{"id":1618,"date":"2020-06-03T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learning.bishops.org.za\/bsu2022\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:16:34","slug":"creating-a-calm-corner-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/2020\/06\/03\/creating-a-calm-corner-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a calm corner at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/06\/Calm-corner-Listen-and-Talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2738\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/06\/Calm-corner-Listen-and-Talk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>by <strong><em>Nicole Soames<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Is your child feeling frustrated, or perhaps feeling anxious now with possibly returning to school? A \u2018calm corner\u2019 may help your child with these <em>big<\/em> feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a calm corner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A calm corner is a specific agreed upon space where your child can go to regulate their emotions, such as in their bedroom, the living room, or any cosy spot in the house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When to use a calm corner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When your child shows feelings such as anger, frustration, sadness or is dysregulated, then some time in the calm corner may help. <em>BUT, the calm corner is NOT a punishment, and should not be confused with a time out, for example.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What to include in the calm corner<\/strong> (Note: not all of these are needed and you can include others):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some comfortable pillows, or a warm blanket<\/li>\n<li>A feelings chart with different emotions<\/li>\n<li>Calming strategy cards<\/li>\n<li>Headphones with soothing and calming sounds<\/li>\n<li>Sensory toys like a squishy ball<\/li>\n<li>Favourite books<\/li>\n<li>Colouring materials<\/li>\n<li>A bottle filled with water beads<\/li>\n<li>Candles, incense or a smell your child likes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please get in touch if you would like any more information on a calm corner or if you would like to discuss how best to support frustrated or anxious children during this time. Email Nicole at <a href=\"mailto:nsoames@bishops.org.za\">nsoames@bishops.org.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Nicole Soames\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Is your child feeling frustrated, or perhaps feeling anxious now with possibly returning to school? A \u2018calm corner\u2019 may help your child with these big feelings. What is a calm corner? A calm corner is a specific agreed upon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting","category-pre-prep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2739,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bishops.org.za\/bsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}