Nervous System Literacy
for Calmer, More Connected Classrooms
We support teacher and student nervous systems through classroom tools, in-class workshops, and professional learning grounded in nervous system science and everyday classroom practice.
Where classrooms become calm, focused, and connected.
Teaching has changed.
Classrooms are carrying more stress, more emotional load, and more nervous system activation than ever before — for both students and educators. Increased behavior, reduced attention, and chronic overwhelm aren’t signs of failure. They’re signals from the body.
Creating Calm Classrooms™ exists to help educators understand what’s happening beneath behavior, in themselves and students, and respond in ways that support the nervous system, restore safety, and rebuild connection without adding more to an already full plate.
When nervous systems are supported, learning becomes possible again.
For Every Student
Our Signature Program: Mud Makers
Mud Makers is an in-class clay experience that supports student regulation, emotional processing, and connection through hands-on making.
Grounded in nervous system literacy, the program creates space for students to slow down, engage their bodies, and express what doesn’t always come easily through words — helping classrooms feel steadier, safer, and more connected.
Mud Makers:
Supports regulation and focus through embodied activity
Offers a safe, nonverbal pathway for emotional expression
Every student creates and takes home a personal clay piece
❊ For Educators
Professional Learning Rooted in Nervous System Literacy
Teaching is demanding work — not just cognitively, but physiologically. Chronic stress, emotional labor, and constant activation take a real toll on the nervous system, contributing to burnout and reduced capacity over time.
Our professional learning supports educators in understanding their own nervous systems and their students’, recognizing stress patterns, and building regulation skills that make teaching more sustainable.
Build nervous system literacy for burnout prevention and capacity
Learn regulation strategies that fit real classroom conditions
Strengthen classroom safety, connection, and responsiveness
Writing for Real Classrooms
Clear, research-informed writing on behavior, burnout, and nervous system load in today’s classrooms.
