A great strategy for students to use when feeling a strong emotion (angry, sad, excited, nervous) is deep breathing or belly breathing. As a school, we start our day by taking 3 belly breaths to get our mind set and ready for a day of learning and we finish our day with 3 belly breaths as we reflect on our day. Have your child practice belly breathing before starting a learning session to get their mind and body ready for learning. End the learning session with belly breathing as a way to reflect on the learning completed. Here are different ways we’ll be learning to belly breathe.
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Balloon Breathing
Balloon Breathing
Place both hands on your belly.
Breathe in – fill you belly (balloon) with air.
Breathe out - slowly let the air out of your balloon.
Soup Breathing
Soup Breathing
Pretend to hold your soup bowl with both hands.
Smell your soup – Take a deep breath in.
Blow on your soup to cool it down – Blow the air out.
5 Finger Breathing
5 Finger Breathing
Hold your hand out extending your fingers wide.
Using the pointer finger from your other hand trace your extended hand starting at your thumb.
Breathe in as you make your way up your finger.
Breathe out slowly as you move your way down your finger.
Bumblebee Breath
Bumblebee Breath
You are a buzzing bumblebee!
Spread your arms out like wings.
Breathe in as you lift your arms up into the air. Hold for a brief moment.
Let your arms gently fall down like flapping wings as you breathe out.
On the out breath “buzz” like a bee for as long as you can.
Take another deep breath in and “buzz” as you breathe out.
For more information on how to practice belly breathing and the science behind it follow the link below.
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