When I first started teaching two years ago, we were lucky enough to be given the SecondStep curriculum.  SecondStep is a violence prevention, social and emotional development tool for children in preschool through (I think) high school.  The one that we use is for Preschool and Kindergarten.
To prepare for the SecondStep lessons I created this bulletin board:

There’s a few things going on in this board.  The top third is related to SecondStep materials I have been given in the curriculum box.  The second third (middle) are our rules.  The bottom third are our helpers.
At the top you can see a poster for our Calm Down strategies.  This poster is one of the materials I received from SecondStep.  The steps are: Put your hand on your belly; say, “Calm down,”; take a deep breath; and count out loud.  This is one of my favorite lessons from SecondStep, and actually doesn’t occur…