{"product_id":"mkandm-calm-down-cards","title":"MKandM - Calm Down Cards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVisual flashcards designed and handmade with love by a mother of 2 boys whose aim is to enhance the communication between parents and their children. They feed into raising independent, resilient and emotionally intelligent children, and create a healthy and loving parent child relationship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet of 31 Calm down cards helping you to educate your child on possible coping skills and emotion regulation techniques.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-  Calm down cards involve actions and activities that you would typically do when feeling unpleasant emotions such as; frustration, disappointment or anger.  These activities include: breathe, squeeze and release, draw or paint, blow bubbles, take a walk...etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-  Assist in bringing your child back to his\/her calming self during a stressful situation or during a meltdown\/tantrum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Developed through recommendations from trained experts in the field of childcare and early childhood learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Hand-drawn cards double sided in both Arabic and English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- A6 size cards: 10.5 x 14.8 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstructions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Introduce the cards when the child is calm and in a non-stressful environment, talk about the different strategies and see which one your child might be more interested in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. When your child is upset or in a meltdown listen and empathize with your child’s feelings, recognize, name and acknowledge their feelings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Do not stop the feeling, having unpleasant emotions is not \"wrong\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Use the cards to offer relaxation or calming techniques.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Ask the child to choose from the deck of cards the activities that they think will help to relax and calm them, like listening to music, drawing or writing in a journal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Model how to transform the feeling of frustration and anger using the examples in the cards such as; count backwards from 10 or imagine a peaceful scene or pretend to blow bubbles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. Practice the skills together for a few minutes every day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.  Notice and encourage the child when they use these skills to cope with big feelings. Commend them for becoming resilient.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9. Use creatively and with love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA portion of the proceeds go towards the AMENA foundation dedicated to helping children with Autism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MiraKandM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46740387528881,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"JOD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/4012\/files\/Copyofzainrand-SummerCollection2026-WebsiteProductCovers_17.png?v=1775040244","url":"https:\/\/www.theorendatribe.com\/products\/mkandm-calm-down-cards","provider":"The Orenda Tribe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}