Resources
Written for the ten minutes when it is actually happening.
Guides, practices, and printables for the parts of a day that go wrong. Free, no account, and none of them require buying anything.
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Newest guide · 4 phasesMeltdowns, during and after
What to do in the build-up, at the peak, coming down, and in the hour afterwards — including the words that fit each phase and the ones that make it longer.
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School mornings and drop-off
The forty minutes before school, decision by decision, and what a short goodbye at the door actually sounds like.
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The school morning, minute by minute
What to change the night before, what to say at the door, and what to do when it goes wrong anyway. The long-form version.
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Building a calm corner
Four jobs a corner has to cover, what to put in it, what to leave out, and how to introduce it so it never reads as punishment.
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Meltdowns, during and after
Build-up, peak, coming down, after. What helps in each one, what makes it longer, and when to ask for clinical help.
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Three breaths with Bloomie
A follow-along breath a child can watch instead of being talked through. Works in a hallway, a car, or a coat rack.
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Bedtime and winding down
The hour before sleep, why it collapses on the hardest days, and what to move earlier so it does not.
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Transitions
Stopping something is harder than starting something. Warnings, timers, and the handful of moves that make changes cheaper.
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Sensory overload in class
What a classroom sounds and feels like at capacity, and the adjustments that cost a teacher the least.
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Sensory seeking at home
The child who crashes, climbs, squeezes into gaps, and leans their whole weight on you — what that body is asking for, and which tools answer it.
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Giving a calm tool, as a grandparent
How to give something useful without overstepping: what to say to the parents, what to hand over, and then leaving it alone.
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The morning pack
A picture routine strip, a door script, and a one-page handover for a teacher or childminder. Three pages, one email.
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