Calm Classrooms

Kids love to move and take a break from sitting at a desk.  Setting up your classroom or hallway with a Sensory Path will help students regulate their bodies so that they are able to meet their learning potential. Calm Classrooms Sensory Path consists of several exercises specifically designed to assist students who benefit from sensory breaks to either up-regulate (increase their energy) or down-regulate (calm their bodies). This Sensory Path includes a variety of nature-themed colorful and eng

Teach your child or student to use their words instead of their hands to solve problems. This social story explains that sharing and taking turns is important, and offers ideas on how to deal with a problem without grabbing a toy or hitting a friend.

When children feel frustrated or overwhelmed, they don't always know how to handle their strong emotions and sometimes children bite. Use this social story to support your child or student by teaching them why we have teeth (to chew food) and what strategies (i.e. such as going to a quiet spot or using chew jewelry) that they can use to help them in the moment.

This social story teaches children the difference between big and small problems. It offers examples of how big and small problems are different, and provides strategies to help children become problem solvers. Your child will feel proud of themselves and have skills to use at school and in the neighborhood. Your child will be solving small problems in no time!

This social story explains to children the importance of keeping their hands to their self and not popping other people's "bubble". It gives explicit instruction about how to sit on the carpet, how to line up, how to wash hands and how to sit at a table without invading other people's personal space. Help you students stay safe at school and be aware of the their surroundings.

Entering into play can be difficult for some children. Give them confidence and the skills on how to enter into play and ask friends to join in their games. This social story is written in kid-friendly language. You can print and make a book or read digitally on a device.

Kids love to move and take a break from sitting at a desk.  Setting up your classroom or hallway with a Sensory Path will help students regulate their bodies so that they are able to meet their learning potential. Calm Classrooms Sensory Path consists of several exercises specifically designed to assist students who benefit from sensory breaks to either up-regulate (increase their energy) or down-regulate (calm their bodies). This Sensory Path includes a variety of nature-themed colorful and eng

Help your child learn to calm down when they are feeling those big, strong emotions. This social story provides specific examples to support building self-regulation skills. Print this story and make a book or use technology and read digitally. You child will be using their new skills at home and school in no time!

This social story will help your child to understand that sharing and taking turns is an important skill and helps to keep and make friends. It offers strategies for children to use if they are waiting for a turn. This social story can be printed off and make into a book or pulled up on technology and read digitally.

Use this social story to help your child or student learn why using kind words is important. Read this story at home or school and practice strategies to support thinking before speaking. Written in kid-friendly language with photos to support text.

It is important to teach children how their brain functions in order for them to learn how to self-regulate on their own. This social story uses kid-friendly language to explain the brain and how it makes decisions.

Our big emotions can be difficult to deal with. Want to help your child learn how to self-regulate? Our Mindfulness BINGO card gives children a visual image to help guide them in the decision making process when those big emotions are heightened. Teach them new skills and watch them be successful.

This social story teaches children that their hands get dirty, and sometimes we can't see the germs. It provides the steps of hand washing and kid-friendly language. This short and simple story is sure to support hand washing.

Implementing Greetings into your classroom routine is a simple strategy that has a tremendously positive impact on the day for both teachers and students. Greetings are a great way to build classroom community as they allow every student the opportunity to be seen, acknowledged and invited into the classroom environment in a warm and respectful manner. Post on your classroom door as teacher or a student greeter warmly welcomes classmates as students point to their greeting of choice as they ent

Each card Measures 6x4 inches. Use daily affirmation cards to provide your child or student with positive mantras each and everyday. Post one on a door or mirror each day. Pull one out of a box and use for the week. These empowering mantras have profound effects on the conscious and unconscious mind

Use this social story to help your students learn what do expect during a fire drill from the sounds they will hear, to lining up and exiting the building safely.

Engage your students in fun scavenger hunts that allow them to think about their senses, nature, self-regulation and curriculum links (shapes, colors). This download includes 8 scavenger hunts: 1. Outdoor 2. Mindful 3. Listening 4. Touch 5. Community 6. Color 7. Shape 8. School

Help promote your child's self-regulation skills by introducing them to a variety of calming strategies. You can use these cards in so many different ways. Print them and put them on a ring so they are always handy, post them on the wall for quick reference, play a game and act out each strategy. Remember to practice the strategies when your child is in a good frame of mind so that when they need a break they already are familiar with the strategies.

Did you know using a visual schedule can help to reduce student anxiety? Use a visual schedule to allow your students to know what their day is going to look like, as well as allow them to prepare for upcoming transitions. Post at eye level and reference everyday. Includes the following labels: Wash Hands Recess Lunch Home Carpet Play Outdoor Ed. Mindfulness Gym Library Math Literacy Special Helper Assembly Special Activity Health Geography History Field Trip Reading Writing Technology Fre

This social story will help your child prepare for going back to school. In these uncertain times, it is good to prepare children for what back-to-school may look like. This story uses positive langue and allows children to start to think and ask questions about returning to school - whatever that may look like for your child. You can print this mini-booklet or pull it up on a device and read electronically.