Ready, Set, Regulate! Door Mat

Begin each day with a fun routine that helps students feel ready to learn!

Accomplishes 3 Key Classroom Goals:

1. Time-Saver Tool

Rather than spending the first 10 minutes of class settling students, the mat creates an efficient, student-led transition that maximizes instructional time.

2. Smooth Transitions

Arriving students have a structured way to release whatever happened before entering class and reset to prepare for learning.

3. Develops Self Regulation

Allows students to select the sensory input they need, connecting them with their emotions.

Students welcome the day by answering the question:
What is your vibe today?
They choose from six, fun sensory activities:

Three Fun Calming Activities

1. Give yourself a hug

Crossing your arms and squeezing your shoulders gives calming, deep pressure to muscles and joints. Balancing on one leg adds a layer of motor planning for added focus.

2. Side stretches

This activity calms the body and mind. Slow stretching on both sides increases flexibility and promotes relaxation

3. Calming tree yoga pose

This yoga pose, paired with three deep cleansing breaths, helps calm both the body and mind, creating a peaceful start to the day.

Three Fun Activating Activities

1. Shake your tail feather

This fun movement requires focus and body awareness while improving balance, flexibility, and strength.

2. Frog Jump

A full-body coordination exercise that strengthens large muscles and stimulates the brain through motor planning

3. Fly like a bird

This uplifting activity stretches and strengthens the shoulders, arms, chest, and neck, while enhancing flexibility, and range of motion.

Why every classroom needs the Ready, Set, Regulate Sensory Mat!

• Classroom Management – By establishing a consistent entry routine, teachers create predictability that reduces behavior issues and allows them to see their students’ emotional states.

• Inclusion for Diverse Needs – The variety of sensory activities accommodates different sensory processing preferences and needs, making it particularly valuable for inclusive classrooms.

• Positive Classroom Culture – Starting with this engaging activity sets a welcoming tone that communicates to students their emotional well-being matters in your classroom.

• Durable Manufacturing – Graphics are baked into the vinyl (not painted on top) and the mat has a non-slip rubber backing. Easy to clean.