Blow troubles away...

Take a pinwheel or bubbles to school. A child cannot cry while blowing! I use it to distract my 5-yr-old granddaughter. I make her blow my bangs away, try to blow me off my chair, blow me backwards, etc. Of course, I have to try very hard to stay where I am, and I get off-balance with all that strong wind coming at me! Soon she stops crying and ends up laughing
hysterically, forgetting about any booboo or disappointment.