Playtime with My Friend Breath
Playtime with My Friend Breath gives children another fun way to play with their breath and practice the mindful breathing patterns introduced in the foundational picture book.
This book is a fabulous way to build confidence and support independent practice. Because the more children play with these breathing patterns, the more natural it will become for them to turn to their friend Breath for support in times of need.
Playtime with My Friend Breath comes in two formats: a generalized version featuring Ash as the main character, and a personalized version. This option makes your child the superhero of their own story by including their name and images throughout the book. Seeing themselves in the story makes playtime practice even more meaningful, memorable, and empowering.
This book is a playful, practical resource that helps children strengthen their emotional-regulation and resilience through mindful breathing practice.
The story is brought to life with guided breathing videos, interactive online games, breath-awareness mazes, and printable activities. You'll also find supportive tools like the Superhero Club Pledge and practice tracker—making it easy and fun to build emotional skills through play.
The more your child engages in playtime practice of the say-and-do game, the more confident they’ll become in using their breath to comfort sad, calm mad, soothe scared, and boost happy feelings.
Practicing each of the breathing patterns, in a range of playful ways, helps shift the knowledge of how to use their breath from your child’s conscious mind into their subconscious. So, turning to their friend Breath for support becomes second nature and a skill they’ll have for life.
By using this book regularly, you’re giving your child a fun and effective way to build their emotional fitness, whilst helping them nurture the connection with their superpower— their friend Breath.
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Have a go at a superhero memory game!
This game is a sample of the interactive games that are included in both versions of the Playtime with My Friend Breath practice books.
Flip through a sample of a personalized book
Let’s explore Playtime with My Friend Breath
The book opens with a welcome from Ash, which engages your child from the very first page.
As a new member of the My Friend Breath Superhero Club your child is introduced to the importance of playing with their friend Breath everyday. They're invited to join with Ash and practice their mindful breathing together.
This book guides your child to practice playing the say-and-do game, which is the core strategy of My Friend Breath.
The more your child practices how to calm uncomfortable emotions the easier it becomes for them to use their breath to self-regulate in times of need.
Playing with their friend Breath is a fun way to strengthen the skill of mindful breathing.
Follow-along videos are included to make practicing superhero breathing easy and engaging for children.
These are are embedded directly into the digital flipbook.
Watching each 90-second video, and practicing along with Ash and Kels, will help your child embody the learnings and easily remember how and why each superhero breathing pattern can support them.
Eight a-mazing activities help empower your child to change the way they feel.
Breath awareness is self-awareness. These playtime maze activities are an enjoyable way for your child to strengthen their awareness of how they can choose to use their breath to self-calm.
Maze activities help to develop your child's hand-eye coordination, spacial awareness, persistence, and problem-solving skills. They provide an opportunity for playtime fun between practicing each superhero breathing pattern.
The fun continues with four online interactive games - a memory game, memory race, matching game, and listening challenge.
These help to train your child's mindful breathing skills, as well as their concentration, attention, perseverance, comprehension, and receptive skills.
Accessible via a QR code or link that takes your child to a secret webpage on our site. In the personalized format, you'll gain access via your own private page on our website. This takes playtime practice to the next level!
To help balance out your child's screen time, we have included a set of printable activities.
These help to expand your child's mindful breathing practice. Encouraging your child to connect to times in their lives where they can play the say-and-do game to help change the way they feel.
They are great to use with a child one-on-one or in a group setting.
Also included is our superhero pledge. This pledge is taken by Superhero Club Members, as a powerful and fun way for your child to make the commitment to practicing their mindful breathing, every day.
By setting the intention to practice daily, anytime, anywhere, your child will continue to strengthen their emotional-regulation and resilience skills.
Your child can then use the Superhero Breathing Practice Tracker to keep a record of their practice progress.
Whenever they play with their friend Breath, they colour a corresponding breathing pattern icon.
This visual reflection of their commitment and effort is a motivating way to encourage your child to prioritize playing with their friend Breath every day.
Playtime with My Friend Breath is available in a generalized format with Ash, or custom made as a personalized book for your child.
The generalized format includes an audio flipbook where the text is read aloud by Ash.
The opportunity to listen and read-along to the story empowers independent practice, as well as supporting emerging readers and visually impaired children.
We love our amazing community of superheroes!
It is a joy to share the magic of the breath with children, families, and communities around the world.
We are grateful to do so through our My Friend Breath resources, as well as in-person, and virtual author visits.
Join us as we celebrate our amazing superhero community!
Frequently Asked Questions
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The My Friend Breath Picture Book introduces the child to mindful breathing.
Then Playtime with My Friend Breath draws upon this knowledge and provides a comprehensive resource to help your child embed the skill of mindful breathing so that it becomes second nature.
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We want all children to turn their knowledge of mindful breathing into a skill they can use for life!
The generalized format, where your child practices along with Ash, is suggested for practicing with groups of children, such as in child care, pre-school, or school settings, or for multiple children in a family.
This format comes with an audio flipbook version. Listening to Ash narrate the story provides a unique listening experiences that will capture your child's attention, amplify their learning, and make story time super fun!
The personalized format is custom made with photos of your child. This is a unique and fun way to empower and engage your child in superhero their breathing practice.
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The more often a child practices mindful breathing, by playing the say-and-do game, the more likely they will be to turn to their breath in times of need.
Breathing practice is a type of emotional hygiene, and just as other healthy hygiene habits, such as brushing your teeth, are done daily, playing with their breath, through mindful breathing, should be something your child does for a few minutes on most days.
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Variety is the key to establishing a mindful breathing practice, which is why Playtime with My Friend Breath is full of different activities and online games.
Rather than do all the activities once a week, have your child choose one game, activity, or breathing pattern video to do each day. It is the consistent practice, even for a few minutes a day, that will embed the skill of mindful breathing.
Remember to have them fill in their Superhero Breathing Practice Tracker to help keep My Friend Breath playtime practice fun!
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The Playtime Practice Pledge is a powerful and fun way for your child to commit to practicing their mindful breathing, every day.
By setting the intention to practice daily, your child is creating an internal accountability that will inspire them to practice their mindful breathing, anytime, anywhere.
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Be a role model. Show what mindful breathing practice looks like, by playing say-and-do yourself.
Children are visual learners, they learn from watching. When you experience an uncomfortable emotion, show them 'in the moment' how you use your friend Breath to self-calm.
You can also practice the superhero breathing patterns with your child, when you are both calm, anytime, anywhere, e.g. in the bath, or whilst tidying up.
Be creative, find moments in the day to practice together, remember it can be for as little as one to two minutes.
Attaching breathing playtime practice to an existing habit, e.g. their nighttime story, will help it become part of your child's daily routine.
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We will do our best to ensure the quickest turn around possible, but as these books are custom made please allow:
2 - 4 weeks for digital products
4 - 6 weeks for paperbacks and hardcovers. This will also depend on the post. All products sent by mail will have tracking available.
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