Calm Corner Kit Social Emotional Coping Tools and Strategies

Teaching your students strategies for calming down and self regulating can be so valuable. A calm down corner or calm down kit can make a huge difference in classroom management and behavior.

In the calm corner, students will learn to identify their feelings, practice deep breathing exercises, use calm down tools, and find an appropriate break choice to get back to a peaceful place.

This Calm Down Corner resource includes:

• Calm Down Corner and Kit Labels
• Directions for how to get started with a calm down corner
• Calm down corner rules
• Feelings posters - Real photo and clipart options included
• "I Can Calm Down" book with 2 differentiated texts (Color and B&W)
• Feelings vocabulary cards
• Feelings vocabulary posters
• Deep breathing posters with breathing options
• Deep breathing posters with explanations of each breathing exercise
• Calm down tools poster with sensory tool options
• Break choice poster with break choice options
• Yoga Poster and Yoga pose options
• My Calm Down Plan
• My Feeling - writing pages
• My Happy Place - drawing activity
• I Calmed Down - drawing activity
• Better Choices - writing activity
• Calm down expert tags
• My Calm Choices Mats (for any students who need individualized calm choices)

Note: If you have a lack of space or limited wall space, this calm down corner resource can easily be turned into a small kit/bin for your classroom.