Calm Down Cards
Meant for afterwards rather than during — very few children can read a card mid-meltdown. Go through them together at a calm moment so they are familiar when they are needed.
Before you print: Print and cut out. Look at them together when everyone is calm, not in the middle of it.
Calm Down Cards
Pick one. Any one.
Name
- Breathe in for four, out for six
- Push your hands together hard
- Name five things you can see
- Have a drink of water
- Squeeze something soft
- Go somewhere quieter
- Stretch up as tall as you can
- Wrap up in a blanket
- Count backwards from twenty
- Ask for a hug
- Say what is wrong out loud
- Do nothing for one minute
Cut along the dotted lines. Fold none of them.
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