Free to print

Things to do

For the kitchen table, the classroom or a rainy afternoon. Print them, colour them in, stick them on the fridge.

For the wall

Four words for how a body feels

Which one is your body today?

Fast

Zoomy inside. Hard to sit still.

Copy Me: Slow push

Heavy

Slow and droopy. Everything feels like a lot.

Copy Me: Wake-up shake

Tight

Scrunched up inside. Holding it all in.

Copy Me: Squeeze and drop

Steady

Feet on the ground. Ready for what comes.

Copy Me: Notice it

Noticing is the whole job.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Four words poster

For the classroom wall, the fridge or a bedroom door. Prints on A4; set your printer to A3 for a big one.

Fast

Zoomy inside. Hard to sit still.

Copy Me: Slow push

  1. Press your hands together
  2. Push slowly while you count to five
  3. Let go and feel your hands buzz

Heavy

Slow and droopy. Everything feels like a lot.

Copy Me: Wake-up shake

  1. Shake one hand, then the other
  2. Shake both feet
  3. Stop and notice what woke up

Tight

Scrunched up inside. Holding it all in.

Copy Me: Squeeze and drop

  1. Squeeze your shoulders up to your ears
  2. Hold for three
  3. Drop them with a big breath out

Steady

Feet on the ground. Ready for what comes.

Copy Me: Notice it

  1. Feet on the floor
  2. Big breath out
  3. I'm still here

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Four feeling cards

Cut them out. Point to one when the words won't come, then try its Copy Me move together.

Fast

Zoomy inside. Hard to sit still.

Copy Me: Slow push
  1. Press your hands together
  2. Push slowly while you count to five
  3. Let go and feel your hands buzz

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Heavy

Slow and droopy. Everything feels like a lot.

Copy Me: Wake-up shake
  1. Shake one hand, then the other
  2. Shake both feet
  3. Stop and notice what woke up

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Tight

Scrunched up inside. Holding it all in.

Copy Me: Squeeze and drop
  1. Squeeze your shoulders up to your ears
  2. Hold for three
  3. Drop them with a big breath out

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Steady

Feet on the ground. Ready for what comes.

Copy Me: Notice it
  1. Feet on the floor
  2. Big breath out
  3. I'm still here

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Display set

Four pages, one word each, for a wall strip or a quiet corner.

At home

Our fridge strip

Three times a day. Circle a word, or more than one.

Morning

FastHeavyTightSteady

What helped?

After school

FastHeavyTightSteady

What helped?

Bedtime

FastHeavyTightSteady

What helped?

"I'm not sure" counts too.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Fridge strip

Morning, after school and bedtime on one page. Stick it up and circle as you go.

My week of signals

How did my body feel today? Tick one, or more than one.

FastHeavyTightSteadyWhat helped?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

There's no wrong answer. Noticing is the whole job.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

My week of signals

One tick a day for how your body felt. At the end of the week, look back together.

Which bean is you today?

There's no right answer. Circle one, then colour it in.

Or draw your own bean, just how it is today.

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Which bean is you today?

Eight beans, eight ways a body can be. Good for a child who won't answer "how was your day".

The last five minutes

Cut out the cards. Show one at a time.

5minutes leftPlenty of time to finish.
2minutes leftFind a stopping place.
1minute leftWhat's your next thing?
TimeFeet on the floor. Big breath out.My next thing is

For the park, screens off, bath time or tidying up.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org · from The Last Five Minutes

The last five minutes

Countdown cards for leaving the park, screens off or bedtime. A warning and a next thing make the ending easier to cross.

Colour in Little Bean and Big Bean

Coloured in by

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Colour in the beans

Little Bean and Big Bean, ready for your colours. Any colours. There's no wrong way.

At bedtime

Park It

Put it down here. It will still be here in the morning.

Something to remember
Something to tell someone
Something from today
Anything else

Draw it, write it, or say it and let a grown-up write it for you.

In the morning: circle what still matters. Cross out what has gone.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org · a page from Park It

Park It page

One page from the Park It pad. Somewhere to put the PE kit, the thing to tell the teacher and what happened at playtime.

My worry jar

Draw or write a worry. Put it in the jar.

When the worry is in, colour the lid on.

The jar can hold it for now.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org · from The Worry Jar

My worry jar

For the worries that turn up at ten past eight. Not getting rid of them, just giving them somewhere to go.

