Talking to your students about their upstairs and downstairs brain is a perfect way to help children understand and recognize their emotions. When you are in your upstairs brain, you feel good! You are happy and content and it's easy to focus and learn. But sometimes big emotion hit us and we become angry, sad, or embarrassed, pulling us into our downstairs brain. In our downstairs brain, we use all of our energy in our emotions and it becomes impossible to focus and learn. This product includes