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Calming Down with Music

I loved this Anchor Chart for Calming from Twitter via Pinterest.  Only thing is, I think it might be missing something! Music is a very useful tool to use for calming both children and adults.  It looks like this chart is personalized, hence the Star Wars movie as a calming choice, and that is great!  The most effective tools are personal ones.  But I wonder if this little one might respond to music, too? (Hey, you could even use some from the movie!) All you need are headphones, a CD player or small mp3 player, with a custom playlist. On the easy end of the spectrum, you can just choose music the child enjoys.  On the best practice end of the spectrum, you can ask a music therapist to construct a customized playlist utilizing the iso principle--using the elements of music to reflect a person's mood, then over time, changing these elements to then move the person to a different mood.  Music has been shown to have an effect on blood pressure, respira...