Happy Shapes – Mindful Breathing Cards for Kids
- Year levels
- Foundation–Year 2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Special Resources
- Topic
- Mindfulness Breathing Cards, Calm Down Corner
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
From the author
About this resource
Are you looking for a fun way to introduce mindful breathing to your classroom? This product includes 12 different SUPER CUTE activities children can trace with their fingers to practice calming and mindfulness breathing techniques. They offer a variety of adorable smiling shapes and are GREAT for helping children develop valuable self-regulation skills. Children will love practising gently smelling the flowers and slowly blowing out the candles!
This resource is great for:
⭐ Calming Corners
⭐ Mindful Moments
⭐ Brain Breaks
⭐ Circle Time Activities
⭐ Sensory & Movement Breaks
⭐ Calming Strategies or De-Escalation Plans
⭐ Transitions
⭐ Morning Group Time
⭐ Rainy Day Activities
⭐ Calm-Down Time
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Practice slow, controlled breathing by tracing a finger along a shape's path, inhaling at a flower cue and exhaling at a candle cue.
Teaching tips
Model the flower-inhale, candle-exhale pattern once as a class before handing out cards, since the technique itself is simple but benefits from a demonstration.
Use as a calming transition activity or SEL centre.
Skills covered
Mindful breathing regulation — students trace a shape's path with a finger, coordinating inhale/exhale timing with flower and candle icons.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Do all 12 shape cards use the same flower-inhale/candle-exhale pattern, or does the breathing cue vary from shape to shape?
The included description only states the general rule — inhale at a flower, exhale at a candle — without specifying whether every card repeats that same pair of icons or varies them from shape to shape.
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