The Calm Coach KS1 Programme

Six short video sessions, simple, playful and easy to follow. Specially designed for ages 5 to 7.

We regulate through connection

Building the Habit, Adding the Why?

Children start to learn a little of the why alongside the how at this stage, understanding that feeling wobbly, cross, or a bit fizzy inside isn’t naughty or silly, it’s just their body trying to help. Alongside heart breathing, they learn the butterfly hug and a simple gratitude practice, both genuinely practical tools they can use themselves, at school or at home, whenever they need them.

Each session is around 8 minutes, pre-recorded, and ready to play. There’s nothing for staff to prepare, script or facilitate.

What The Children Learn

Every session returns to the same anchor practice, heart breathing, which helps steady a child’s whole body and mind. Alongside it, children are introduced to the butterfly hug, a gentle, self-administered tapping technique, and the Three G’s, a simple practice of noticing three things they feel glad about. Both tools are quick, memorable and entirely within a child’s own control, so they can be reached for independently, not just during a session.

Built With Every Child In Mind

Every child’s nervous system is different, and that’s especially true for neurodivergent children, who may experience stress, sensory input and regulation in their own particular way. All three tools in this programme, heart breathing, the butterfly hug and the Three G’s, are body based and self-directed, needing no talking and no complex instructions to follow. The butterfly hug in particular offers a calming, rhythmic, self-administered form of touch that many children find genuinely soothing, including children who find unpredictable sensory input difficult elsewhere in the day. Because every tool can be used silently and independently, children who find group discussion or verbal check-ins harder still have a full, genuine way to regulate.

Why This Matters at This Age

By five to seven, children are beginning to notice their own feelings more clearly, but they still need very concrete tools to do anything useful with that awareness. Giving them a small toolkit, rather than a single technique, means they can start choosing what helps in the moment, an early, gentle introduction to the idea that they have some genuine agency over how they feel.

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This programme is completely free for UK schools, alongside every other Calm Coach age group and the staff programme.

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