Together by George Ella Lyon, Equal Scmequal by Virginia Kroll
Video -- Mrs. Broam's Mommy Hat #5 -- Enjoy the Drive, TOGETHER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp1VJjT8Oec&feature=em-upload_owner
Move like the sun: Standing -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5POltBH6Jo or Seated -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbhTmAygygs
(1) Folding the body--soothes and relaxes the nervous system
(2) Holding muscles still and strong is strengthening and calming for an overexcited, overstimulated body
(3) Rolling shoulders back and down, stretches the chest open & counteracts all the activities we do that round the back and collapse the chest (driving, eating, computer work, texting, etc). This stretching and opening of the chest lifts your mood too.
"Moving Like the Sun" includes all of these movements!
Tips like the above have helped me as a mom. My kiddos say the "mommy bomb" does not "go off" like it did before I regularly did these moving and breathing techniques.
Principles from the Principal -- Sharing Control and Sibling Rivalry
It's Bad Day by Mary Elen Leibheit, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst