Description
Mindfulness and Meditation Activities for Kids:
Do you need guided meditation scripts, mindfulness activities, or coloring pages to help your students practice mindfulness and meditation?
These mindfulness activities for kids can be used for brain breaks, self-regulation, or as a part of your social-emotional learning instruction.
Better yet, it can be used with ANY picture book on meditation and mindfulness for children.
These mindfulness and meditation activities for kids include the following:
- four mindfulness and meditation posters (available in full color and black and white)
- print and go worksheets for student reflection
- five mindfulness scripts to use for student practice (some hands-on activities included)
- four meditation scripts (with corresponding worksheets where applicable)
- reflection pages (connections to the real world)
This product can be used effectively with any of the following picture books (any book related to mindfulness or meditation will work):
- I am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness by Susan Verde
- My Magic Breath: Finding Calm Through Mindful Breathing by Nick Ortner
- Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee MacLean
- Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean
- Meditation is an Open Sky by Whitney Stewart
- Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan Nance
- Sitting Still Like a Frog by Eline Snel
- A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Master of Mindfulness by Laurie Grossman, Angelina Alvarez, and Mr. Musumieci’s 5th Grade Class
- What Does It Mean To Be Present? by Rana DiOrio
These activities are appropriate for ALL GRADE LEVELS!
If you teach primary grades, some of the language in the scripts may need adjustment or explanation. Each activity can be used successfully with all grade levels.
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This product contains 48 pages + Google Slides.
Kathleen B –
Already trying this with my inner city kids…. so far… so good!
susan S –
Great!
Connie S –
Lots of great ideas.
Wiley Teaching –
These are so helpful. I love the guided activities, which makes it easy to lead, and reflections pages for students to learn about what works for them.
Maradith R –
Working with the kiddos on this. Great ideas. Thanks
Rhonda H –
My students LOVE this resource. Some of them have said this was their favourite thing to learn about this year. Highly recommend
Positively Learning –
Full of ideas I can put to use right away! Thank you 🙂
Accent Aigu –
Great resource! Just what I needed!
Sweet Tea and Second Grade –
Great resource as I start meditation in the classroom!
Robyn C –
This is so awesome! A year ago I took a class about mindfulness, and learned how helpful it can be for my students. We did a few guided meditations last year, which really helped! I can’t wait to use these!
JoAnn E –
So excited to use this! Will be helpful to all in my class!
corinne C –
Used first week of school. Love it
Melissa K –
This is a great resource. We will be using this with students in our “mindful moment” room. Thanks.
Mary K P –
Amazing!!
Amy Malone –
My kids love these!
jenni C –
A wonderful resource. Thanks very much.
Lorraine B –
A lovely addition to my mindfulness resources.
Angela F –
This is one of the most helpful bundle of activities for my students- thank you!!
Natalie S –
Great for mindful life!
Terry Friis –
This is such a great product! It has improved my classroom so much! Thank you so much!
Jessica Quinn –
Such amazing exercises and activities!
Debbie Casburn –
Great Resource. Thanks
Christina P –
This resource contains really fun activities that have helped my students in their Mindfulness practice!
Christine Graham –
I hope to use this with my groups. Thank you
Kristen Kienitz –
Love this product!!!
Alison F –
Very effective
kathy P –
I am looking forward to using this product.
Sarah S –
Thank you for a great resource. I’m trying to make mindfulness a big part of my classroom, and my students have responded so well to it. They enjoyed these activities very much.
Jamie S –
Very helpful resource!
Colleen M –
This resource is perfect for this time of year. The upcoming state tests are very stressful for all involved and this will help immensely!
Nicole Duffin –
This was perfect and just what I was looking for. Wonderfully great mindfulness activities that the kids loved. It really helped us open our eyes to mindfulness and meditation with tons of great ideas. Thanks!
Stephanie L –
Great! Thanks!
Dawn G –
Great!!
Fabulous Firsties and Cool Counselors –
Love it!
Colorful Counseling Tools –
Thank you
Gina L –
So many wonderful activities! I particularly liked the student reflection sheets! Thank you!
tracy F –
Amazing resource!!!
Erin Mudie –
Excellent variety of activities to help my students learn about meditation and how to meditate.
Linda Higgins –
Love these
Alyssa L –
Excellent Resource!
Carrie W –
helpful
Taylor B –
Great Resource, thanks!
Elaine B –
Mindfulness is the theme in our district this year. I started using this with one of my students who struggles with anxiety. It has really helped!
Lynne L –
These are wonderful activities. I some after reading “I am Peace”, and I plan to do more read alouds and activities.
Miranda H –
We are starting to implement mindfulness and meditation in our classroom and this resource was perfect!
Jessica R –
Great
Jessica R –
Great
Vickie Sammartano –
Thank you.
Sydni Steele –
Thank you!
Megan Mahoney –
Great resource! My students love this!
Stephanie H –
Helpful during our mindful times.
Allison R –
I love that this can go along with many different books, videos, resources, etc. This is a really fun and great resource for my students!
