Mindful Breathing Coloring Pages – 10 Spirals

Children follow spiral paths with a finger, using flower and candle cues for breathing in and out, then color the designs.
Grades
Pre-K–3
Pages
11
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Jul 06, 2022

Subject
Special Resources, Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Topic
Mindful Breathing, Self-Regulation
Resource types
Coloring Pages
Preparation
Print ready

Product description

From the author

Are you looking for a fun way to help teach your children mindful breathing techniques? This product includes 10 SUPER FUN unique spiral shapes coloring pages children will love practicing controlled breathing as they trace along the spirals with the fingers while they inhale through their noses to smell the flowers and exhale through their mouths to blow out the candles. This product is great for calming corners and teaching children valuable self-regulation skills!

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

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Practice controlled inhale-exhale breathing paired with a physical finger-tracing motion.

  • Use a repeatable calming routine to self-regulate during a transition or stressful moment.

Teaching tips

  • Model the flower and candle cues while tracing slowly.
  • Practice during a quiet moment, with the adult supervision recommended in the resource.
  • Offer crayons or colored pencils for the spiral designs.

Skills covered

  • Breath control — students practice slow inhale/exhale timed to tracing a spiral path from a flower icon to a candle icon.

  • Fine-motor tracing — students follow a continuous spiral line with a finger before coloring it in.

  • Self-regulation — the tracing-and-breathing routine gives students a repeatable calming technique they can practise with adult support.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What do the flower and candle symbols mean?

The instructions use a flower as the cue to breathe in through the nose and a candle as the cue to breathe gently out through the mouth.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Mindful breathing

  • Self-regulation

  • Fine motor tracing

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