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Designing a Calm Classroom with Simply Boho Decor

Bring the calming influence of nature indoors with Simply Boho classroom decor. Soft colors, organic shapes, greenery accents, and inspirational visuals help reduce stress, boost focus, and support social emotional learning.

Welcome! Simply Boho’s nature-inspired decor includes earthy tones, organic shapes, and natural textures to help create a classroom that supports SEL and emotional regulation. In this post, we’re sharing helpful resources that connect nature in the classroom with reduced hyperactivity, improved attention and memory, and a greater sense of emotional safety. This collection includes printable accents, greenery, posters, welcome signs, job charts, and bulletin board sets designed to bring these benefits into any classroom!

Why Teachers Are Turning to Calm Classroom Decor with Simply Boho

To begin, school days can be filled with chaos and commotion. We know how easy it is for both teachers and students to feel overwhelmed. Whether you’re battling burnout, classroom noise, or student behavior challenges, creating a calmer classroom environment can make a difference. With calm classroom decor from Simply Boho by Schoolgirl Style, teachers can reduce stress, support emotional regulation, and promote social-emotional learning.

How do I Create a Calm Classroom for Students? 

Designs that bring natural elements into indoor spaces like green, blue, and earthy tones, organic shapes, and natural textures promote peace and serenity in classrooms. Using calm classroom decor from Simply Boho lowers stress and helps the brain and nervous system feel safe, calm, and focused.

Why Nature Inspired Decor Helps Reduce Stress

In fact, natural imagery recharges the brain and promotes prosocial behavior, encouraging students to behave more kindly and respectfully within your classroom space. A 2018 study involving preschool children found that children who took greater responsibility toward nature experienced less hyperactivity and fewer behavioural and peer difficulties. Schoolgirl Style’s Simply Boho Collection is designed perfectly to foster emotional wellness and support SEL in the classroom.

Helpful Pieces: 

simply boho calm classroom bulletin board

How Simply Boho Can Improve Cognitive Function

Moreover, research shows that green play spaces for children provide immediate cognitive, physical, and emotional benefits, even improving students attention and memory. The Simply Boho Designer Accents and Greenery Cutouts bring nature-inspired stress free visuals into the classroom causing a child’s attention to rebound quicker. 

Use in the classroom:

Simply Boho calm classroom decor greenery accents

Nature Focused Decor and Emotional Safety

Furthermore, nature gently shifts attention outward, allowing students to focus on learning, participating, and connecting with others instead of dwelling on their own thoughts. Natural images promote refocus and help reduce self-consciousness and support emotional safety. Schoolgirl Style’s Simply Boho Inspirational Posters and Welcome Sign create a positive and comforting atmosphere for students. 

 Decor that reinforces safety & belonging:

calm classroom door decor Simply Boho

Surprisingly, creating a calm, supportive classroom doesn’t have to be complicated. The Schoolgirl Style Simply Boho Collection, allows teachers to bring the calming influence of nature indoors, using soft colors, organic shapes, greenery accents, and inspirational visuals to reduce stress, boost attention, and nurture social-emotional learning.

Citations 

Norwood, Michael Francis, et al. “A narrative and systematic review of the behavioural, cognitive and emotional effects of passive nature exposure on young people: Evidence for prescribing change.” Landscape and Urban Planning 189 (2019): 71-79.

Sobko, Tanja, Zhenzhen Jia, and Gavin Brown. “Measuring connectedness to nature in preschool children in an urban setting and its relation to psychological functioning.” PloS one 13.11 (2018): e0207057.

van Rompay, Thomas JL, et al. “Lose yourself: Spacious nature and the connected self.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 91 (2023): 102108.

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