Stage 3 - My Body Feels – Physiological Regulation Toolkit for Children - Printable Resource

“My Body Feels” is a child-friendly emotional regulation and body awareness resource designed to help children recognise the physical clues their body gives throughout the day.

Many children experience emotions physically before they are able to identify or explain them. This resource helps children begin noticing those body sensations in a simple, visual, and supportive way.

Children explore body clues connected to different regulation states including:

• tight chest

• wiggly body

• feeling fast

• hard to focus

• heavy body

• relaxed muscles

• cold hands

• tummy flutters

• steady breathing

• empty tummy feelings

The resource introduces four simple body modes:

• Ready Mode

• Quiet Mode

• Buzzing Mode

• Storm Mode

Children learn that bodies can move between different modes throughout the day, and that there are no “bad” body states.

This resource is designed to support:

• emotional regulation

• interoception

• body awareness

• sensory understanding

• co-regulation

• autism support

• ADHD support

• anxiety support

• SEND and ALN interventions

• emotional literacy

• school and home support

The visual format helps make difficult concepts feel accessible and non-threatening for younger children and neurodivergent learners.

This resource works especially well alongside:

• emotional regulation activities

• sensory support tools

• calm corner resources

• Zones-style regulation work

• autism and ADHD interventions

• SEND classroom support

Included in this resource:

• body clue visuals

• body mode pages

• emotional regulation prompts

• matching activities

• discussion prompts

• information sheets for adults

• printable cut-out cards

Perfect for:

• parents

• schools

• teachers

• ALN/SEND support

• ELSA interventions

• autism support

• ADHD support

• therapy settings

• nurture rooms

• emotional wellbeing work

Different bodies give different clues.
This resource helps children begin understanding what their body may be trying to say.

This resource is licensed to a single purchaser only. Parents may use the resource within their own household. Teachers may use the resource within a single classroom. Professionals may use the resource within their own practice. Redistribution, resale, sharing, uploading, or rebranding of ThinkaLearn resources is not permitted.