Funded Aug 9, 2022Thank you so much for providing the necessary items to make a safe and cozy space for my students to go while they work through their feelings and learn to self-regulate. This calm down corner is used daily by every student.
The carpet squares that we got through this project help to make the calm down corner a soft place to land for my students - both literally and figuratively. The wallpaper is a calming color that was not only soothing, but it helped to cover our aging walls, making the space safer and more cheerful.
The calming strategies posters were perfect to help my students walk through their deescalation process, and they enjoyed reading them over and over again each time they were in the corner.
The beanbag and the breathing boards were the stars of the calm down corner, and were well utilized. We added to the space with some existing calming tools that we had and it all came together.
Your kindness and generosity were felt all year long in our classroom - even by other students who came into our room and needed to use the space for self-regulation.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Lisa