Help children practice mindful breathing with these visual breathing boards for calming, coping skills, and emotional regulation. The digital and printable activities offer a hands-on way to explore relaxation, mindfulness, and strategies for managing anxiety and stress.

Choose from 18 themes, each with 3-breath and 5-breath board options. Every board includes movable pieces to make breathing practice interactive during counseling, classroom SEL lessons, calm-corner activities, or telehealth.

📦 What's Included:

• 36 Digital breathing boards in 18 themes for Google Slides
• 36 Printable breathing boards in 18 scenes
• 3-Breath and 5-breath options for each theme
• Movable pieces to accompany the breathing boards

Themes: Moose, crown, gumball, basketball, butterfly, cat, dragon, shark, claw machine, jellyfish, dogs, ocean with shells, soccer, birds, snowflakes, footballs, castle with gemstones, and dinosaurs.

🎒 Quick Details: PreK–Grade 5 | 👥 Individual, small group + classroom | 🌬️ 36 digital + 36 printable boards | 🎨 18 themes | 3-breath + 5-breath options | 🖨️ PDF + Google Slides

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

Want a discount on this? Check out the: Ultimate Calm Corner Bundle includes:

• Calm Corner Kit: Staff and student presentations, setup instructions, feelings visuals, choice board, family letter, coping tools, and 100 affirmation coloring pages and worksheets
• 100 Coping skills cards and posters with a digital edition, three sorting mats, and a coping skills checklist
• This breathing board set: 36 digital and printable boards in 18 themes
• 30 Would You Rather? Yoga prompts in pocket-card and poster sizes, plus a Google Slides game
• 140+ Bonus SEL worksheet pages with feelings activities, drawing, coloring, matching, and puzzles

🎯 Skills Addressed:

Mindful breathing, relaxation, coping skills, self-awareness, self-management, body awareness, mindfulness, and emotional regulation.

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Introduce breathing practice during individual or small-group counseling
• Offer a choice of themes in a classroom calm corner or coping skills toolkit
• Practice during calm moments so students can become familiar with the activity
• Project a board for classroom practice or screen share during telehealth
• Invite students to notice whether breathing feels helpful, uncomfortable, or neutral and choose another coping strategy when needed

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

School counselors, social workers, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and parents supporting children in PreK through grade 5.

📚 More Calm Corner Resources:

Read Successful Calm Corner Ideas for Classrooms for guidance on introducing a calm corner, structuring breaks, and choosing coping tools.

🖨️ Format & Download:

• Printable PDF breathing boards for hands-on activities
• Google Slides breathing boards for classroom projection, screen sharing, or individual practice

📌 Important Notes:

• Breathing exercises are one coping option and may not feel comfortable or helpful for every child. Offer them as an invitation and provide alternative regulation strategies.
• Practice at a comfortable pace during calm moments. Avoid forced deep breathing or encouraging breath-holding.
• This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available.