Start with one consistent cue
Kindergartners thrive on predictability. Pick one signal — like "Reset in 3… 2… 1…" — and use it every time. In the pilot, students began saying the cue along with the teacher and settling almost instantly within two weeks.
Keep it short and clean
Aim for 60–90 seconds. Wait until everyone is seated before starting, run one activity (not three), and exit cleanly. Stacking activities was fun but made the room wilder — one routine per moment works best.
Five activities to rotate
- Balloon belly breaths — inflate and deflate the belly, 5 rounds.
- Flower & candle — smell the flower in, blow the candle out.
- Quiet ground — feet flat, three slow breaths, "feel the floor."
- Transition breath — used before lining up for recess.
- Gentle game — Cloud Keeper or Tidepool for indoor calm.
Match the activity to the room
Hyper / loud → Quick Ground (longer exhale). Sleepy → Transition. Before learning → Focus Prep.
Make it the teacher's tool, not a visitor's
If a guest introduces regulation, hand it off quickly. In the pilot, the goal was for the teacher to run it without help — and she did, daily, by week three. You can run a whole class together with Classroom Sync.
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