Teaching Conscious Discipline Skills at Metro Head Start Preschool

Mrs. Haywood, Ms. Baker and some of their students showed parents how to do some of the calm-down breathing techniques from Conscious Discipline such as the Drain, the S.T.A.R., the Balloon, and the Pretzel.

Here’s what you can do to support your child in learning these skills:

1. Ask your child’s teacher about how you can use these at home to help your child when they are upset.

2. Ask your child to show you how to do the Drain, S.T.A.R, Balloon, or Pretzel.

teachers and students holding their arms out

Teachers and students standing with their arms crossed in front of them

teachers and students standing with their arm above their heads

parents sitting, one child is standing between a parent's legs

parent sitting in a chair with child climbing onto her lap while a staff person is standing and talking to her

Staff person standing in the middle of a group of parents who are sitting and looking at him while he talks to them.