Breathing
Count back from 10 while taking deep breaths with each number
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Frog jumps
Heart center
Put your pals together, put them at your chest and take 5 deep breaths.
Music
Listen to a song!
You can always use a sensort brush or your fingers to brush down your arm.
Breathe in through your nose and blow out through your mouth like a dragon
*breathe in* and haaaaaaaaa
Bear walk
Reach your hands down and crawl like a bear
Bear pose
Reach down and touch the ground, and make your back like a mountain.
Pick a calming sound and listen to it for 1 minute (ocean, fire crackling, river sounds)
You can take a stess ball and give it 10 big squeezes
Lazy 8 breathing
Trace an 8 while breathing in and out
Star fish jumps
do 10 jumping jacks
Childs pose
get down on your knees, lay your body down over your knees and stretch your arms forwards
Squeeze
Ask for arm, head, or shoulder squeezes!
Rainbow name
Trace your name and think about the different colors of the rainbow with each time you trace.
Smell the pizza and blow out the birthday candle
Breathe in like you are smelling pizza and breathe out like you blow out a birthday candle
Elephant stomps
Lift your knees and stop your feet like an elephant
Upward facing dog
Lay on your belly and use your arms to lift your upper body up off the ground.
Talk to a teacher
Whenever you feel sad or frustrated, you can always talk to a trusted adult about how you are feeling!
Play-doh
You can take play-doh and squeeze it and make it into different shapes
Flower breathing
Imagine you are smelling your favorite flower, and then breathe out nice and slowly.
Crab walk
Walk backwards and forwards like a crab!
Tree pose
Place on foot on your knee and hold your arms up while standing on one leg.
Write a letter
Whenever you feel frustrated you can always write a letter or journal about how you are feeling
Hold an ice cube in your hand