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Easy Mindfulness Activities for Kids: Free Classroom Breathing Posters
Ever Feel Like Your Classroom is One Giant Emotional Rollercoaster? (We’ve Been There!)
Hey there, fellow educator. 🍎
Let’s be real for a second:
Teaching is one of the most rewarding jobs on the planet, but it’s also exhausting.
Between the endless lesson planning, report cards, and the unpredictable energy of twenty-plus tiny (or teenage) humans, it’s easy to feel like you’re just trying to keep your head above water. 🌊
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Help your students (and yourself!) stay calm, focused, and self-regulated—with just a few minutes of breathing exercises each day.
8 beautiful, ready-to-print posters for easy classroom integration
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Evidence-based strategies to reduce stress and promote emotional well-being
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Ever noticed how student behaviours tend to ramp up the second your own stress levels peak?
It’s not your imagination, it’s co-regulation in action.
Our students’ emotions have a direct hotline to our own. When the classroom feels like chaos, it’s not a personal failing; it’s a sign that everyone’s nervous system needs a collective "reset."
That’s why helping students develop self-regulation isn’t just "one more thing" on your to-do list, it’s the foundation that makes teaching actually possible.
The best part? You don’t need a degree in SEL or mindfulness, or hours of prep time to make it happen. We’ve done the heavy lifting for you.
Introducing your new secret weapon:
THE MINDFULNESS POSTER PACK
We’ve created a free ebook with 8 beautiful breathing exercises and mindfulness activity posters designed specifically for K–12 classrooms.
They are ready to print, hang, and, use with your students!
Download Your Free Posters Here →
Do you teach in French or French Immersion and want these posters en français? Get them here!
WHY MINDFUL BREATHING IS A GAME-CHANGER FOR K-12 CLASSROOMS
When a student is overwhelmed or distracted, their brain is in "survival mode."
In this state, academic learning is basically off-limits. Just like they need practice with phonics or long division, students need repeatable, mindful strategies to build emotional resilience.
By integrating just 5 minutes of breathing into your daily routine, you’ll see a shift in:
Self-Regulation: Students learn to manage "big emotions" before they lead to outbursts (aka, behaviours).
Focus & Attention: Calm nervous systems are ready to absorb new information.
Teacher Well-being: When the class is regulated, your stress levels drop. It’s a win-win.
A LOOK INSIDE: 8 TOOLS TO FOSTER CALM AND FOCUS
These aren’t just pretty pictures; they are evidence-based tools designed to be used in the heat of the moment.
Welcome to Your Peaceful Space: Display this at your door. It’s a visual cue for everyone to pause, take a deep breath, and enter with a mindful mindset.
5-Finger Breathing: A student-favourite! They’ll use one hand to trace the other, inhaling as they go up and exhaling as they go down.
Balloon Belly Breathing: Perfect for grounding. Students place hands on their bellies and imagine they are filling up a balloon with every deep inhale.
Mountain, Flower, & Snowflake Breathing: These visualization tools use simple shapes to guide steady, rhythmic breaths—perfect for transitions.
Your Calm Place: Help students discover a mental "safe harbour" they can carry with them for years to come.
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE THING!"
We hear you, and we feel that weight, too. Most teachers hesitate to start because they feel they’re already "spending" every minute they have.
But here’s the secret our community has discovered: Mindfulness and breathing breaks aren't a time-taker; they're a time-maker. ⏳
When you invest 5 minutes in a proactive breathing exercise, you aren't just "checking a box." You are pre-empting the 20 minutes of tattling, refocusing, and chaos-management that usually follows a transition like recess or lunch.
As Grade 1 teacher Pamela says: "Just 5 minutes a day can save you hours of redirecting, reteaching, and managing chaos."
By building a common language of calm, you stop being reactive and start being efficient.
How to start saving time tomorrow:
Display the posters: Put them in your "calm down corner" or project them on the screen.
The transition trick: Use one poster every time you come back from recess or lunch to settle the energy. Kindergarten teacher Melissa found that using a quick 2-minute reset "saves time from having to call them back and refocus."
Model the practice: Let your students see you using the 5-finger breath when things get hectic. When you stay calm, they stay calm.
Don't just take our word for it—here’s what fellow educators are seeing:
"In the long term, it definitely saves time! Simple cues are helping me cut minutes of classroom management and problem-solving."
— Stéphanie, Phys Ed Teacher
"By putting 5-10 minutes in every morning, I save time not dealing with issues throughout the day. We invested in this time and got it back 10-fold."
— Brandi, Grade 2 Teacher
"It saves time because students are more focused... they have better energy and are able to problem-solve more independently."
— Maria, Grade 5 Teacher
Grab our free, ready-to-use printable Breathing Posters ebook for the classroom.
READY TO BUILD A FOUNDATION OF CALM?
These posters are just a taste of what’s possible.
They are part of our larger SEL & Mindfulness Foundations program, designed to give you a full month of daily, no-prep resources to make emotional well-being a seamless part of your routine.
But let’s start small. Download the posters, pick your favourite, and give your class (and yourself!) the gift of a deep breath.
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With calm and appreciation,
The Breathe Grow Thrive Team
P.S. Got questions about how to use these with a specific grade level? Just email us at hello@breathegrowthrive.com We're here to support you!
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