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The Calm Kids Activity Book is a low-prep personal Calm Corner Kit with over 100 interventions and exercises that promote self-awareness, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and social emotional learning, while helping you with classroom management. For SEL distance learning, share the no-prep Digital Calm Kids Activity Book on Google Slides™ with your students to use at home. For face-to-face, in-school learning, the printable coping tools kit is so easy to prepare that you can make individual copies for each student to keep at their desk...so you don't have to worry about sanitizing between each use. With so many interventions and exercises, it's also the perfect kit for school counselors to use with individual students and small groups. Families, it's also a fun "boredom buster" for kids, too! WHAT'S INCLUDED Digital The NO-PREP Calm Kids Digital Activity Book on Google Slides™ contains over 160 interactive pages. Includes narrated videos with music, digital timer, fill in the blank, and drag and drop activities. Printable 3 different sizes of the Calm Kids Activity Book. The 8.5" x 11" option is designed to fit inside of a 3 ring binder.  The medium and mini sizes are designed to fit inside of plastic pencil boxes Just add colored pencils, a timer, stress ball or other calming tools and you have an instant personal Calm Box on the go. Comes in both color and black and white printable options. Binder spine label and tabs to organize the 8.5" x 11" Calm Kids Activity Book Cover and reference guide labels designed to fit on plastic pencil boxes to create Calm Box Kits. And the Activities Are (Grouped by Coping Tool)..... DRAW OR COLOR: Draw or color how I feel, Draw what I wish for and hope will happen, Draw something that makes me smile or laugh, Just doodle or scribble, Draw what happened, Color a coloring page EXERCISE, STRETCH or DO YOGA: Run, do jumping jacks, or do squats, Ask if I can go on a short walk, Do cross crawls, Do yoga, Play sports or another fun moving game Stretch DO A BREATHING EXERCISE: Use a Breathing Board, Bubble Breath, Hot Cocoa, Roller Coaster, Hummingbird Breathing, Elevator Breathing FOCUS ON THE GOOD: List what I am grateful for, Send a Heart Wish, Remind myself of my strengths, Look for the bright side of things, Focus on what I have control over, Make a plan to reach my goals CONNECT WITH NATURE: Take a mindful walk outdoors, Go on a nature treasure hunt, Watch the clouds, Imagine and/or draw a peaceful place in nature, Ocean Wave Breathing, Play outside TALK ABOUT IT: Use I-Statements to talk about my feelings, Say what I need, Secret Hand Signal, Talk to someone that I trust, Talk it out to resolve a conflict, Fill out a form to request a time to talk JOURNAL OR WRITE A LETTER, Write about my thoughts & feelings, Write about my hopes, goals and wishes, Brainstorm solutions for a problem I am having, Write a letter to thank someone, Write an apology letter, Write a letter to someone I love and/or miss DO SOMETHING KIND AND HELPFUL: Do something kind, Volunteer to do a chore, Make a plan to help others, Do something to take care of the earth, Give out a kindness coupon, Compliment someone USE POSITIVE SELF-TALK: Use a positive affirmation, Hand Over Heart, Use a coping statement, Make a strength bracelet, Turn a negative thought into a helpful thought, Practice my power pose TAKE A BREAK: Use a break card and/or timer, Get a drink of water, Just stop, breathe, then choose what to do, Take a mini-movement break, Imagine a peaceful place Count to 10 READ OR LOOK AT HAPPY PICTURES: Read something interesting, Look at peaceful photos, Read about fun facts, Learn some new jokes, Look at cute animal pictures, Make a calming collage TIGHTEN THEN RELAX MY MUSCLES: Chair or wall push-ups, The Boat, Rocks and Socks, Palm Presses, Arm and Shoulder Massage, Hug it out USE A FIDGET: Use a helpful calming tool, Piano Fingers, Doodle, Use headphones, Finger Pulls, Flexible seating BUILD SOMETHING OR SOLVE A PUZZLE: Build or invent something, Picture puzzle, Spot the difference puzzle,Jigsaw puzzle Word puzzle, Mazes DO A MINDFULNESS EXERCISE: Notice how my body feels, Listen to my emotions, 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding, Find a rainbow, Focus on just one thing, Energy sphere

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I came across this Free Series the other day and knew that I had to share it with you! What a gold mine for the New Year. I know that I want to print one of these this year, and this just might be the one that I use. This Free Printable Home Management Binder […]

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Do you ever look around your home and wish you had a list you could go through once a week - or even once a month - to help you stay organized and make sure you were tackling all the areas that needed cleaning? Well, this Household Chores List is here to the rescue! Print out this list and store it in your home management binder so you can refer back to it as needed.

