Nervous System Reset Printable Bundle, After School Routine Cards, Emotional Regulation PDF

After-school routine cards and calm-down cards for kids ages 6+ who need a softer transition from school to home.

When the school day spills out at home, more questions and instructions can feel overwhelming. Reset After School gives your child a simple visual path through the first 20 minutes: arrive, refuel, land, reset and decide what comes next.

Use the cards as a flexible menu rather than another demand. Offer one or two choices, use fewer words and let your child notice what their body needs.

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE

• One 37-page US Letter PDF

• 30 printable visual-routine and sensory-choice cards

• Finished card size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches

• Matching card backs for optional two-sided printing

• Clear printing and cutting instructions

• 18-page bonus After-School Reset Kit

• Warm, low-ink design with strong, legible typography

• Instant digital download

THE CARDS INCLUDE

• The First 20 Minutes routine

• Body-needs check-in

• Wall push

• Shake it out

• Animal walk

• Sip and breathe

• Humming

• Quiet nest

• Wall lean

• Cool cloth

• Sky gaze

• Self-hug

• Movement, quiet and connection choices

• Water, snack and bathroom reminders

• Homework, free-time, timer and screen-transition cards

THE BONUS KIT INCLUDES

• A five-step softer-landing guide

• Sensory landing menu

• Movement and connection choices

• First-Then-Next planning page

• Calmer screen-time ending routine

• Homework launch pad

• Short scripts for difficult moments

• Weekly “notice what helps” tracker

• Customizable after-school landing plan

• Cut-apart routine and reset-choice cards

HOW TO PRINT

1. Download the PDF after purchasing.

2. Print on US Letter paper or cardstock at Actual Size / 100%.

3. Print the fronts only, or print two-sided using “flip on long edge.”

4. Cut along the fine gray guides.

5. Keep the cards together, place them on a ring or display the choices your child needs that day.

PERFECT FOR

• After-school overwhelm and big feelings

• Children who respond well to visual choices

• Creating a predictable transition home

• Calm corners and family reset spaces

• Reducing questions and verbal demands

• Supporting smoother homework and screen transitions

PLEASE NOTE

This is an instant digital download. No physical cards or printed materials will be mailed.

Colors may vary slightly depending on your monitor, printer, ink and paper. For the strongest result, print on white or warm-white cardstock.

For personal use only. Please do not resell, share or redistribute the digital files.

Created by Julia King

Yoga teacher since 2005 | B.S. Physical Education

Rest & Reset Studio

Educational wellness resource. This product is not medical or mental-health treatment.

Calm Down Corner Printables for Kids in 2026 — Julia King

WHO THIS IS FOR:

Parents, teachers, counselors, therapists, and homeschoolers with a child ages 3–10 who goes from fine to flooded in about four seconds. People who want a corner set up before the hard moment, not during it.

WHAT IT DOES:

Ten printable pages from Julia King of Rest & Reset Studio — five-senses grounding, square breathing, a feelings check-in, "I feel… I need…" cards, and affirmations — that turn any small space into a calm corner.

HOW IT HELPS:

The child has somewhere to go and something to do when they get there. You stop improvising in the middle of a meltdown.

WHO THIS IS NOT FOR:

This isn't a time-out system, a discipline plan, or a social-emotional curriculum. It won't work as a punishment — a calm corner a child is sent to stops being a calm corner. And it isn't treatment; ongoing distress belongs with a pediatrician or child therapist.

From Julia King — yoga teacher (20+ yrs), Yoga Nidra certified, author of Reset in a Snap. More at restandresetstudio.com