KK’s Fabulous Firsties –
A great resource! I used a lot of these ideas with my students and they really enjoyed them.
Kathy S –
Very helpful
Sandra Garrigus –
This will work well in my 5th grade classroom.
Shannon Frezza –
This has been a great addition to our mindfulness block. Thank you for this amazing product.
Annsley H –
Easy to use – great resource for my classroom. Thank you!
Alison J –
Neat resource- thank you!
Adam F –
easy to use
melanie G –
very helpful and was able to use them during meditation time
Allison R –
Great resource! Thank you for making a black and white copy version!
Rachael W –
Wonderful resource!
Diamond T –
my students enjoyed the activities and it explained mindfulness in a way for kids to understand!
Nina H –
Can’t wait to implement this!
Moira M –
This was a very helpful resource to use with my students.
Sandra DeLangis –
This is a wonderful resource. I couldn’t be more pleased. Thank you
Kari H –
This resource was great to use individually with my students.
Tanya H –
Great Resource
Anne Marie M –
This resource was really helpful during virtual summer school.
Keri N –
love this resource
lauren V –
Great resource!
Teaching with Tapling –
Wonderful resource that opened up a lot of conversation in regards to behavior/emotions during remote learning!
christine G –
Great resource for helping students get deeper into mindfulness!
lisa F –
My students loved this activity
Jennifer R –
I am required to do mindfulness exercises with my students every single day so I am using parts of this resource to help me introduce the concept to my students.
ODILE R –
Use it during SEL time and introduce emotional regulation concepts.
Courtney S –
This helped make learning about mindfulness fun! Thanks!
Robin J –
Thank you
Jennifer Chevalier –
Students enjoyed this resource.
Creative and Expressive Counseling –
Excellent resource!
Kayla R –
Great resource! Thank you!
Tracy F –
Amazing resource… AGAIN
Loren V –
These activities are great for mental health week.
erin M –
Much thanks
Rebecca P –
I loved this resource. I wish I would have purchased it sooner.
Helena E –
Very nice, detailed Resource!!!! Perfect!!!!! Thank you
Teaching Grit Gracefully –
This is great resource and made my life so much easier!! I appreciate how everything was clean, labeled and easy to organize! Great resource for my toolkit!
Maria E –
Thanks so much!
Amy Lallier –
Loved integrating these into social skills instruction.
Maria A –
Loved this resource. So did my students. It worked really well remotely.
Miss Middle Years –
Awesome resource. Easy to use for both myself as the teacher, and my students. Would forsure recommend purchasing.
Ramona J –
I’ve been trying to incorporate more mindfulness into my classroom this year. This was a great resource. Thank you!
Brie D –
This is a great resource for my middle school autism classroom!
Ariane O –
Great SEL tools!
Julianna S –
Loved this to help students when they were upset.
Kiara Martin –
I love this resource because it breaks down that mindfulness is on a kid friendly level. My students ask for mindfulness moments (that’s what we call it) every day!
Classroom Compulsion –
I’ve been using this mostly for the meditations with my 5th graders. It’s a great way to start our day and most of them seem to be enjoying it. Thanks!
The Midwest Special –
Great and helpful resource!
Erin P –
It was great
Kat M –
This was another resource I used when introducing and teaching mindfulness to students via distance learning. Students seemed very interested and engaged throughout the lessons.
NATARCIA J –
Looking forward to using this resource with my children!
Erin Graham –
My students love using this resource during our Mindfulness time after recess, we’ve gone through what it means to be mindful and use coping skills. Great resource!
Jennifer K –
Excellent tool for promoting mindfulness with students! Thanks!
Sarah K –
Great practice for my special education kiddos!!
Kendra DeLong –
Used this in a life skills unit for 5th grade. They didn’t take it as seriously as I had hoped, but I had 29 students in a small area so they couldn’t really take time to self-reflect. Material was good though, lots of helpful stuff! Thank you!
Hattie Williams –
Thanks so much.
Mallory M –
Perfect to support any SEL lessons.
Holley’s Printables –
Great resource, thanks!
Anna H –
Towards the end of the year, my students are having a VERY hard time with emotions. I bought this and was able to immediately implement it into our day.
Jocelyn N –
Great to help my students settle down and meditate
Julia Barkley –
This is such an easy resource to help my students understand and practice mindfulness! I really appreciate the thought and care you’ve put into this for teachers! Thank you so very much!
Becky G –
Our wonderful counselor is leaving this year, and I don’t know how we will be able to replace her. These mindfulness activities will help me try to pick up where she left off. Namasté.
Connie H –
Used this to supplement MindUp. The students enjoyed practicing skills in a different way. I felt it was valuable and will use this again next year
Christine Scott –
Thanks!
leslie R –
Great resource
Elisabeth C –
Loves all of these activities!
Angela A –
Great activities on mindfulness!
Ms S Superstars –
Thanks so much! My students loved this and it helped support my lessons!
Shirlie Y –
Fantastic resource for our SEL program. Thank you!
Sylvia –
I’m excited about using these activities .