Your Guide using Sensory Brain Breaks

Your Guide to Using Sensory Brain Breaks
A simple, step-by-step guide to helping children regulate their energy, focus, and emotions.
Sensory Brain Breaks are short, structured activities that give children a chance to pause, reset, and return to tasks feeling alert, organised, and calm. They are ideal for children who benefit from visual supports, predictable routines, and opportunities to manage their sensory needs, including those with SEN, autism, ADHD, or sensory processing difficulties.
This guide shows you how to use Sensory Brain Breaks as part of a personalised circuit. Children select (or are supported to select) one activity from each colour- Red (Alerting), Yellow (Organising), and Green (Calming)- to create a short, balanced brain break. You will also find tips on presenting choices, supporting independence, and using the circuit regularly throughout the day.
Plus, the guide includes ready-to-use symbols, printable base boards, and activity suggestions, so you can set up a flexible, low-resource sensory circuit quickly and easily.
 
Key benefits:
Helps children regulate attention, energy, and emotions
Supports independence and self-awareness
Easy to implement with minimal resources
Includes ready-to-use symbols and printable base boards
 
Give children the tools to pause, reset, and engage confidently.
 
Download Your Guide to Using Sensory Brain Breaks today.