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Calm Down Kit

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The Calm Down Kit is a set of supplies designed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, or Anxiety to calm them down. The kit is made up of items that the caregiver can find at home.

Technical Specifications: 
Step One: Gather materials.
  • Sensory Balls (see product)
  • Toysmith Old World Kaleidoscope (see product)
  • Briarpatch I Spy 12" Wonder Tube (see product)
  • Piece of fabric
  • Calming Lavender Scented Playdough (see product)
  • small mirror (for checking to see if their face is relaxed)
  • Rescue Remedy (see product)
  • Rescue Gum (see product)
  • the book The Way I Feel (see product)
  • Conair Sound Therapy Sound Machine (see product)
  • Mitaki-Japan Elmsgl Lighted Palm Massager (see product)
  • relaxation prompt cards*
Step Two: Play with the items above or engage in one of the following activities (printed on the printable relaxation prompt cards)
  • Drink Water
  • Tapping
  • Draw a picture
  • Relax your face
  • Hum a song
  • Imagine your safe place

Available

Price Check
as of: 
12/19/2017
Calm Down Kit


Sold By:

The Chaos and The Clutter
Organization Type: 
Manufacturer

The Chaos and The Clurtter is a website/blog administered by Sharla Kostelyk, a mother of 5, with children with special needs. She shares her experience with some homemade sensory products and with her life. She says...

I want you to find happiness in the chaos and the clutter. As a disorganized, creative, scattered, homeschooling mother of seven, including five with Special Needs, I spent years feeling like I wasn’t measuring up to the “perfect” moms I knew.

I would walk around my house, stepping over toys, crunching a dry Cheerio underfoot, passing by a pile of papers, and trying to ignore the mountain of laundry that seemed to grow by the second, and I would feel like a failure. I felt overwhelmed and stressed out and sometimes was grouchy with my kids as a result, only adding to my feelings of guilt.

I tried every organizational system in the book, but mastered none. I was letting the best years with my children slip away and was determined that if I could not change the state of the house, at least I could change my attitude.

 

At The Chaos and The Clutter, I share with you some of my small victories. I am real. I tell the truth about the imperfect parent that I am. I hope that this will be a place where people can be their true “mismatched socks because there weren’t any clean ones” selves!

My everyday life is never ordinary. Most days, I still feel like I am drowning in the busyness! I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I will share anything that has helped me, anything that hasn’t, and the humorous moments in between.

Another type of clutter that I am trying to get rid of is financial clutter. There is just no happiness to be found there! We are trying to climb out of debt and I will also share those tips I learn along the way.

I hope that you will join me in trying to find the blessings and the joy in among the chaos and the clutter!