Description
The Calm Box is designed to help children ages 3 to 7 (and their parents!) manage daily crises. It includes more than a dozen emotion management tools (sensory materials, posters, communication tools, etc.).
Each tool is presented in detail in the accompanying guide for parents. It also offers a host of strategies for preventing and managing tantrums. All parents face storms of emotion from their children. Since children's brains are still developing, their emotions often take over their reasoning abilities. However, adults can use different tools and strategies to support a child in managing their emotions. The calm box is full of tools for this purpose. Some are designed to be manipulated, while others, more graphic, serve as support for better understanding emotions. It includes:-A poster of the stages of returning to calm, which is a memory aid to facilitate the passage through a crisis and help the child to calm down.-A poster "Recognize my emotions", which allows the child to become familiar with the different emotions and to recognize them.-A poster "The weather of emotions", which can be used in particular with children who have difficulty distinguishing facial expressions.-A poster "The intensity of my emotion", which leads the child to reflect on the extent of his emotion and possibly to understand that it is modulated.-Fifteen "I need to..." cards, which offer ideas for actions or activities to calm down.-A bubble hourglass, to help the child calm down and refocus.-A sensory ball, which leads the child to explore and feel different sensations that relax and calm him.-A poster "Belly breathing", to learn to calm down by performing a breathing exercise. A photo album "My Sweet Moments", in which the child can place evocative and soothing photos for him.-The posters "Recognizing my emotions" and "The intensity of my emotion" are also provided in the form of self-adhesive vinyls so that they can be displayed in the child's room or in a place meaningful to him. In addition to explaining how to use each of the tools, the accompanying guide presents several strategies as well as answers to the following questions: why do children have tantrums? How to prevent tantrums? What to do during a tantrum? What to do after a tantrum?
Each tool is presented in detail in the accompanying guide for parents. It also offers a host of strategies for preventing and managing tantrums. All parents face storms of emotion from their children. Since children's brains are still developing, their emotions often take over their reasoning abilities. However, adults can use different tools and strategies to support a child in managing their emotions. The calm box is full of tools for this purpose. Some are designed to be manipulated, while others, more graphic, serve as support for better understanding emotions. It includes:-A poster of the stages of returning to calm, which is a memory aid to facilitate the passage through a crisis and help the child to calm down.-A poster "Recognize my emotions", which allows the child to become familiar with the different emotions and to recognize them.-A poster "The weather of emotions", which can be used in particular with children who have difficulty distinguishing facial expressions.-A poster "The intensity of my emotion", which leads the child to reflect on the extent of his emotion and possibly to understand that it is modulated.-Fifteen "I need to..." cards, which offer ideas for actions or activities to calm down.-A bubble hourglass, to help the child calm down and refocus.-A sensory ball, which leads the child to explore and feel different sensations that relax and calm him.-A poster "Belly breathing", to learn to calm down by performing a breathing exercise. A photo album "My Sweet Moments", in which the child can place evocative and soothing photos for him.-The posters "Recognizing my emotions" and "The intensity of my emotion" are also provided in the form of self-adhesive vinyls so that they can be displayed in the child's room or in a place meaningful to him. In addition to explaining how to use each of the tools, the accompanying guide presents several strategies as well as answers to the following questions: why do children have tantrums? How to prevent tantrums? What to do during a tantrum? What to do after a tantrum?