In fact, I have learned there are a lot of us out there trying to make the best out of parenting or teaching our out of the box children. My hope in continuing to share tools like this, is that you will find these articles and post and know you are not alone! Take these, save them, and test them out until you find the perfect tool for your child. You can’t build a house with only a hammer. So, no, these tools won’t be the one true answer. My son was screaming, kicking, pushing, and telling everyone in his path just how much he hated them. The day my last post “ 15 SURE-FIRE TIPS to Calm An Angry Child” went viral, guess what was happening in my house… Yep. I made this site to be real and that is what I want to be. I wish I could tell you all of these will be the answer to all your problems. Honestly, I wish I had the perfect answer for sensory needs. Use pillows or stuffed animals to make a pillow cave to provide joint compression to help your child organize their nervous system while calming down. Use ice cubes to create these awesome calm down cubes for your classroom. Make a fire-breathing dragon out of a simple cup to practice calming breathes.Ī DIY Crash Pad is a fantastic place for your angry child to thrash and bang around without hurting them or anyone else. If you are looking for something to have on hand at all times, you can put together an anti-anxiety kit complete with essential oils, songs, and stress balls. Make a DIY Squoosh Box out of a cardboard box to give your child somewhere to calm down. Squeezing the balloons helps provide proprioceptive input and organizes their sensory system. Make a Mermaid Fabric Weighted Lap Pad for your child give them some deep pressure and a fun sensory lap pad!Ģ simple ingredient will help you make DIY Squeeze Balls for your child to use anytime they are angry. Have kids squeeze and take out their anger on these instead of hitting or pushing others. These DIY stress relievers are a great hack to creating your own squeezy tool. Great to use in the car, at a desk or on the go. Making worry stones for children to use when they are feeling nervous or anxious. Simply shake and wait for the calming to begin. Use glitter glue to make these Lego Calm Down Jars. 10 Simple Sensory Hacks for Calming An Angry Child These strategies are simple that… a toolkit meant to help you and your child be better equipped next time an explosion occurs. Of course, these will not work with every child and every child will not respond the same way to these strategies. It was not until I started to understand the sensory reasons behind the anger and learn alternative methods for helping him calm down that I truly started to see a change in my son.īelow, I have gathered a list of 10 simple sensory “hacks” for helping a child calm down when they are angry. However, I am here now to say that I spent the first 8 years of my son’s life blaming myself, my parenting and my abilities to “manage” my son’s anger. The thing is… unless you have ever taught or loved a child who struggles with anger management, it is really easy to judge. I read comments that told me I was a terrible parent for not buckling down and giving them discipline, comments that told others that it was terrible to give children these strategies instead of time outs, and many other comments that made me step back and think a little bit about my tactics. I thought it would be really helpful to do a mini-series of Sensory Hacks that could be used to help with many of the difficult behaviors that are often linked to sensory needs.Īfter my last post about tips for calming an angry child went viral, I saw a lot of comments from readers and people on Facebook who apparently have never been around an angry child. If you have a child that has trouble controlling their temper, you know exactly how hard it can be to calm them down.Ī few months ago I shared some tips that help calm an angry child which included ideas to use before, during and after any meltdown.
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