Help your students build emotional regulation skills with this simple, visual "How Big Is My Problem?" chart! Using a traffic-light-style scale from calm green to big red, students identify how serious a problem feels and brainstorm what can be done about it — a perfect tool for classroom problem-solving, restorative conversations, or your SEL/wellbeing corner.
This resource supports students to:
- Recognise and name different sizes of problems
- Reflect on appropriate responses and coping strategies
- Build independence in resolving small, everyday problems
- Develop language for discussing feelings and challenges
Curriculum Links:
Personal, Social and Community Health – Interacting with others (AC9HP2P02, AC9HP4P02): Practise strategies to respond appropriately to unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations, and describe how respect, empathy and fairness support relationships.
What's included:
- 1 x "How Big Is My Problem?" printable chart (4-point scale: red, orange, yellow, green)
- Columns for "What is the problem?" and "What can be done?"
How to use it:
Print and laminate for reusable small-group or whole-class use, pop it in your wellbeing/calm corner, or use it 1:1 during a restorative chat. Personally, I printed this in A3, and we filled it in as a class!
💚 This one's a freebie from me to you — if it's helpful, a review means the world and helps other teachers find it too!
