Page 23 - Unit 5b Understanding Physical Needs

Finding Calm

▪ Many children have not regularly experienced the feeling of

‘calm’.

▪ This means that when adults tell them they need to ‘be calm’,

many don’t even understand what this means or cannot become

calm easily.

▪ They will need to experience this feeling

and practise ways to ‘become calm’

many times before they will be able to

do it in the moment of things going wrong.

▪ Research shows that daily meditation or

mindfulness techniques can make a big

difference to a child’s ability to regulate

feelings and energy.