Ready, Set Regulate! Door Mat
321 Sensory Doormat $42.
Start your mornings off right with our engaging Sensory Mat. Students choose from six, fun sensory activities that help them transition into the classroom environment. This simple tool accomplishes multiple goals simultaneously:
• It immediately engages each student, helping them release whatever happened before entering class
• Allows their brain to select the sensory input they need, connecting them with their emotions
• Encourages positive reactions with playful graphics that typically result in smiles.
It’s a positive experience that prepares students for a successful school day!
The Specs:
• Measures 24″ x 36″
• Soft but durable carpet
• Vinyl backing prevents slippage
The Ready, Set, Regulate! Floor Mat addresses several key challenges teachers face daily:
- Smooth Transitions – When students arrive to class carrying emotions or energy from home, recess, or other classes, this mat provides a structured way to help them reset and prepare for learning.
- Emotional Regulation Support – Many students struggle with self-regulation skills. The mat offers concrete, accessible tools that empower students to identify and address their emotional needs without direct teacher intervention.
- Classroom Management – By establishing a consistent entry routine, teachers create predictability that reduces behavior issues while simultaneously collecting valuable data about 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.
- Time-Saving – Rather than spending the first 10-15 minutes of class settling students, the mat creates an efficient, student-led transition that maximizes instructional time.
- Social-Emotional Learning Integration – The mat naturally incorporates SEL principles into the daily routine without requiring separate lesson planning.
- Positive Classroom Culture – Starting with this engaging activity sets a welcoming tone that communicates to students their emotional wellbeing matters in your classroom.
The individual activity descriptions:
Calming Activities
Side Stretches: This activity calms the body and mind. Slow stretching on both sides increases flexibility and promotes relaxation.
Giving 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.
Calming Tree Yoga Pose: This yoga pose, paired with three deep cleansing breaths, helps calm both the body and mind, creating a peaceful start or reset during the day.
Alerting Activities
Shake Your Tail Feather: This fun movement requires focus and body awareness while improving balance, flexibility, and strength.
Frog Jump: A full-body coordination exercise that strengthens large muscles and stimulates the brain through motor planning.
Fly Like a Bird: This uplifting activity stretches and strengthens the shoulders and arms, enhancing flexibility, range of motion, and the strength of your upper back, chest, neck, and shoulders.