

6 Areas of Teaching Literacy Skills with LessonPix.5 Social Skill Lessons for use in Remote Learning.10 Tips for Supporting Student Mental Heath Needs.This is from the Breathing Breaks complete packet. Download your FREE breathing break here (a tab will open in a new window). Give it a try with this FREE Bumble Bee Breathing Break. Seems like an easy fix right? Well, maybe not that easy since it takes practice and time to become mindful of your breathing and to improve your deep breathing techniques. Did you know that deep breathing exercises can help to alleviate stress, reduce anxiety, strengthen the attention span and sharpen the ability to focus and learn? In addition, deep breathing helps certain physiological responses as well such as slow the heart rate and decrease blood pressure. Try deep breathing in the calm down corner. They are perfect to add to a quiet corner or calm down kit in the classroom.ĭeep Breathing Self Calming Page – Directions for belly breathing. Here are three simple mandalas to color to help to calm the body. Download them here.Ĭalming Mandalas to Color: Mandala means “circle” or “center.” Coloring mandalas can help to encourage relaxation, relieve stress, facilitate creativity and balance the body. Practice fine motor, visual motor and self-regulation skills with these freebies. Here is a great freebie from the Emotions Packet. You can download it for free here.Ĭool Your Emotions: Use clay and deep breathing to calm down. Here is a freebie from the All About Me Glyphs packet on All About Staying Calm. A glyph is a nice alternative to written responses.

Students can then analyze the completed glyphs and compare everyone’s information/preferences. The student follows the directions to color and draw a visual representation of his/her information. A glyph is a symbol or code that conveys information nonverbally. Help guide your students to determine what helps them to calm down with the All About Staying Calm Glyph. This Just Breathe poster is perfect to set the mood in the quiet area. Do you want to create a space in your classroom or home to help children to calm down? These calm down corner ideas are all FREE to print to help your students take a break.
