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Clark Sharks
Social Emotional Learning
Welcome to the
Virtual Calming Room
This room is for students and families to find tools to manage emotions and feelings.
Remember that all feelings are okay.
Click on our Specialist's Teachers to find calming tools that are physical, musical, literary, and more!
Check in with yourself!
What Zone are you in right now?
Here are even more calming tools from our own
Clark Elementary Students!!!
Ms. Ballard visited some of your classes and we learned about coping strategies.
Use these ideas and make your own toolbox or list!
Check back soon to see if ideas from your class get added!!
Blue Zone Toolbox
Ideas from 2nd Graders at Clark Elementary
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Breath in breath out
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Play with toys
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Soccer
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Listen to sounds outside, like birds chirping or bee hives
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Cuddle your dog or cat
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Snuggle your stuffed animal
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Talk it out with someone you trust
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Shake your snow globe and watch the sparkles fall
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Look outside your window and be grateful for nature
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Draw
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Go outside
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Run
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Ride your scooter
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Play with a cat
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Cook or bake something
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Use positive self talk, tell yourself that it is okay to make mistakes
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Read a funny book
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Put down a mat and do gymnastics
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Spend time with your mom or grandma
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Hangout with your brothers and sisters, laugh together and tell jokes
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Read outside to get fresh air
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Squish your stress squishy
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Play with your dad or grandpa
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Play video games
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Play tennis
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Watch a funny show or movie
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Look at old pictures that bring back happy memories
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Drink water
Yellow Zone Toolbox
Ideas from 3rd Graders at Clark Elementary
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Read a book
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Play with a toy
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Chew gum
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Call your cousin
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Play a game on a phone or tablet
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Take a break with a fidget
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Get active! Play a game like football
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Hug a stuffy
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Make something- crafts
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Get your feelings out- talk to someone
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Squish a squishy - a stress ball or poop squishy
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Get your feelings out- yell into a pillow
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Do a puzzle- Rubix cube
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Arts and crafts
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Look at a lava lamp
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Take deep breaths while you use a stress ball
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Hold a special lego
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Play a game on a phone
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Exercise
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Dance
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Paint
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Go outside and play
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Get a hug
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Message your friends
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Drink water
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Get a snack
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Read a Harry Potter book
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Play Minecraft, use the shader pack if you can
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Write in a journal or diary
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Cuddle your stuffy or pillow
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Hang out with your cats, pet them, hold them
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Color
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Draw a picture, or get your feelings out by drawing how you feel
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Cuddle your dog
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Hug your Among Us stuffy
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Put on a play with your stuffies or figurines
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Play the piano
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Take a nap
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Focus on an object - like your favorite flag
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Smell something nice - like your favorite perfume
Red Zone Toolbox
Ideas from 4th Graders at Clark Elementary
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Read a book
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Squish a squishy while taking deep breaths
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Play with a cat
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Draw
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Play tug with your dog
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Play video games
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Play football, or anything that gets your body moving
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Write a comic strip (you could even make one about your feelings to get it out of your body and on the paper, to help you process and let it go)
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Make jokes with your friends and laugh
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Go to a special calming spot, like a special chair or room
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Text your mom, or someone in your family
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Scream into a squishy
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Play Roblox on your phone
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Read to a pet or a family member
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Play Toga Kitchen 2
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Hug a stuffy
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Watch TV, like the show Jessie, or something that makes you laugh
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Hold your favorite stuffed animal
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Do gymnastics
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Exercise, move your body
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Color
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Write a story
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Curl up on a comfy couch or chair and read
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Get a drink of water
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Throw rocks outside, somewhere safe where you won't hurt anyone or yourself
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Smell lavender
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Sit by a fireplace and watch the flames
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Meditate
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Eat candy or a snack
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Day dream about something that brings you joy or happiness
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Think about things that make you excited
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Belly breathing
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Get a snack
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List 5 things you want to do
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Draw
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Draw about how you are feeling
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Play an instrument
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Take a walk outside and take deep breaths
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Ask for alone time
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Go running
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Hold your dog
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Paint something
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Journal about your feelings and what happened to you
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Chew gum
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Hit a pillow, scream into a pillow
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Play soccer
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Ride a bike
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Text or call your friend
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Make a special music playlist that makes you feel good
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Listen to rap or heavy metal
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Gaming
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Play the drums
Green Zone Toolbox
Ideas from 5th Graders at Clark Elementary
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Free write in your notebook
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Get all of your feelings out in a journal
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Spend time with animals
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Drink water and stay hydrated
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Chew gum
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Call a friend
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Do scratch off art
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Listen to pop music
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Dance
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Write in a journal everyday
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Write about things that you are grateful for, things that make you happy, or the best things that happened to you that day
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Make a "happy jar" and write these ideas on little pieces of paper of things to do to help you feel calm, happy and take care of yourself. Fold them up and put them in your jar. When you need an idea, pull out a piece of paper.
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Listen to a book on tape
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Watch funny videos on YouTube
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Fold paper
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Use audible
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Watch your favorite anime show
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Sculp with putty
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Read a comic book
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Watch a calming video
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Play a calm game, like animal crossing
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Play with Avengers paperweights
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Play Among Us
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Play with your pet bunny
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Run around outside with your dog, or with your brother or sister
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Send funny memes or videos
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Build something with Legos
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Listen to dubstep music
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Watch old videos of yourself or your family
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Give yourself a hug
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Fidget with your pencil to keep paying attention in class
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Art
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Read inspirational quotes
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Use a pop it fidget
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Snuggle your favorite stuffed animal
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Look at a picture of your family that makes you happy
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Look at pictures of puppies
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Eat food that makes your body feel good
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Draw
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Read a book
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Build with legos
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Run and play with your sister or brother
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Eat an orange
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Look at birds
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Look through an old picture album
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Play with a rubix cube
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Play games
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Wash dishes
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Ask to give someone a hug
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Listen to your favorite song (love on the brain, fly away, brass monkey)
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Make music
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Origami
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Finger knitting
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Fidget with an egg of silly putty
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Create something new
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Read a chapter book or a graphic novel
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Put on and play with makeup
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Watch your favorite anime show
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Spend time with your family or people who feel like sunshine
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Go on walks with people you care about
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Build a fortress outside
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Wear your favorite slippers or things that make you feel cozy
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