Slow trace: Waves

Up and down, all the way along.

Finger first, then a pencil. Too fast? Little Bean's leaf flicks. Slower.

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Slow trace: Hills

Up the hill, over the top, down the other side.

Finger first, then a pencil. Too fast? Little Bean's leaf flicks. Slower.

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Slow trace: Snail shell

Round and round, slower as it gets smaller.

Finger first, then a pencil. Too fast? Little Bean's leaf flicks. Slower.

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Slow trace: Figure of eight

Round one loop, then the other. Go again if you like.

Finger first, then a pencil. Too fast? Little Bean's leaf flicks. Slower.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

Slow trace paths

Four pages: waves, hills, a snail shell and a figure of eight. Start at Little Bean and go slowly to the star.

When a feeling gets big

Six quiet moves

One thing to do when a feeling gets big. Cut them out and keep them close.

♫hum

Take a breath. Hum until you run out. Then again, if you want.

One hum is a whole go.
blow the candle

Hold up one finger. Pretend it is a candle. Blow it out slowly, so it takes ages to go.

You can leave it lit.
●squeeze

Squeeze something that squashes. A cushion, a sock, a ball of paper. Squeeze and let go, over and over.

Stop when it stops helping.
⋮⋮stomp

Stomp. Properly. Big feet, loud, all the way across the room.

Stop when you are done, not when somebody says.
≈shake it out

Shake your hands. Then your arms. Then a leg. Then all of you. Like a dog getting out of the sea.

Ten seconds is a real go.
5five things

Find five things you can see. Say them out loud or in your head.

Two things is fine.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org · six of the thirty in Quiet Moves

Six quiet moves

A taster from Quiet Moves: six things to do while a feeling comes down, each with an easier way to do it.

Big noises

Fireworks can be fun-loud. Then everywhere-loud.

Colour in Little Bean's ear defenders.

Draw the bangs in the sky. Then draw yourself at the edge, where there's more room.

Press your hands together, hard, while you draw.

The middle can stay busy. We can visit the edge.

Little Signals · littlesignals.org · from The Loud Place

Big noises

For fireworks night and other loud days. Ear defenders to colour, and room to draw yourself at the quiet edge.

After the story

After the story

The Hurry

Fast

Talk about it

Draw your favourite page, or draw a time you felt like Little Bean.
Try the move:

Little Signals · littlesignals.org

One sheet for each Little Signals story: three things to talk about, a box to draw in and the move that goes with the book. Good for bedtime, guided reading or circle time.

See the book

For school

Free classroom tool The Classroom Check-In Put it on the whiteboard. Children choose their word, then Little Bean leads the move for the whole class. Open it
The classroom pack Four sheets: a class check-in chart, a staff sheet, a page to send home and pupil cards.

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For grown-ups

Before you help

Thirty seconds for you first.

  1. Feet on the floor.
  2. One long breath out, longer than the in.
  3. Drop your shoulders.
  4. Fewer words. Go slowly.

A steady grown-up nearby helps more than the right words.

The Regulated Human Co. · Regulation before optimisation.

Before you help

Thirty seconds for you first.

  1. Feet on the floor.
  2. One long breath out, longer than the in.
  3. Drop your shoulders.
  4. Fewer words. Go slowly.

A steady grown-up nearby helps more than the right words.

The Regulated Human Co. · Regulation before optimisation.

Before you help

Thirty seconds for you first.

  1. Feet on the floor.
  2. One long breath out, longer than the in.
  3. Drop your shoulders.
  4. Fewer words. Go slowly.

A steady grown-up nearby helps more than the right words.

The Regulated Human Co. · Regulation before optimisation.

Before you help

Thirty seconds for you first.

  1. Feet on the floor.
  2. One long breath out, longer than the in.
  3. Drop your shoulders.
  4. Fewer words. Go slowly.

A steady grown-up nearby helps more than the right words.

The Regulated Human Co. · Regulation before optimisation.

Cut out, fold or laminate. For a purse, a car or the fridge.

Before you help

A pocket card for the grown-up: thirty seconds to find your own feet before you help a child find theirs.

The same four words, for you

Everyday Signals are pocket guides for the moments that catch grown-ups off guard: the school run, the homework standoff, the two-hour bedtime.

See the guides
Meet the beans See the books