“What does your body feel like when you start to feel mad or frustrated?”
Help your child notice physical signs like clutched fists, warm cheeks, or a racing heart.
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Calm Down, Deep Breaths & Worry Busters
A 25-minute social-emotional self-regulation playlist featuring RV AppStudios, Yoga Guppy, Storyline Online (Olivia Munn), and Bari Koral.
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5 videos · 24:47
For Parents and Caregivers
Emotional Literacy and Somatic Resets
Young children experience intense emotional waves before their verbal prefrontal cortex has developed the tools to articulate them. When frustration or anxiety strikes, the body enters a physiological fight-or-flight state: breathing quickens, muscles clench, and logical reasoning shuts down.
Teaching children somatic tools—such as deep ocean breathing, progressive physical stretches, and pausing before reacting—gives them concrete body-based methods to regulate their nervous system when big feelings arise.
Ways to talk about the videos
Use these prompts to connect what your child watched with their own ideas, observations, and experiences.
“What did the girl in the story do when her invention wasn't turning out right?”
Highlight how stepping away for a walk helped her see mistakes as clues instead of failures.
“Can we place a hand on our belly and make it rise like a gentle balloon?”
Practice diaphragmatic breathing together, breathing in for 3 seconds and out for 4.
Take it into real life
Simple ways to turn the playlist into hands-on play with familiar materials.
Glitter Calm-Down Jar
Fill a clear plastic water bottle with warm water, clear glue, and glitter. Shake it up when feeling overwhelmed and watch the glitter slowly settle.
Blow Out the Birthday Candle
Hold up five fingers as 'candles'. Have your child take a deep breath in through the nose and blow out each finger candle one by one.
Cozy Corner Nest
Create a quiet, low-stimulation corner with soft pillows, plush toys, and picture books where your child can retreat to reset without feeling punished.
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