Calm Down Toolkit

Your child does not need another lecture in the middle of a meltdown. They need a tool.

Calm Down Toolkit is the hands-on tool library of the Big Feelings, Calm Families series, giving parents, caregivers, and educators sixty practical calming techniques for children ages 2-8.

Inside, Dr. Joanna Voss offers clear, child-friendly strategies for helping children move through anger, anxiety, overstimulation, shutdown, transition stress, bedtime struggles, and big feelings that arrive faster than words.

You'll find:

• Breathing exercises children can actually understand
• Movement tools for high-energy and sensory-seeking kids
• Sensory calming tools using touch, sound, sight, smell, pressure, and temperature
• Creative calming activities using drawing, playdough, tearing, puppets, and collage
• Co-regulation scripts and together tools for parents and caregivers
• Daily calm routines for mornings, after school, bedtime, and transitions
• A Personal Toolkit Builder to help your child choose the tools that fit them best

This book does not promise that every tool will work for every child. Instead, it helps you find the right few: tools your child knows, trusts, practices, and can return to when feelings get too big.

Warm, practical, science-informed, and deeply usable, Calm Down Toolkit is designed for real families, real classrooms, real meltdowns, and real children who need a way through.