Inside Weather Slides
An expanded and refined interactive slide presentation introducing second graders to the metaphor of 'inside weather' to represent feelings, key emotional regulation concepts like 'You are the Sky', and how to match calming or comforting coping tools to high and low energy emotions.
Weather Match Activity
A student-facing printable matching worksheet where 2nd graders identify their current 'inside weather', draw its icon, and match children experiencing various emotional states to effective calming breathing and grounding strategies.
Weather Calm Cards
A printable double-sided card set with 4 physical movement warm-up cards to release extra energy and 4 real-world discussion scenario cards to build empathy and coping skills in 2nd graders.
Breathing Badges Poster
A highly visual classroom anchor chart poster displaying step-by-step instructions for Star Breathing, Triangle Breathing, and 5-4-3-2-1 Sensory Grounding to support student self-regulation in the classroom's calm-down corner.
Weather Reflection Journal
A student reflection journal sheet for 2nd graders to reflect on a time they experienced stormy or rainy emotions, identify their body signals, and draw themselves using their favorite calm-down strategy.