Calm Down Corner: Printables + Visuals for Self-Regulation and Coping skills

Students will do breathing exercises, identify emotions, use calming strategies and focus on a social skill before they rejoin class. Creating a meaningful calm down corner for students to take a break and practice self-regulation is a powerful social emotional learning tool as well as responsive classroom technique! This resource has everything you need!

⭐️Who is it for?

-Elementary Students-primarily Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade

-Classroom teachers, counselors, homeschool

⭐️Why do I need this?

• You may know the importance of setting up a calm down corner, but aren't sure where to start. (This has every component you will need.)
• You want students to be more independent when they have a big feeling, with less disruptions. (Students will be held accountable.)
• You want to create a more positive, calming learning environment (This allows you to address behavior issues is a respectful and supportive way.)
• This is an investment that pays for itself the entire school year. (Once the take a break space is set up and students know the expectations, it runs itself.)

⭐️How does it work?

• Check out my blog post where I give you the Ultimate Guide to Setting up a Calm Down Corner.
• I use the letters of calm as an acronym to help students to remember procedures:

C- Close my Eyes and Breathe: Students will look at the breathing exercises and pick one or two to do.

A- Ask, “How do I feel?”: Students will look at the feeling cards to identify how they are feeling.

L- Look at the Strategies: Students will look at the calming strategy cards and pick one or two to do to calm down.

M- Make a Plan: Students will look at problem solving pets to help them decide next steps upon returning to class. There is a mini social story book to accompany each idea.

• I introduce each component during morning meeting and slowly use in class. A lot of these ideas are a great compliment to the SEL bundle full of social skill activities and parents newsletters!

⭐️What's included? (check preview video)

❤️Procedure Page

❤️Differentiated Reflection Sheets

❤️11 breathing exercise cards

❤️12 feeling cards

❤️18 calming strategy cards

❤️10 problem solving strategy cards (also including apology template, I-message poster, talk it out poster, StopThinkDo poster, Kind words and Kind actions posters)

❤️10 six page mini books (social stories) that center around each problem solving/reset strategy (color and black and white): Compromise, Apologize, Talk It Out, Ignore, Say Stop, Ask for Help, Focus, Be Kind, Do Your Best, Show Safety

❤️Labels- Calm Down Corner, Binder, Kit

⭐️If you are interested in a free copy of my classroom management plan, click here!

⭐️If you're interested in a FREE logical consequences cheat sheet? CLICK HERE!

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⭐️What teachers are saying:

• "One of the most useful products I have ever bought on TpT, seriously! My principal was super impressed with this when she saw it in my room. Can't say enough good things!"- Morgan T.

• "This worked so well in my room this year. Students were able to calm down and self-monitor without me having to interrupt the whole class!"-Lindsay H.

• "This has completely changed my room. My students know how to use the CALM corner by the end of the first month of school. It prevents so many issues, teaches independent problem solving, and allows students to handle many "little deal" issues without me. " -Shayna A.

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