Mindfulness - Taking a Mindful Breath

The animated series Bluey serves as a valuable tool in fostering children's development of imagination, curiosity, and social and emotional learning. This activity uses intentional teaching strategies to focus on the capability of mindfulness. Children will engage in simple mindfulness exercises aimed at improving focus and enhancing enjoyment of activities. These exercises involve techniques to slow down breathing and opportunities to explore outdoors in search of natural items.

Learning intentions:

This suite of resources has been designed to provide opportunities for children to explore social and emotional learning through imaginative play and also supports oral language development through a values framework. Each activity uses intentional teaching strategies to develop a specific value. This activity focuses on...

Click here for a full list of the values that underpin these activities.

This lesson showcases a Bluey episode, which can be viewed on ClickView. Don't have a ClickView subscription? Bluey is also available on ABC iView. For real life!