Calming Activities - Colouring Book
There is something soothing about these calming activities and designs that students will instantly take ownership of the challenge.
Your students will do anything to be allowed to continue the colouring activities. Use these activities as an incentive
Colouring is one of the great calming activities and therapeutic for students, especially those who have no other outlet for unpleasant or confusing emotions. Even students without complex issues benefit from processing their feelings, frustrations and emotions though the simple but profound act of colouring.
"Colouring sparks students' imagination and gives them an opportunity to express themselves. Colouring is an important educational tool. It has been proven that students who spend some time colouring have better concentration and focus skills than those who don't."
Arshi Kumot
Mum Junction
There is a sound scientific underpinning for the purported benefits of using colouring books for calming activities. In research, scientists have measured brainwaves and heart rhythms to see the impact on the brain of certain activities.
When students were colouring, scientists noticed changes in heart rate and changes in brainwaves.'
Colouring in pictures and drawings may seem like a simple task but there are so many learning benefits for children. Colouring is one of the calming activities which engage students in thinking.
The act of colouring has a profound effect.
Whether you have one or a few feral little monsters in your classroom, colouring activities will help engaging students into a compliant position.
Colouring has been recommended as a stress reliever for hundreds of years. The world famous psychiatrist
Carl Jung first recommended it to his patients as a way to relieve stress and anxiety.
The calming effect that colouring has on students leads directly to higher productivity with the compliance nature of the activity. If students are less stressed, they will be more productive and efficient at getting things done.