Mindfulness

• Guided meditation Jason Stephenson Kids meditation, stories and relaxing bedtime meditations. A great selection here.
• Hand massage.
• Yoga for younger ones.
• Yoga.

Crafts

• Lots of our calm base users get a lot of enjoyment out of drawing tutorials. This website has a huge selection of characters that lots of our ASD pupils appreciate (Disney, Mario, Star Wars, Pokémon).
• Making your own playdoh. A great recipe can be found here.
• Easy paper crafts found here.

These are quite tricky and require a few items which might not be in the house (stapler, cello tape) but if you have these they can be really impressive when you finish them.

Reading / Audio Books/ Adaptations

• Many of the calm base users find it relaxing to listen to stories and I have found David Waliams to be great. Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children Stories, enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun!
• You can also catch up on previous recordings at Elevenses Catch-up.
• Several of David Walliams adaptations are also on BBC iPlayer
• The Boy in the Dress
• Mr Stink

Documentaries

• Nature documentaries have a calming effect on lots of our pupils. Particular favourites are:
• Dynasties
• Seven Worlds One Planet