Virtual Calming Room

There are moments in our lives that we need to find ways to relax and take time for ourselves.  Here's a list of some resources (for kids and adults) that may help.  

*the following links are meant as an educational tool and not as psychological interventions.   If you are in need of psychological help, please consult with a licensed mental health professional. 

Big Bend National Park:

• Come see the expansive beauty found in the one of the most scenic national parks located right here in Texas.

The Louvre:

• Last year, the Louvre was the world’s most-visited museum! You can now visit the museum and galleries at home.

Sistine Chapel:

• Visitors can tour the interior artworks of the chapel, including its renowned ceiling and The Last Judgment , by the Renaissance-era painter Michelangelo.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park:

•         Come see multiple views of the most visited national park in the United States.

Yosemite National Park:

• Come see parts of one the nation's favorite parks.

Van Gogh Museum:

• The largest van Gogh collection in the world — 600 artworks and 700 letters — is housed in this Amsterdam museum and can be viewed via a virtual guided tour. View the inside of the museum along with insights into the Dutch post-impressionist artist’s life through paintings including Sunflowers and The Yellow House .

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History:

• Smithsonian is offering virtual tours that let visitors take a self-guided, room-by-room trip through the museum’s slate of exhibits. The current exhibits include the Butterfly Pavilion and the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils, and visitors can even journey through past exhibits, on topics including the last American dinosaurs, the universe, and DNA and genomics.

Yellowstone National Park:

• Yellowstone holds some of the nation’s most iconic ones and the virtual tour takes visitors through the first national park, showing Wyoming’s most treasured sites including its canyons, hot springs and geysers, the most famous being Old Faithful.

British Museum:

• The world’s oldest national public museum is another space that has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to showcase a virtual, interactive gallery. Visitors can roam the halls of the museum, peruse the exhibits and see famous objects like the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and Egyptian mummies.

Weave Silk

Kleki (online paint tool)

Make a glitter jar (this is just one example...Google for more options)

Mind Games for Multiple Grade Levels

Word search Puzzles

Jigsaw Puzzles

Touch Pianist

Fun Optical Illusion Activities

Take a walk outside...observe the environment and surroundings.  Focus on the tangible.  How many different leaves can you find?

Find a fidget item (stress ball, putty, bean bag, spinner, rings, etc)

Think about 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (5 things you can see, 4 things you can feel/touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, 1 good thing about yourself)