Help children understand big feelings and practise simple calm-down skills with BrightBuddy, Trace, and Ursla.
This Big Feelings & Calm-Down Skills playlist teaches preschoolers and early learners how to recognize strong emotions, slow their breathing, calm their bodies, express their needs, and return to an activity after feeling worried, frustrated, angry, overwhelmed, or nervous.
Children will practise:
🍎 Apple Breathing for school worries
🍕 Pizza Breathing for big feelings
🌬️ Slow breathing exercises for kids
🧠 Stopping and noticing what the body feels
💬 Naming emotions and asking for help
👐 Relaxing tense hands and shoulders
⏸️ Taking a safe calming pause
🔄 Returning to learning after becoming upset
❤️ Managing disappointment and frustration
🌟 Building emotional confidence and self-control
These lessons support:
• Emotional regulation for kids
• Coping skills for children
• Breathing exercises for kids
• School-anxiety support
• Mindfulness for early learners
• Social-emotional learning
• Calm-down routines
• Preschool and kindergarten readiness
• Managing big feelings
• Positive communication skills
This playlist is helpful for preschoolers, kindergarten children, early elementary learners, parents, caregivers, teachers, counselors, and homeschool families.
Practise these skills during calm moments so children can remember them more easily when strong emotions appear. Use patient encouragement, model each step, and celebrate small progress.
These videos provide general educational activities and are not a substitute for individualized medical, mental-health, or educational support. Speak with a qualified professional when a child’s anxiety or emotional distress is severe, persistent, or interfering with daily life.
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