Lunar New Year SEL: Lantern Breathing Exercise for Kids
This Free Printable Lantern Breathing Exercise for Kids uses a glowing Lunar New Year lantern to guide children through mindful breathing and self-regulation. 🏮
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Breathing Exercises For Kids
Our Free Printable Lanter Breathing Exercise for Kids makes learning mindful breathing fun, easy, and engaging. 🏮
This simple yet magical Lantern breathing printable guides little ones through a calming breathwork routine. A wonderful engaging mindfulness activity for kids that encourages them to slow down, focus, and relax.
Breathing exercises are a fun and effective way for children to build emotional awareness and calm down. This festive Lunar New Year breathing activity brings that skill into a joyful cultural celebration. Inspired by traditional lantern symbolism, the worksheet guides kids to breathe in as they trace upward, hold at the glowing star, and exhale as they trace down. Practicing mindful breathing can support self-regulation, reduce stress, and promote a peaceful mindset, making it a wonderful tool for calm down corners in classrooms, homeschool, and bedtime routines. 🧘♂️
How To Use Your Free Breathing Exercise Printable:
This free printable is a heart-centered way to bring mindfulness and emotional regulation into your celebration. The Lantern Breathing Exercise features a cute panda lantern where kids can trace their way to magical glowing calmness while practicing deep, rhythmic breaths. It’s a no-prep Lunar New Year classroom activity that helps children build emotional awareness while enjoying the festive spirit of the holiday.
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🏮Check Printer Settings: Ensure your printer is set to “Fit to Page” to capture the glowing orange lantern and star details.
🏮 Print and Use: Select your desired number of copies on standard white paper for immediate classroom or home use.
🏮 Hand out or Display: Find a calming corner or place where children can relax and enjoy Lantern Breathing.
🏮 Encourage Reflection: Use the guided prompts to help kids trace the path, hold their breath at the star, and feel their inner light radiate calm.
The Magic of Lantern Breathing :
Practicing mindful breathing can support self-regulation, reduce stress, and promote a peaceful mindset, making it a wonderful tool for calm down corners in classrooms, homeschool, and bedtime routines. This Lunar New Year SEL activity transforms a traditional holiday symbol into a visual guide for deep, rhythmic breaths.Children trace each colorful arc of the rainbow, breathing in as they go up and out as they come down.✨
❤️ Breathe In: Children place their finger at the base and breath in through their nose as they trace up the lantern.
❤️ Fill with Light: As they trace, they imagine the lantern filling with a warm, glowing light.
❤️ Hold For 3 Seconds: Once they reach the star at the top, they pause and hold their breath as they count to 3.
❤️ Breathe Out: They breath out through their mouth as they trace back down the other side of the lantern.
❤️ Radiate Calm: Repeating this cycle helps kids feel their “inner light” radiating calm throughout their bodies.
Support kids with heart-centered Lunar New Year reflection: This free printable is a beautiful way to introduce social emotional learning without it feeling complicated. The cute panda lantern design and simple circular path provide just enough tactile feedback to keep busy hands occupied while the mind settles. 🐼✨
The festive theme adds seasonal interest while maintaining a clean and uncluttered layout. This balance makes this free printable kids breathing exercise is specially useful for classroom mindfulness warm-ups or as part of a broader social-emotional learning routine. Because this mindful breathing activity is straightforward, kids can work independently or with light guidance, building confidence as they find their magical glowing calmness.
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This free SEL printable fits naturally alongside your other seasonal resources, offering a relaxed way to support character development during the holiday season. This Lunar New Year printable PDF is ready to use with no prep required—simply print and go. 🧧
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Teachers, homeschoolers, and caregivers will appreciate how easy it is to integrate into a day of learning, while kids enjoy the festive visuals and clear structure. Get ready to share, shine, and welcome the new year in a fun and magical way! 🏮✨
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