Simple Calming Strategies
Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · procedural
Use simple calming strategies when feeling upset or overwhelmed — such as taking deep breaths, counting to ten, or going to a quiet space — and understand that these help the body and mind settle down
What mastery looks like
- Demonstrate at least two calming strategies when prompted
- Choose to use a calming strategy independently during a real upset
- Explain in simple terms why calming down helps them think better
Check your understanding
When Simple Calming Strategies gets really upset — say they lose a game or argue with a sibling — can they use a strategy like deep breaths to calm themselves down rather than staying in meltdown mode?
Prerequisites
Required first
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