Elephant Ears

Our Elephant Ears are a creative way for children to intentionally listen to their breathing. This easy to make device, otherwise known as a whisper phone, serves many purposes. Aside from strengthening a child’s awareness of deep breathing, students use our Elephant Ears to read positive affirmations to themselves to build self-esteem and confidence. Parents and teachers also find that our Elephant Ears benefit students in class with reading, spelling, and learning. 

How it works:

• Mindful students create their own Elephant Ear by putting together already cut pieces of piping*.
• Students then decorate their Elephant Ears with colorful duct tape, stickers, markers.
• Students hold their Elephant Ear up to their ear, close their eyes, and listen to the sound of their powerful breath or read from our list of positive affirmations to build self-esteem.
• Students leave this tool by their bedside and use it as an early morning mindfulness breathing exercise or for a nighttime calming tool before falling asleep. Students also use their Elephant Ears in classrooms with the permission of their teachers throughout the day. 

* We use a 10 foot piece of ¾ inch PVC pipe cut into 3 1/2 inch pieces along with 2- 3/4 inch elbow pieces per phone for class sizes of approximately 20-24 students.

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