The importance of deep breathing - it’s sometimes thought about as hokey. But it’s an essential skill, and there are lots of fun ways to encourage deep breathing, and using shapes is awesome.

It gives some structure to breathing for kids, and easy to follow directions. It hopefully prevents that hyperventilation or holding their breath without breathing out that can happen if you just say “take a deep breath”

I like to use 4 basic shapes, a triangle, a star, a square and an eight on it’s side, which I call a lazy eight.

Episode 2 of the Calm and Connected Podcast - An Awesome Way to Take a Deep Breath

Here’s a link to an article on Coping Skills for Kids that contains a ton of ideas for teaching deep breathing to kids and teens!

For more deep breathing printables and posters, visit store.copingskillsforkids.com

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