Our Free Printable Rainbow Breathing Exercise for Kids makes learning mindful breathing fun, easy, and engaging. Practicing mindful breathing can support self-regulation, reduce stress, and promote a peaceful mindset, making it a wonderful tool for calm down corners in classrooms, homeschool, and bedtime routines. Rainbow Breathing Imagine a colorful rainbow in the air in front of you.
Move your finger across each color, as if you're tracing each color in the air. While you do that, take a slow breath in through your nose. [Purple] Trace the blue, and exhale slowly through your mouth [Blue].
You can make a "cccchhhhh" sound while you exhale if you would. Rainbow Breathing Imagine a Rainbow in front of you, or use the one above. Move your finger from left to right while you trace or draw the rainbow.
Breathe in (inhale) as you go. Move your finger from right to left while you trace or draw the rainbow. Breathe out (exhale) as you go.
Repeat until your body feels calm and relaxed. There are many benefits to breath control in breathing exercise as coping tools, and there is a reason why we are seeing more need for these types of resources. To use this free deep breathing printable, ask kids to start at the white dot on one side of the rainbow.
They can slowly trace along the colors of the rainbow as they take a deep breath. STEP 1 - Breathe in slowly as you trace the red arc of the rainbow. STEP 2 - Hold your breath for three seconds on the cloud.
STEP 3 - Breathe out slowly as you trace the orange arc. STEP 4 - Do it again with the other colors! Rainbow Breathing is a fun way to get kid's engaged with mindful breathing. The concept is simple, we use the visual of a rainbow to control and time our breathing.
Download the free printable to make the exercise more fun (and easy). Rainbow Breathing (using printable) For this exercise your child will trace the rainbow with their finger. Start with your finger here Trace the smallest rainbow arch as you breathe out Trace the next rainbow arch, breathing in as you go Trace the next arch breathing out Keep on tracing the arches of the rainbow, breathing in and out Try to slow down the speed of your finger as it traces the arches, and match it to your breathing Notice how your breath is moving deeper and deeper down to your belly.
RAINBOW BREATHING PRINTABLE IN BREATHE BREATHE OUT WWW.LISAFYFE.COM RA I NBO W BREATH. Place your finger at the bottom of the rainbow, on red. As you trace your finger along the rainbow take a deep breath in through your nose.
When you reach the bottom, move to orange and begin to exhale through your mouth. Outdoors Slow and controlled breathing is one of the best ways to self-regulate and calm the nervous system. If you are making a rainbow fidget like the one pictured, try the following breathing technique.