Rainbow breath
Back to the Grounding Room A growing digital calm space shaped with families
The HOW Way for mothers + children
A little room for big feelings.
Calm colours, friendly characters, trusted learning videos and simple sensory play give families a gentle place to breathe, notice, move and reconnect together.
Designed for shared adult-and-child use. Activities support play and calm; they do not diagnose or replace professional developmental or mental-health care.
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Full membership
Create their Grounding Pal.
Full members can make parent-managed child profiles, personalize a moving 3D pal and keep each child’s favourite routines, activities and learning videos together.
See full membershipTheir own visual breathing room
Choose a little world. Set the time. Let them settle.
Parents choose the atmosphere, sound and session length. Keep the visual silent, add a separate calming soundscape, or simply watch together. A child can pause or stop at any time.
1. Choose their world
2. Choose how long
3. Add an optional sound
Ready when you are5:00Baby animal world
Visual: BBC Earth
Optional soundNature sounds
Stay nearby and let your child lead the pace. These tools support shared calming and play; they do not replace medical, developmental or mental-health care.
Try it together
Small activities. Gentle attention.
Keep it playful. A child can stop, switch activities or simply watch at any time.
Feeling friends
Which sky feels like you?
There is no wrong feeling. Tap one, name it together and notice where it lives in the body.
Full membership activitySensory treasure hunt
Find something soft.
Look around your real space together. Move slowly and describe what you notice.
Full membership activityGrowing with full membership
More worlds are coming.
Puppy stretch, under-the-sea focus, flower garden breathing, sound matching and creative calm cards will live here.
See the membership planWatch • talk • try
The Sensory Creative Learning Library
Short, child-friendly lessons turn the screen into a starting point for conversation and practice. An adult should choose and watch with the child.
Mindfulness · Meditation Channel
Sailboat Breathing
A gentle breath meditation that imagines a boat rising and falling on the waves.
Mindfulness · GoNoodle
Bring Down Stress
A short guided practice that helps children slow down and notice their breathing.
Emotions · Sesame Street
A Song About Emotions
Name feelings such as happy, nervous, angry, excited and lonely through music.
Emotions · Sesame Street
Belly Breathe with Elmo
Elmo models a simple breathing strategy for moments when feelings get big.
Movement · Cosmic Kids
Yoga + Mindfulness to Stay Strong
Story-led movement, breathing and mindfulness made for children to follow along.
Movement · GoNoodle
Grow Strength + Confidence
An active confidence-building movement break for bodies that need to move.
Patience · Sesame Street
What Patience Means
Zac Efron and Elmo show that patience means waiting in a calm way.
Patience · Sesame Street
The Waiting Game
Cookie Monster practices waiting and self-control through a playful game.
Movement · Cosmic Kids Yoga · Jaime
Animal Yoga Adventure
Stretch like giraffes, stomp like elephants and build coordination through playful animal movement.
Mindfulness · Cosmic Kids Yoga · Jaime
Welcome to Peace Out
A gentle introduction to guided relaxation that helps children understand how quiet pauses can support calm.
Emotions · Cosmic Kids Yoga · Jaime
The Bye Bye Boat
A child-friendly visualization for naming worries and imagining them floating away.
Active · Miss Linky
Jungle Exercise Adventure
A woman-led, no-equipment jungle workout with hopping, skipping, counting and animal learning.
Active · Miss Linky
Princess Movement Adventure
Dance, jump and twirl through an imaginative movement session that also practises colours and counting.
Creativity · Draw So Cute · Wennie
Draw a Back-to-School Girl
A calm step-by-step drawing activity that builds creative confidence and fine-motor practice.
Creativity · How to Draw
Draw Six Cute Animals
Follow simple steps to create six animals while practising focus, shape recognition and pencil control.
Sensory · BBC Earth Kids
Learn About Baby Animals
Real animal footage gives curious children a gentle way to notice movement, sound, colour and nature details.
Sensory · Symphony of Insects
Butterfly Beauty
Slow butterfly and flower footage for quiet watching, visual tracking and a soft sensory reset.
Creator credit matters. Every card names the original video creator, and each video plays through the creator’s official YouTube player. HOW LAB curates the collection for family use; YouTube supplies its own controls and may show recommendations. Please stay with your child while watching.
Families are our co-designers
What should this room become?
The Grounding Room will grow from what children and caregivers actually need. Tell us which scenes, sensory games, feelings tools or learning topics would help your family.
Help shape this space.
Sign in to send private suggestions directly to Coach Jody’s feedback inbox.
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The complete Safe Zone is growing.
Full HOW Way membership opens the emotion game, sensory treasure hunt and future animal worlds, creative focus activities and parent-guided resets.