Calm Down Toolkit: Calming Techniques, Strategies, and Activities for Kids Ages 2–8 (Big Feelings, Calm Families)

Your child does not need another lecture in the middle of a meltdown. They need a tool.Calm Down Toolkit is the hands-on tool library of the Big Feelings, Calm Families series, giving parents, caregivers, and educators sixty practical calming techniques for children ages 2–8.Inside, Dr. Joanna Voss offers clear, child-friendly strategies for helping children move through anger, anxiety, overstimulation, shutdown, transition stress, bedtime struggles, and big feelings that arrive faster than words.You’ll find:Breathing exercises children can actually understandMovement tools for high-energy and sensory-seeking kidsSensory calming tools using touch, sound, sight, smell, pressure, and temperatureCreative calming activities using drawing, playdough, tearing, puppets, and collageCo-regulation scripts and together tools for parents and caregiversDaily calm routines for mornings, after school, bedtime, and transitionsA Personal Toolkit Builder to help your child choose the tools that fit them bestThis book does not promise that every tool will work for every child. Instead, it helps you find the right few: tools your child knows, trusts, practices, and can return to when feelings get too big.Warm, practical, science-informed, and deeply usable, Calm Down Toolkit is designed for real families, real classrooms, real meltdowns, and real children who need a way through. Read more