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.
Part of the pack
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
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
- 1Spin the pinwheel for three slow breaths.
- 2Try a tiny breath, a medium breath and a big breath and compare.

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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