How to Use this Room
Ideas for how to use the Virtual Calming Room
This site is for all of us. A virtual calming room is a safe place to get help if you need it, find fun things to do - coloring, puzzles/games, watching live animal cams, and more. Feel free to utilize all the resources to help you find peace, calm, creativity, etc. We are here for you!
Students:
Feeling overwhelmed? Try a quick meditation exercise at the beginning or end of your day to help your mind and your body find calm and quiet.
Take breaks between classes by doing a few minutes of yoga or exercise.
Parents:
Practice some new cooking techniques or trying new foods with your kids! Having them help you will enable them to feel ownership over what they are eating and can be a fun, new way to spend time as a family.
If your student is learning from home, give them breaks between classes to move their bodies.
Staff:
When beginning a google hangout with your class, open one of the calming visuals and share your screen. Students will be welcomed into your virtual hangout in a relaxing way.
Take the first 5 minutes of class, whether virtually or in person, and invite all students to participate in a short mindfulness exercise. This will help everyone to take some time to refocus and regulate, in order to feel more ready to learn.
Use one advisory/homeroom to explore one page of the calming room. Next time you meet as an advisory class, explore another page of the calming room.
Use the calming room for yourself. We all know that to help our students be regulated, we also need to be regulated.
Community Members:
Come & explore to find new ideas and ways to find peace.
Use the calming room for yourself. We all know the importance of self-regulation.
Share with friends & family.