Managing your Emotions

You only experience strong emotions in your brain.

• True

• False

Select the first two things you should do to begin to calm down:

• Stop-use your signal

• Run

• Name your feeling

• Lie Down

You are playing a game at recess. You notice that someone on the other team is cheating. You are so angry! What can you do to calm down?

• Call the kid a cheater and make sure everyone hears you

• Belly breathe

• Count to 10

• Tell yourself, "Chill. Maybe he doesn't know the rules."

Anxiety is the uneasy feeling you get when you are worried about something that might or might not happen. When you are feeling anxious, it is good to:

• Yell

• Clench your teeth

• Use self-talk to tell yourself that it will be ok

• Talk to a grown-up