Bundle - Breathing Cards, Feelings face cards and Mindfulness and Gratitude Puzzle

Breathing Cards

Helping children learn to do controlled breathing is a skill that will help them manage their emotions and practice calming for life. These 8 wooden breathing cards help children learn to clam their breathing in a fun and interactive way.

Each card is engraved with a shape that the child can trace with their finger. Each card has directions of where to start, breathe in, hold their breath and breathe out.

The 8 8cm x 8cm cards come in an easy to carry hessian drawstring bag (17 x 12cm).

**** Note *****

These cards are made from timber and every piece of timber has different grain and the placement of this grain is out of our control. Some of the engraving and printing may be darker on some than others.

Mindfulness and Gratitude Puzzle

This puzzle uses mindfulness to teach children how to create their “special place” using imagery combined with controlled slow breathing.

1. The child can choose a disk with an image that brings them joy. Included are some blank disks for your child to create their own as well. It could be anywhere they feel calm and happy.

2. The child uses their finger to trace around the puzzle hand. As their finger goes up the finger on the puzzle, they slowly breathe in. At the top of the finger they hold their breath for a moment. Then they slowly breathe out as they trace down the finger.

3. Each finger on the puzzle has one of their senses. While breathing, when they get to each finger on the puzzle, they can think about what sense they can imagine in their chosen picture.

For example, the beach. I can SEE the water, I can HEAR the waves, I can SMELL sunscreen, I can FEEL the sand and I can TASTE the salt in the air.

The reverse side of the hand has 5 prompt questions to help build gratitude.

The hand is 23cm high and they all come in in a calico drawstring bag.

Feelings Faces Discs

These 9 feelings Discs display realistic portraits of children's faces displaying the emotions

• Happy
• Sad
• Angry
• Surprised
• Bored
• Worried
• Scared
• Confused
• Tired

Each Portrait has the word of the emotion on the back.

There are 9 wooden Discs 9cm in diameter packed in an easy to carry drawstring bag