Busy Hands
Calm Minds
Hands-on clay and brain-body practices that help students focus,
regulate, and thrive.
Where classrooms become calm, focused, and connected.
Welcome to Creating Calm Classrooms™, a hands-on approach to helping kids regulate, focus, and thrive. Our workshops blend clay-based mindfulness and brain-body exercises to create classrooms that feel safe, grounded, and alive with learning.
Whether students are practicing breathwork, strengthening coordination, or finding calm through clay, these tools give them the confidence and focus they need to succeed—both in school and beyond.
For Every Student
Two Pathways to Calm, Focused Classrooms
Mud Makers
Classrooms are full of big emotions, but students aren’t always taught how to work through them. Mud Makers uses clay as a hands-on way for children to recognize feelings, release stress, and practice regulation. The sensory input of working with clay calms the nervous system and helps kids slow down, making focus and learning possible. Every child leaves with their very own Pet Monster creation; a reminder that emotions can be shaped, understood, and expressed.
Clay as a mindfulness + regulation tool
Hands-on sensory input that calms the body
Helps students name, express, and manage emotions
Every child creates their own Pinch Pot Pet Monster
Brain Builders
When students feel overwhelmed, focus and learning shut down. Brain Builders gives kids practical body-based tools to reset, concentrate, and regulate emotions. Through movement, coordination, and breathwork, students learn how to discharge stress and return to calm more quickly. These practices build resilience, confidence, and attention skills that carry into every part of the school day.
Movement + coordination activities to discharge stress
Learn simple, calming breath tools
Builds emotional regulation skills and new neural pathways
Builds attention, concentration, and focus
❊ FAQs
You’ve got questions,
we’ve got answers
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Each session runs 60–75 minutes and blends structured activities with space for exploration. Students move through regulation exercises, group instruction, and hands-on practice with clay or body-based tools.
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Programs are priced at $250 per workshop (classroom rate up to 25 students) — which works out to as little as $10–15 per student, depending on class size.
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For now, bookings are done directly by email. Just send us a note at creatingcalmclassrooms@gmail.com with your school, preferred dates, and which program you’re interested in. We’ll confirm details and take care of the rest.
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We provide everything — clay, activity cards, and tools. Students leave with their own Emotional Monster creation (Mud Makers) or a toolkit of regulation practices (Brain Builders). Teachers receive resources for follow-up activities.
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Our programs are designed for K–6 students and can be adapted for different age groups or mixed classrooms.
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Both programs are built on nervous system science: clay provides haptic + proprioceptive input to calm the body, while movement and bilateral activities in Brain Builders help create new neural pathways for focus and concentration.
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Our approach is inclusive and trauma-informed. We model regulation step-by-step so all students, especially ADHD learners, are given the input they need to succeed.
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Yes! We also offer teacher training so classrooms can integrate these practices year-round, not just during workshops.
Calm Classrooms. Focused Students. Thriving Schools.
