Emotion & Strategy Supports

Visual supports to help children recognise feelings, notice body clues, and learn what may help when emotions feel harder to manage.

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Overview

Emotional regulation can be hard to teach when feelings feel abstract or confusing.

These visual supports are designed to make emotions, body clues, and calming strategies easier to understand in a practical and child-friendly way. They can be used at home, in classrooms, or in therapy settings to support emotional learning during calm moments and guided practice.

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Who It’s For

These resources may be helpful for:

• children learning to recognise and name emotions
• children who need help understanding body signals
• children who benefit from visual calming strategies
• adults teaching regulation skills during calm moments
• parents, teachers, and therapists who want practical emotional learning tools

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How This Can Help

These supports can help children:

• build emotional vocabulary
• notice body clues
• connect feelings with strategies
• practise regulation skills in calm moments
• grow in confidence and self-awareness over time

The goal is not to make children hide their feelings. The goal is to help them understand what they are feeling and what may support them.

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How to Start Using It

Start with the simplest support that matches the child’s current level.

A good progression could be:

• begin with Emotion Zones to build understanding
• add Calming Strategies to explore what may help
• use Matching Cards for guided practice
• introduce My Calm Plan once the child is ready to put the skills together

Practising during calm moments helps the child remember the strategies more easily during harder times.

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Prompting Support

Start with the least amount of help the child needs.

You might begin with:

• modelling the process aloud
• pointing to feelings or strategies
• offering choices instead of commands
• using short and supportive language
• guiding physically only if needed for matching or placing cards

The aim is not perfect reasoning. The aim is helping the child build familiarity and confidence with repeated support.

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Flexible Ways to Use It

You can use these resources in different ways depending on the child and setting:

• teach feelings first, then strategies
• use fewer cards at a time
• keep strategy cards in a calm corner
• place matching boards near study or routine areas
• use ring clips, Velcro, or dry-erase setups
• choose the format that fits your space and child best

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Format

These are digital downloads.
No physical product will be shipped.

You can print the pages you need, laminate them if preferred, cut out cards where needed, and reuse them over time.

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One Step At A Time

Emotional regulation is a skill, and skills take practice.

Start with one small support. Use it during calm moments. Repeat it gently and consistently.

Progress may be gradual, and small improvements matter.

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