The goal of this phase is to help the child notice what a calm body feels like through simple, predictable, and low-pressure routines. Before expecting the child to control emotions or behavior, kailangan muna niyang ma-recognize ang body signals like calm body, fast body, tired body, excited body, or overwhelmed body.
This phase builds the foundation of self-regulation by helping the child experience calmness through body-based activities such as quiet hands, slow walking, squeezing and releasing, heavy work, and calm sitting. The focus is not perfect stillness, but early awareness that the body can shift from active or tense to calmer and more organized with support.
The goal of this phase is to help the child accept calm support from the parent during moments of frustration, excitement, tiredness, or overwhelm. At this stage, the child is not expected to calm down independently yet because regulation is first learned through connection, safety, and repeated support from a trusted adult.
This phase teaches the child that the parent’s calm voice, calm body, gentle presence, breathing support, hug-or-space choices, and quiet together time can help the body feel safer. Ang focus ay matutunan ng bata na hindi siya nag-iisa during hard moments, and that calming can happen together before it slowly becomes more independent.
The goal of this phase is to help the child recognize and understand simple emotions in a functional and child-friendly way. Many children show big behaviors because they do not yet understand what they are feeling, so this phase introduces basic feelings such as happy, sad, mad, scared, tired, excited, and frustrated through pictures, mirrors, play, waiting, and real daily situations.
This phase supports both verbal and nonverbal emotional awareness by allowing the child to name, point, match, choose, copy, or simply notice feelings. Ang goal ay hindi pilitin ang bata magsalita agad about emotions, but to help the child slowly connect facial expressions, body clues, and real experiences with simple feeling words and visual supports.
The goal of this phase is to help the child tolerate short waiting moments with support, predictability, and a clear ending. Waiting is a major self-regulation skill because the child needs to pause the body, delay access, manage frustration, and trust that the desired item or routine is still coming.
This phase starts with very short and successful waiting practice, such as waiting for snack, toy, turn, opening, or while Mommy gets something. Ang focus ay hindi long waiting agad, but helping the child learn that waiting has an end, waiting can be supported, and the body can stay safer while waiting through cues, visuals, counting, timers, and parent guidance.
The goal of this phase is to help the child tolerate small limits, denied requests, delayed access, and redirection with less distress over time. Many children struggle when they hear “no,” “stop,” or “not yet” because it may feel sudden, confusing, or like the preferred item is gone forever.
This phase teaches the child that limits can be handled with calm support, safe alternatives, choices, predictable language, and emotional validation. Ang goal ay hindi lang mapasunod ang bata, but to help the child understand that after “no,” there can still be another safe option; after “stop,” there is a better action; and after “not yet,” there is a clear next step or later time.