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Pinwheel Breathing Buddy: Make a Pinwheel and Spin It with Slow Breaths

Children colour and build a pinwheel, then use it to feel the difference between fast and slow breaths. Three breath games ask which breath spins it smoothly and how they feel after.

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Big Feelings Fun Time Little Stars Activity Pack: Feelings Faces, Calm Tools, Crafts & Games for Ages 4-6

This is page 12 of the pack. Ages 4-6 · Pre-K–KindergartenAges 4-6 · Reception–Year 1Ages 4-6 · LKG–UKGAges 4-6

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How to use this worksheet

Print single-sided at 100%, on thin card. Colour, cut out the square, and a grown-up cuts the four dashed lines, folds the orange dots to the middle and pins it to a pencil eraser. Then play the breath games.

Materials needed

  • Pencil
  • Crayons
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • A grown-up to help with cutting
  • Pin and pencil with eraser (grown-up)

Extension activities

  • Spin the pinwheel for three slow breaths.
  • Try a tiny breath, a medium breath and a big breath and compare.
Hemsweta Jain (Teacher Cheena), founder of RaisoActive

Written by

Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena

MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai

Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.

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