regulation® Digital Curriculum
A Social Emotional Learning Curriculum and Regulation Program
For over 15 years, schools around the world have been using the original Zones of Regulation program as an empowering instructional tool to build safe, supportive environments that foster learning and well-being for all.
Learners benefit from:
- Increased self-awareness and social and emotional skills
- A common language for communication, problem solving, and emotional understanding
- More time spent on learning instead of on behavior management
- A healthier, more inclusive school climate
The 2nd Edition (2024) of The Zones by author and creator Leah Kuypers.
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Jump-start your Zones implementation with these resources. Note: All of these handouts are to be used in conjunction with The Zones of Regulation Digital Curriculum.
The Zones of Regulation Start-Up Guide
A guide to take you through the steps to get started on your implementation process with The Zones of Regulation.
Four Zones of Regulation Visual
A printable visual that provides an overview of The Zones of Regulation.
Using Zones language creates a positive climate that values a person’s feelings over their behavior, and also helps reinforce and apply concepts being taught, such as “All the Zones are okay” and “Let’s check in with our Zones!” Use this handy resource to help remind you of some key Zones language to use with learners.
A compilation of book titles that can be used in conjunction with The Zones of Regulation to illustrate and reinforce social emotional learning. This list is ever-growing, so check back if it’s been a while.
The Zones of Regulation Companion Products
The Complete Framework and Digital Curriculum Companion
Getting Into The Zones of Regulation is the must-have print companion to The Zones of Regulation Digital Curriculum, including foundational knowledge and implementation guidance needed to teach the Zones with fidelity.
This guide orients you to the next evolution of The Zones of Regulation theory and methods and can be used in two ways:
1) to prepare you to teach the Digital Curriculum, or
2) to update your practices for those who already have the original Zones of Regulation Curriculum book.
The Zones of Regulation Storybook Set - The Road to Regulation and Regulation Station
This two storybook set provides engaging social scenarios and strategies to help children (ages 5-11) explore how lessons from The Zones of Regulation Curriculum can be used at school and at home. Kids love stories and will identify with the characters and the everyday situations as they learn about their feelings and emotions, as well as how their bodies help them sense what they are feeling.
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Tools to Try Cards for Kids
Regulation Strategies Best Paired with The Zones of Regulation Digital Curriculum
The Zones Tools to Try Cards for Kids (ages 5-10) includes over 50 4″× 6″ tool cards. This deck is an easy, user-friendly way to introduce regulation strategies and empower learners to choose tools that work best for them. Each strategy card displays the regulation tool on one side and a how-to-do-it description on the reverse, along with a metacognitive self-reflection.
Now available on Google Play and Apple Books
Tools to Try Cards for Tweens and Teens
Regulation Strategies Best Paired with The Zones of Regulation Digital Curriculum
The Zones Tools to Try Cards for Tweens and Teens (ages 11+) includes over 50 4″× 6″ tool cards. This deck is an easy, user-friendly way to introduce regulation strategies and empower learners to choose tools that work best for them. Each strategy card displays the regulation tool on one side and a how-to-do-it description on the reverse, along with a metacognitive self-reflection.
Now available on Google Play and Apple Books
Navigating the Zones Game & Advanced Pack
Navigating The Zones Game (age 8+) was created by Leah Kuypers, creator of The Zones of Regulation, along with Teri Rossman and Elizabeth Sautter. An interactive teaching tool designed to extend the curriculum, the game walks participants through the “Zones Pathway.” The Pathway is a visual, sequential, and concrete road map that helps structure learners’ thinking and processing about the problem-solving sequence that is at the center of self-regulation. You should have a strong working knowledge of the concepts and vocabulary in The Zones of Regulation curriculum to use this product successfully. Our new ecofriendly, streamlined game packaging has removed all plastic inserts. The more compact size not only reduces the toll on the environment and saves on shipping costs, but also requires less space for storage. All game parts and components remain the same.
The Zones of Regulation Pathway Poster
This poster provides learners with scaffolding to apply their understanding of the four Zones and their related tools in real-time situations. Click the button to read full description.
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The Zones of Regulation Tools Poster
This poster reinforces use of the four zones to categorize our feelings, and includes a space for kids to add strategies or tools to support regulation. Click the button to read full description.
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Zones Check In Poster
A Zones Check-In starts with mindfully pausing to check-in with our body signals, emotions, and Zones. These three areas are represented as a segment of the three-sided Zones Check-In graphic on this poster. Click the button to read full description.
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STOP, OPT, and GO Poster
This poster supports the decision making that goes into Regulation while also addressing problem solving and group conflict resolution. Click the button to read full description.
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Zones Triggers and Sparks Poster
The Zones Triggers & Sparks poster helps explore events, situations, or sensations that affect feelings and regulation and cause learners to change Zones. Click the button to read full description.
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Zones Poster Bundle
Purchase the total Zones package and SAVE. This bundle includes all 5 Zones posters. Click the button to read full description.
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The Zones of Regulation Apps
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The Zones of Regulation App®
An interactive tool that provides a fun way to assist in developing real-life regulation skills. Learners will be taken on an adventure through a town filled with exciting learning opportunities around Zones concepts, rewards, and mini games. Currently available for download on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Chromebook (Android Compatible). One app download may be used for up to 8 unique learners.
Exploring Emotions App®
The second app from The Zones, Exploring Emotions, is designed to foster regulation skills in an engaging manner, while simulating realistic everyday situations. It helps learners gain skills in consciously regulating their feelings within their environments. Currently available for download on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Chromebook (Android Compatible). One app download may be used for up to 26 unique learners.
