Feelings and kindness
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Thinking sheet · Feelings and kindness
Breathe Around the Shapes
Trace a star and a heart slowly with your finger, breathing in and out along each edge.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Kids practice
- calming strategies, breathing, focus
What kids do
“Trace slowly. Breathe in on one edge, out on the next.”
- Star breathing: in up, out down
- Heart breathing: in up one side, out down the other
- After I breathed, I felt:
- I can use shape breathing when…
How to run it
- Model slow breathing first: smell the flower, blow out the candle.
- Color the shapes later as a calm activity.
- Keep a copy in the calm-down corner.
Talk about it
- Which shape was more calming?
- When could you use this?
- Can you breathe around a square?
Take it further
Draw your own breathing shape.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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