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Calming Activities for Kids – Free Printables

Calming activities for kids can range from quiet activities such as deep breathing to physical activity breaks.

This is an excellent freebie that combines deep breathing with play dough to help students to calm and self-regulate. The students can also complete a written reflection on what activities help them to feel happy.

You can download the free PDF and watch a video of the activity at the bottom of the post.

Both of these freebies are from the complete Emotions packet. This Emotions Packet includes 5 activities that encourage fine motor skills, copying, visual motor skills and finger strengthening: Emotion match up, One Big Family, Cool Your Emotions, Smash the Emotion and Match the Emotions. The worksheets explore 10 different feelings by drawing and writing about feelings. You will need play dough for some of the activities.

Emotions Packet

Emotions Packet

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How Does the Calming Activities for Kids Freebie Work?

All you need to do are these three steps:

  1. Sign up to download the freebie at the bottom of the post.
  2. Download and print the activities.
  3. Your students can use play dough to help cool their emotions and the written I Feel Happy self-reflection worksheet.

When Is A Good Time to Use This Activity?

Students can use this calming activities for kids free printable for:

  • calming corner
  • a tool to help students de-escalate
  • deep breathing practice
  • practice to identify emotions

What Skills Does this Activity Work On?

Children are working on the following skills with this free printable:

  • fine motor skills
  • hand strengthening
  • emotion identification
  • self-regulation

All of these skills are necessary for students to succeed in the classroom!

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Watch a Video of the Activity in Action

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