Traffic Light Check-in Poster

About this printable

This printable is a single-page poster that uses a traffic-light metaphor (red = stop, yellow = slow, green = go) to help children label their current emotion and decide an appropriate next step (e.g. ask for help, use a strategy, keep going). Each colour has a short descriptor of feelings and a simple action statement (for example, 'I will reach out to a teacher or trusted adult' in red). It is designed to support whole-class or individual social-emotional check-ins and scaffold help-seeking language.