Emotions and Regulation

Children often need support to recognise feelings, notice body signals, and understand what can help when emotions feel bigger or harder to manage.

At SteadyHand.Co, our visual supports are designed to make emotional learning more concrete, calm, and accessible in ways that are practical, respectful, and easy to use.


Shop by Support Area

Explore the part of emotional learning or regulation support that best fits your child’s or learner’s needs.

Emotion Identification

Visual supports that help children recognise, name, and begin to understand different emotions.

Body Awareness

Resources that help children notice body clues and connect physical feelings with emotions and regulation needs.

Calming Strategies

Visual tools that introduce simple, concrete strategies children can use when they need support.

Regulation Supports

Supports that help children understand what may help their body feel calmer, more settled, or more ready.

Matching & Practice

Interactive resources that help children connect emotions, body signals, and strategies through guided practice.


Shop by Common Needs

If you already know what feels hard right now, start with the area that best matches the challenge.

My child struggles to name feelings

Start with resources that support emotion identification and visual emotion recognition.

My child has big feelings and seems confused by them

Start with supports that connect feelings to body signals and emotional awareness.

My child needs help knowing what to do when upset

Start with calming strategies and simple visual regulation supports.

My child needs more practice connecting feelings and strategies

Start with matching boards and structured activities that make emotional learning more concrete.

My child needs a simple calm plan

Start with supports that help adults and children choose a few familiar strategies that can be used more consistently.


Featured Resources

These resources are some of the most helpful starting points for building emotional understanding and regulation support over time.

Emotion Zones Visual Pack

A visual support that helps children recognise different emotional states and begin to understand how their body may feel in each one.

Calming Strategies Toolkit

A practical set of visual supports that introduce simple strategies children can try when they need help.

Emotion–Strategy Matching Boards

Interactive matching supports that help children connect emotions, body signals, and possible strategies.

My Calm Plan

A simple visual support to help children and adults identify what may help when emotions feel harder to manage.

Body Awareness Supports

Visual tools that help children notice what their body may be telling them and build more self-awareness over time.


How These Supports Can Help

Emotions and regulation can feel hard to understand, especially when the body is already feeling overwhelmed, unsettled, or tired.

These visual supports can help children:

  • build emotional vocabulary
  • notice body clues
  • understand what helps
  • practise in calm moments
  • feel more supported over time

The goal is not to make children hide their feelings, but to give them clearer ways to understand themselves and communicate what they need.


Bundles

Bundles are a helpful way to build a more complete regulation support system while keeping visuals and language consistent.

Calm & Regulation Toolkit

A collection of visual supports for emotions, body awareness, calming strategies, and guided practice.

Emotion Learning Starter Set

A simple starting point for children who are just beginning to learn about emotions and body signals.

Complete Regulation Support Bundle

A broader collection of printable supports for emotional understanding, strategy use, and regulation over time.


New to Emotional Supports?

If you are just getting started, begin with one area that feels most important right now.

You might start with:

  • an emotion pack if feelings feel hard to name
  • a body awareness support if the child seems unsure what is happening inside
  • a calming strategies set if the child needs more concrete options
  • a matching activity if the child learns best through guided practice

You do not need to teach everything at once. Small, repeated supports can build understanding over time.


Looking for Something Specific?

Use the product categories to browse more easily by need, support type, or stage of learning.

SteadyHand.Co is designed to make it easier to find practical visual tools without feeling overwhelmed.


Explore emotional supports that help children understand feelings, body clues, and what may help.