Talking to your children or students about their upstairs and downstairs brain is a perfect way to help children understand and recognize their emotions.
 
When you are in your upstairs brain, you feel good! You are happy and content and it's easy to focus and learn. But sometimes big emotion hit us and we become angry, sad, or embarrassed, pulling us into our downstairs brain. In our downstairs brain, we use all of our energy in our emotions and it becomes impossible to focus and learn.
 
This product includes two posters. One that explains the emotions that are in the upstairs and downstairs brain as well as a poster that explains the things we can and cannot do when we are in each section of our brain.
 
This product also includes 2 small booklets. One booklet to help your child identify their emotion (14 cards total, 12 different emotions) and another booklet to help your child find calming strategies (20 cards total, 18 different strategies).
 
Emotion cards included:
Confused
Content
Worried
Angry
Embarrassed
Excited
Happy
Proud
Sad
Scared
Shocked
Shy
 
Strategy cards included:
Count to 10
Take deep breaths
Drink some water
Think of happy things
Do jumping jacks
Read a book
Do yoga
Write a letter
Relax in bean bag chair
Play with sensory toys
Chew gum
Sit on a body ball
Stack blocks
Go for a walk
Push against a wall
Listen to music
Balance books on my head
Exercise
 
This is a digital download. After you purchase, you will immediately be able to download the PDF and print!