$5.97
For the wobbly, overwhelmed, about-to-melt-down moments. Pip’s Hold-On Tree is a print-and-hang 5-4-3-2-1 grounding poster that walks your child (ages 5-8) through the well-known five-senses grounding skill — See 5, Feel 4, Hear 3, Smell 2, Taste 1, then one slow breath — to pull attention out of the spin and back to right now. It turns a hard moment into a simple, doable climb.
Most 54321 grounding posters are busy clip-art with tiny text made for “all ages.” This one is different: – One owned metaphor — Pip the koala climbs five eucalyptus branches up to the calm treetop, so each sense becomes one branch to hold on to. – Big, readable type (14pt+, most 15-17pt) a 5-year-old can follow while a grown-up reads along — no squinting. – Something to DO, not just look at — your child colors a leaf as they climb; laminate the poster to reuse it again and again. – Calm, framable design in soft sage-and-navy — no neon, no clutter. It looks at home on a wall, not like a worksheet.
Built on present-moment attention and body-calming skills from published CBT research — the senses can only report the present, so anchoring to them is what quiets the “what-if” spin; the slow breath settles the body.
What you get (3 pages, instant digital download): – Page 1 — the Hold-On Tree poster: your child’s interactive, colorable wall anchor. – Page 2 — a “For Grown-Ups” coaching page: when to use it, how to coach the steps, and when to seek more help. – Page 3 — a simple how-to-download-and-print page + a personal/single-classroom-use license.
Perfect for: a home calm corner, the fridge, a bedroom wall, a classroom calm-down space, a school counselor’s office, therapy waiting rooms, and homeschool routines. A thoughtful, low-cost tool for parents, teachers, counselors, and caregivers who want a gentle, repeatable coping skill on hand.
Made by a mental health professional with a PhD. Built on published CBT research.
Important: this is an educational calm-down tool to practice coping skills — it is not a substitute for therapy or medical care.
Age: 5-8 Pages: 3