For big feelings
Helps kids name what is happening
Feeling cards help children connect body clues, emotions, and simple next steps in a way they can understand.
The Calm and Confident System
A card deck for the moments when you do not know what to say.
Big feelings can arrive quickly. Calm Cards give your child a simple strategy to try and give you the words to guide them through it.
Use them during meltdowns, transitions, travel days, waiting, sibling conflict, bedtime, new places, or any moment when your child needs help calming their body and finding their next step.
FOR HARD MOMENTS
Gives you words when you need them
Parent prompts on the back help you know what to say, what to try, and how to support your child without scrambling.
FOR EVERYDAY USE
Works at home, out & about, or on the go
Use the cards before, during, or after big moments so calming strategies become familiar over time.
INSIDE THE DECK
Three types of cards for real-life big feelings
Calm Cards are organized into three simple categories, so you can choose the kind of support your child needs in the moment.
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NAME THE FEELING
Feeling Cards
These cards help children notice body clues, name emotions, and understand that big feelings are normal. Use them when your child is mad, sad, worried, overwhelmed, jealous, embarrassed, excited, disappointed, lonely, or scared.
Mad, Sad, Worried, Overwhelmed, Jealous, Embarrassed, Excited, Disappointed, Lonely, Scared
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CHOOSE A STRATEGY
Strategy Cards
These cards give children simple, body-based tools to help them pause, breathe, move, focus, or reset. They are especially helpful when your child needs a next step, not a lecture.
Balloon Breathing, Super Push, Senses Game, Wiggle & Freeze, Animal Adventure, Tap Your Pause Button, Squeeze & Shake, Sloth Mode, and more.
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GET THROUGH THE MOMENT
Sticky Situation Cards
These cards support the everyday situations that often bring big feelings: waiting, leaving, loud places, restaurants, sibling conflict, sitting too long, new beds, yucky food, crowds, and “are we there yet?” moments.
Waiting Is Hard, Too Loud, It’s Time to Go, Crowds, New Bed, Sitting Too Long, Restaurant, Yucky Food, Sibling Fighting, and more.
How it works
A simple rhythm for big feelings
Use the cards in the moment, or practice them when everyone is calm so the tools feel familiar when big feelings show up.
Notice the feeling
Choose a card that matches what your child may be feeling or what their body seems to need.
Read the child side
Let your child look at the picture, hear the simple words, and choose the strategy with you.
Use the parent side
Turn the card over for prompts that help you guide the moment with calm, clear language.
Practice again later
Come back to the card after the hard moment so the strategy becomes easier to remember next time.
What makes it different
Support for the child and the grown-up.
These are not flashcards your child has to memorize. They are small, practical tools for real-life moments when feelings are big and everyone needs something simple to come back to.
The front gives your child a visual strategy. The back gives you a way to guide it with calm, supportive language.
Parent friendly
Less guessing. More “okay, we can try this.”
When the moment is already hard, Calm Cards give you a clear next step. You can pull one out, read the prompt, and help your child choose a strategy without needing to make it up on the spot.
Made to help with
- “What happens next?” questions
- Airport transitions and long waits
- Busy hands on planes, in restaurants, and on road trips
- Screen-free play in small spaces
- Big feelings in unfamiliar places
- Keeping travel tools organized and easy to find
A gentle reminder
Introduce the cards and activities before your trip. Familiar tools feel more comforting when the journey gets busy.
Make the journey feel more familiar before it begins
Choose your bag above and give your child a simple plan, a place to play, and calming tools they can return to throughout the trip.
COMPLETE THE SYSTEM
Build your Calm & Confident Toolkit
Calm Cards are a simple place to start. Pair them with travel and play-based tools to help your child practice calm in more ways.
FOR TRAVEL DAYS
Calm & Confident Travel Bag
Keep visual routines, screen-free activities, and calming tools organized and easy to reach on flights, road trips, restaurants, hotels, and long waits.
FOR PLAYFUL PRACTICE
Calm Crew 5-in-1 Wooden Puzzle
A screen-free wooden puzzle that helps children connect with the Calm Crew characters and practice big-feeling strategies through play. Threading, magnetic game & more!
BEST VALUE
The Summer Travel Bundle
Get the Travel Bag, Calm Cards, Puzzle, and our favourite travel-friendly play tools together so everything is packed and ready before you go.
GOOD TO KNOW
Questions parents ask before using Calm Cards
A few quick details to help you feel confident using Calm Cards at home, while traveling, or on the go.
What age are Calm Cards best for?
Calm Cards are designed for children ages 3 to 7, with grown-up support.
Younger children may need you to read and model the strategies, while older children may begin to choose familiar cards more independently.
The Calm Cards can be used by younger children at parent's discretion, beginning with the Feelings Cards.
How do I use them during a meltdown?
Keep it simple. Choose one card, use a calm voice, and offer the strategy without pressure.
In the hardest moments, your child may not be ready for lots of words. The goal is not to explain everything. The goal is to give their body one simple next step.
Should I introduce the cards before big feelings happen?
Yes, absolutely! Calm Cards actually work best when children have seen and practiced them during calm moments first.
Try looking through a few cards together, practicing one strategy, or keeping a favourite card nearby before a hard moment begins.
Are these only for travel?
No! Calm Cards can be used at home, in the car, at restaurants, while traveling, at bedtime, during transitions, or anywhere your child may need extra support.
They are designed to be portable so calming tools can come with you.
What is on the back of each card?
The back of each card is for the grown-up. It includes simple guidance for when to use the card, what to say, and how to help your child try the strategy.
Are these therapy cards?
Calm Cards are not a replacement for therapy or individualized professional support.
They are practical, parent-friendly tools designed to help families practice calming strategies, emotional language, and simple next steps in everyday moments.
Can my child use them independently?
Some children may begin choosing familiar cards on their own, especially after practice.
For younger children, Calm Cards are designed to be used with a grown-up who can read the prompts, model the strategy, and help make the moment feel safe and supported.
What makes these different from regular emotion cards?
Calm Cards do not just name feelings. They help children connect feelings to body clues and simple strategies they can actually try.
They also include parent prompts, so you are supported too.
Made to help with
Big feelings
Meltdowns, frustration, disappointment, and overwhelm
Waiting & transitions
Leaving, waiting, travel days, new places, and hard goodbyes
Relationships
Sibling tension, jealousy, feeling left out, and wanting things to feel fair
Parent support
Simple words, prompts, and strategies to use in the moment
Keep calm strategies close for the moments that need them most
Choose your Calm Cards and give your child simple tools to name feelings, calm their body, and find their next step.