Ayo’s 5-Finger Breathing Complete Kit

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A calm, child-centred toolkit for emotional regulation.

Big feelings are part of childhood — but children need safe, simple tools to help their bodies slow down when emotions feel overwhelming. Ayo’s 5-Finger Breathing Complete Kit brings together everything children and adults need to gently teach and practise one of the most effective calming strategies for children.

This thoughtfully designed kit supports children to regulate their breathing, settle their nervous system, and feel safe in their bodies using the 5-Finger Breathing technique — a proven, body-based grounding tool used widely in child mental health, education, and therapeutic settings.

Rather than relying on long explanations or behaviour correction, this kit uses visual guidance, repetition, and predictability, allowing calm to emerge naturally.

What’s Included in the Complete Kit

1. Ayo’s 5-Finger Breathing Poster

A clear, calming visual guide that children can return to independently.
Perfect for calm corners, classrooms, bedrooms, therapy rooms, and waiting areas.

2. Ayo’s 5-Finger Breathing Pages

A step-by-step set of pages that guide children slowly through the breathing process, one small moment at a time.
Ideal for shared use with parents, teachers, or therapists, and for building calm routines.

3. Ayo’s 5-Finger Breathing Flashcards

Flexible, easy-to-use cards that break the breathing process into simple actions.
Especially helpful for neurodivergent children, younger children, and settings that benefit from choice and pacing.

Together, these three formats offer multiple entry points into the same calming skill, supporting children across different environments and emotional states.

Why This Kit Works

The Complete Kit is designed to:

• reduce cognitive load during emotional moments

• support co-regulation before independence

• build familiarity through repetition

• encourage calm without pressure or performance

Children are not told to “calm down.”
They are shown how to calm their bodies, gently and respectfully.

This approach supports:

• emotional regulation

• body awareness (interoception)

• anxiety reduction

• prevention-focused mental wellbeing

Designed With Children’s Nervous Systems in Mind

This kit is:

• trauma-informed

• SEN and neurodivergent-friendly

• suitable for early years and primary-aged children

• free from shaming language, rewards, or consequences

It is not a behaviour management tool.
It is a regulation and wellbeing resource.

How to Use the Complete Kit

• Display the poster as a consistent visual reminder

• Use the pages for guided breathing during calm moments or transitions

• Offer the flashcards for flexible, child-led or one-to-one support

• Practise regularly so the skill feels familiar and safe

• Allow children to move at their own pace — there is no “right” way

The kit works best when used preventatively, not only during distress.

Who This Kit Is For

• Parents and caregivers

• Teachers and school staff

• Therapists and wellbeing practitioners

• SEN and pastoral leads

Suitable for use at home, in classrooms, therapy settings, and wellbeing spaces.

Format

• Digital download (PDF)

• High-resolution, print-ready files

• Poster: A3 size (300 DPI), suitable for A3 or A4 printing

• Pages: designed for A4 or A5 printing

• Flashcards: designed for A6 or A5 printing

• Suitable for laminating, binding, or calm-corner storage

A Complete, Gentle Way to Support Calm

Ayo’s 5-Finger Breathing Complete Kit gives children something powerful:
a simple, reliable way to help their body feel calm again.

Not through force.
Not through fixing behaviour.
But through breathing, movement, and safety.

This is a tool children can carry with them — long after the moment has passed.