For Children Practices
Guided practices made specifically for children: bedtime wind-downs, emotion coaching, and simple calming techniques.
After an Argument: A Free Practice for What Happens Next
A free guided practice for right after an argument, helping a child settle before deciding what to do or say next instead of reacting right away.
Free PracticeBody Signals Check-In: A Body Awareness Practice for Kids
A free guided practice helping children notice what their body is already telling them, reading physical signals before big feelings take over.
Free PracticeBrave Before School: A Free Practice for School-Morning Nerves
A free morning practice helping children walk into school feeling a little braver, built on the idea that brave means doing it anyway.
Free PracticeBumblebee Humming Breath: A Free Calming Game for Kids
A free guided humming-breath game that lets children feel a gentle buzz in their chest and throat, a playful way to release energy and settle down.
Free PracticeCalm Before Story Time: A Free Settling Practice for Listening
A free short practice helping children settle their bodies and attention right before story time, so they arrive ready to listen.
Free PracticeCalm Hands, Calm Body: A Free Squeeze-and-Release Practice
A free progressive muscle relaxation practice for children, squeezing hands and body parts tight, then letting go into calm.
Free PracticeFamily Bedtime Calm: The Last Ten Minutes of the Day
A free practice for the last ten minutes before sleep, helping a whole family slow down together and close the day without rushing.
Free PracticeFive-Finger Breathing for Little Hands: A Free Kids Game
A free guided hands-on breathing game where children trace their fingers while breathing, a simple tool that helps little ones calm down and refocus.
Free PracticeFreeze, Breathe and Choose: A Free Three-Step Practice for Big Moments
A free three-step practice teaching children to freeze, breathe, and choose before reacting in a big, intense moment.
Free PracticeGoodnight Body Scan: A Free Toes-to-Head Bedtime Practice
A free bedtime body scan that guides children to say a gentle goodnight to each part of the body, from toes to head, before sleep.
Free PracticeKindness in My Heart: A Free Loving-Kindness Practice for Children
A free child-friendly loving-kindness practice guiding children to send a warm wish to themselves and someone they care about.
Free PracticeListening Like an Owl: A Free Quiet-Ears Game for Kids
A free guided listening game that invites children to imagine big, still owl ears, building calm and focused attention through sound alone.
Free PracticeLittle Gratitude Stars: A Free Three-Good-Things Practice
A free practice guiding children to notice three small good things from their day, each imagined as a little gratitude star.
Free PracticeMy Calm Place: A Free Visualization Practice for Kids
A free guided visualization where a child builds an imaginary calm place in their mind, a safe spot to return to whenever they feel overwhelmed.
Free PracticeMy Safe Little Cloud: A Free Calm-Place Game for Kids
A free guided game that helps a child imagine a soft cloud that belongs only to them, a gentle inner place to rest during big feelings.
Free PracticeName It, Breathe With It: A Two-Step Calming Practice
A free guided practice teaching children two simple moves in order, naming a feeling first and then breathing with it, to calm strong emotions.
Free PracticeParent and Child Breathing Hug: A Co-Regulation Practice
A free co-regulation practice where a parent and child breathe together chest to chest, calming both nervous systems at the same time.
Free PracticeRainbow Breathing: A Free Calming Colour Game for Kids
A free guided game where children breathe in and out through the colours of an imaginary rainbow, a gentle, playful way to slow down and settle.
Free PracticeReady for the Classroom: A Free Group Settling Practice
A free practice designed to help a whole classroom of children settle together, transitioning from a busy hallway into ready attention.
Free PracticeSharing and Taking Turns: A Free Practice for the Hard Part of Waiting
A free practice acknowledging that waiting for a turn is the genuinely hard part of sharing, and guiding children through that wait.
Free PracticeSmell the Flower, Blow the Candle: A Free Breathing Game
A free, simple guided breathing game for children using smelling a flower and blowing out a candle to teach slow, calming breaths anywhere they go.
Free PracticeStarfish Breathing: A Free Open-and-Close Game for Kids
A free guided game where children stretch open wide like a starfish and fold small again, pairing breath with movement to help them settle and feel steady.
Free PracticeTeddy Bear Belly Breathing: A Free Calm-Down Game for Kids
A free guided game where children place a teddy bear on their belly and watch it rise and fall, learning slow belly breathing through gentle play.
Free PracticeThank You, Body: A Free Bedtime Gratitude Practice
A free bedtime practice guiding children to thank their body for all it did that day, from running to hugging to resting.
Free PracticeThe Anger Dragon Cools Down: A Free Anger Regulation Practice
A free practice using a friendly anger dragon character to help children understand and cool down big feelings of anger.
Free PracticeThe Calm Turtle: A Free Shell-Breathing Game for Kids
A free guided game for children that uses the image of a turtle pulling into its shell to teach a simple, safe way to pause and calm big feelings.
Free PracticeThe Cozy Cave: A Free Safe-Place Game for Children
A free guided game that invites a child into an imaginary warm, softly lit, and completely safe cave, a gentle way to settle before rest or quiet time.
Free PracticeThe Friendly Forest: A Free Imagination Game for Children
A free guided game that walks a child through a friendly forest where every animal says hello, building calm through gentle imagination and breath.
Free PracticeThe Magic Feather: A Free Soft-Breath Game for Children
A free guided game using an imaginary feather that only moves for soft, slow breath, helping children discover how gentle their breathing can be.
Free PracticeThe Quiet Pond: A Free Settling-Ripples Game for Children
A free guided game where a child watches imaginary ripples on a still pond settle, a gentle metaphor for calming busy thoughts and feelings.
Free PracticeThe Sleepy Moon: A Free Bedtime Story-Meditation
A free bedtime story-meditation where a gentle moon watches over a child, guiding slow breathing and soft imagination toward sleep.
Free PracticeThe Thought Cloud Catcher: A Practice for Watching Thoughts
A free guided practice teaching children to watch thoughts drift by like clouds, instead of believing every thought is automatically true.
Free PracticeThe Volcano and the Cool River: An Anger Practice for Kids
A free guided practice comparing anger to a volcano and calm to a cool river, giving children a vivid way to understand and settle big anger.
Free PracticeThe Worry Balloon Floats Away: A Free Practice for Letting Go of Worries
A free practice imagining a worry placed inside a balloon and gently released, helping children set a worry down for a while.
Free PracticeWhen I Am Really Annoyed: A Short Calming Practice for Kids
A free short guided practice for the middle of an annoyed or frustrated moment, offering children a quick way to cool down right away.
Free PracticeWhen My Feelings Feel Big: A Free Practice for Emotional Validation
A free practice reassuring children that big feelings are allowed, while guiding them toward a calmer, steadier body.
Free PracticeWhen a Friend Hurts My Feelings: A Free Practice for Kids
A free guided practice helping children take hurt feelings seriously without exaggerating them, and think clearly about what a friendship needs next.
Free PracticeWiggle, Shake and Settle: A Free Get-the-Fizz-Out Practice
A free movement-first practice that lets children wiggle and shake out extra energy before guiding them into a calmer, settled body.