A home management binder seems a little extreme at first thought.... I mean, we all know what we need to do right? Wash the dishes, do the laundry, cook dinner....its not exactly rocket science is it! Alhamdulillah, whilst running a home certainly is not rocket science, being organised can make doing so a lot more efficient and easier....especially for those of us who have home-schooling thrown into the mix! In my own desperate attempts at improving my own home management skills, I discovered the world of binder printables! Some of you may already be familiar with these, especially if you are over in the USA because it seems to be something quite popular across the Atlantic! Upon further research, I've noticed that many productive people, often have some kind of planning method in place to help organise their thoughts and time. It of course doesn't have to take the form of a fancy binder, however, if you are looking to have something which would help to inspire and keep you working towards goals and use time more productively inshaAllah, then a management binder may help. When using a binder, bare in mind that what you write down is not written in stone! Some days things may come up which is not on your plan....so go with it and don't panic! The idea is just to help general productivity, and "brain-dump" all your to-dos onto paper so that you don't have to keep thinking about them! Even if you only achieve 80% of things from your planning 80% of the time....you'll see a huge improvement in your productivity and time-management inshaAllah! (well, that's my theory anyway!) So here is my version.... something I put together to help mentally organise to-dos, including home-school and blog planning printables. I've uploaded each of the binder elements separately, to make it easier for you to download what you need if you don't need all the printables included. Look out for future posts where I will share how I use this binder inshaAllah. Happy organising akhwaat! (smile)   {Home management binder cover} I highly recommend getting the Better Binder from Staples....they come in a wide range of colours and have a protective pouch on the front to allow you to insert your own cover as well as an insert for the spine. (they are cheaper online than in the store though...we showed in store the online price and they matched it Alhamdulillah, or you can just order online and get delivered free to pick up from the store). {Cleaning Planning printables} {Daily schedule planner printable} {Home management binder contacts printable} {Home binder password log printable} {Home management binder printable calendar} {Home School weekly schedule printable} {6-week subject planner printable} {why we home school printable} {project and trip ideas printable} {Kids activities to do with Mum ideas printable} {finance record printable} {blog objectives with Blogger platform} {blog objectives with Wordpress platform} {Blog editorial calendar with blog stats tracker}

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If you want to learn exactly what to put in a Home Management Binder then you're in the right place! - This post will take you through the categories, sections and contents that a Home Management Binder usually contains. You can go from this list and create one that suits your needs perfectly.

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It has been awhile since posting here but let me assure you, we have been busy. We are implementing (with great success, I might add) the Maxwell's systems of scheduling and chore assignments in our home. You can read more about the Maxwell family, their ministry and books here. They have some very wonderful ideas. I have had their Managers of Their Home system for quite some time but have been working to tweak it for our family. Here is what we have done with our daily schedule. As you can see, this is posted on the refrigerator. We have a limited amount of wall space in our home, and this is a very convenient place, where all can view it. It has taken me some time to tweak this schedule, however, recently, when ds needed 30 minutes of vision therapy with me every day, it was very easy to 'plug it in' without me feeling overwhelmed. I have also incorporated my own chores as well as blocks of time to 'inspect' and 'train' the children in their chores. I need to add that I tried this system many years ago, in our early years of homeschooling and it didn't work then because I tried to follow it too closely. I now have learned to use it as my guide rather than my master (even though it is called a 'master' schedule). I believe that this is a very important key to making this system work for your family. FLEXIBILITY! Another system that the Maxwells created and is rather new to me is called Managers of Their Chores. Chores have always been a challenge for me to implement in our home. I felt like I spent much of my day telling the children to pick up this, do this job, or do that job. I no longer have to do that. This system does that for me. I have found that I know that the jobs that need to be done, will be done sometime during the week, so I am not concerned about getting it done, right then. This entire system frees me up to focus on other thing, rather than chores. When I work the system, it works. As with any new system, it takes some time to set up. One of the most time consuming but important things is to figure out what chores need to be done, how often, and which child will do them. Once you do that, the rest is a cup of tea, walk in the park... The way the system works is that the children have a plastic clip-on pocket (note in photo) that they clip to themselves during the allotted time for chores. They do each chore consecutively, until they are all complete. At that time, the child 'turns in' his chore pocket to me. Having the child clip their chores on them has been especially helpful to my youngest son, as he gets distracted so easily and forgets what he was doing. He is learning that whenever he is 'wearing' his jobs, that is what he is to focus on. All of my children are of reading age, but the Maxwell's have software included with book purchase, that will help you make picture cards for children who are pre-readers. For me, the most difficult part of maintaining this system was to follow up and check the work that the children had done. I created the following system to help me with that. It is located on a wall in a high traffic area of the house, for everyone to see. The pockets are made out of file folders (a different color for each child) and packing tape. After I have inspected the jobs in the plastic pockets then they go in the completed section and I load their plastic pocket for the next round of jobs, in a couple hours. The children have three, thirty minute sessions for jobs, during each day. I have conveniently labeled them AM, PM and evening jobs. Some jobs they do every day, or several times a day, other jobs, only one time per week. The system teaches you how to arrange all that. The Managers of Their Chores process is not difficult to understand and the way the Maxwell's root the material in the Godly importance of teaching our children the responsibility of hard work is very encouraging. Several years ago, when the children were younger, I did not see such a great necessity for systems like these, however, as my children are growing and their educational demands increase, I have found myself drowning in a maze of calenders and sticky notes and an inability to figure out where I am suppose to be next, let alone the children. Most days we get all of our school work completed, as well as the many sports and music appointments. We are even getting daily Bible reading done and the bathrooms cleaned, all because these things are scheduled. It is truly a wonderful feeling. Everyone feels better about their accomplishments. I must thank Steve and Teri Maxwell for their forethought in sharing such insightful information in their books. I will highly recommend them to any home school family. I pray that this post may have interested you in investigating some of their writings. May God bless and encourage you in helping your family be more productive. Blessings, Suzie

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Find my 2014 FREE Home Management Binder printables here. I know. I’m SOOOO slow. Slow as molasses. But it is finished! My 30-Day (or 90-Day) Home Management Binder challenge is complete. I’ve been using it for a while, but I’ve just recently added a few more pages — and I wanted to share those withcontinue Reading...

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