Happy Shapes – Mindful Breathing Cards for Kids

About this resource

What's inside 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 practicing 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

Emotional & Mental Benefits of Mindfulness:

❤️ Helps Steady Emotions, Reduce Anxiety & Stress

❤️ Teaches Self-Regulation & Calming Techniques

❤️ Helps with Self-Discipline & and to Reduces Impulsivity

❤️ Helps Children Manage their Anxiety

❤️ Aides in Developing Emotional Regulation Skills

❤️ Enhances Children’s Memory & Concentration

❤️ Teaches Children to get Better in Touch with their Thoughts & Feelings

❤️ Enhances the Ability to Listen & Communicate Efficiently

❤️ Improves Attention Spans & Helps Children Learn to Focus

❤️ Teaches Children to be Present in the Moment and on their Current Tasks

Click here to check out more of my mindfulness, self-regulation, calming/coping skills, kid's yoga, and preschool teacher listings.

In the classroom

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 center, given the terms of use limit sharing to the purchasing teacher's own classroom, studio, or home.

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.

No reviews yet

Downloaded this resource? Tell other teachers how it went.

Resource details

Concepts & topics

Core concepts

mindful breathing
self-regulation
social-emotional learning

Topics

mindfulness breathing cards calm down corner mindfulness activity social-emotional learning self-regulation skills

More to explore