Behavior & Classroom Management
'Take 5' Calm-Down Toolkit
Five evidence-informed calming techniques children can use independently — breathing, grounding, movement, sensory, and cognitive. With age-appropriate adaptations and a take-home card.
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Learning objective
Equip children with multiple self-regulation tools they can use independently.
About this resource
- Subject: Behavior & Classroom Management
- Type: Fact File
- Grade levels: Kindergarten (ages 4-6, ≈ Reception / Y1), Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 8
- Date added: 2026-09-05
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books on behaviour support and SEND
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
For teachers
- I Inside I'm Hurting — Louise Bomber
- T The Whole-Brain Child — Dan Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
- S Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child Break the Stress Cycle — Stuart Shanker
- W When the Adults Change, Everything Changes — Paul Dix
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