Go Go Yoga for Kids loves all opportunities to bring yoga to children in fun and different ways. Toega is the perfect yoga game to play with all different ages.
What is Toega? It is yoga for your feet! Kids love this simple exercise and it is good for them as well. Feet are often scrunched up all day in shoes and socks, and Toega allows children to stretch their toes and build flexibility.
All you need are some colored pom pom balls and bare feet! It is fun and easy to play.
How to Play
Scatter the pom pom balls on the ground.
Try picking up the colored balls with your toes.
Then place the balls on your yoga mat or another flat surface.
When I play with Toega with kids, I like to change it up a little by having different challenges for the children. Sometimes I will challenge the older to kids to collect balls of the same color or size. Or I will have a time limit to see how many they can gather in 1 minute with their toes.
After the children have gathered up their pom pom balls, I like to bring a connection or close to the activity by having the children sort them in groups or “families”. I leave it open-ended and it is neat to see what they come up with for ideas. They will often sort by size and color, but once in a while I get an expected response and that is lots of fun.
By the way…I just LOVE my new Toega mat that I found here. It just makes it extra fun to play Toega.
I was honored to speak at the Opening Minds Conference and Expo in Chicago. It is one of the biggest early childhood events of the year and I was so excited to be a part of it. I presented on How to Easily Incorporate Yoga in Your Preschool Classroom with Poses, Games, and Mindfulness Within Your Existing Curriculum.
I may have slightly overpacked, but I had so many props, resources, and ideas that I couldn’t wait to share with fellow educators, counselors, parents, child care providers, and health care professionals the importance of introducing yoga to young children.
Yoga is not about perfection; it is a lifelong journey. By introducing yoga to children it gives them the skills they will have for life. Build those skills with a few simple breathing exercises and yoga poses while having fun with it.
Yoga Lessons for Children is the #1 New Release in Lesson Planning for Educators! It is filled with lesson plans for teachers and parents that will hopefully teach children and help them be active, flexible, focused and mindful.
If you are looking for ways to effectively teach yoga to children and increase their mindfulness, self-confidence, stress management, and self-control, Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Lessons for Children provides all the tools and resources you will need. Parents, teachers, children’s yoga instructors, counselors, and health care professionals will find this guide introduces yoga to children at a whole new level.
Yoga Lessons for Children Includes:
Benefits of yoga for children
Secrets to teaching yoga to children
Breathing exercises that can help kids become calm and relaxed
Over 150 fun and creative yoga games, activities, and challenges for all ages
Kids yoga lesson planning guides and templates
35 ready-to-use unique yoga lesson plans that engage kids from the start
The best yoga props and how to easily use them with children
Ways to build mindfulness through meditation and mantras
Yoga pose illustrations
Suggestions of read-aloud books and ways to incorporate yoga and movement
Quick and Easy No-Time-To-Plan Kids Yoga Lesson Plans
Downloadable yoga bingo cards
This book details everything in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format that will help you successfully teach yoga to kids of all ages. Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Lessons for Children is the resource you will need to inspire children in life-long healthy ways.
Best-selling author, Sara J. Weis, is a creative and passionate teacher who has inspired children for over twenty years. In Go Go Yoga for Kids Sara has combined her experience as an elementary teacher and a certified kid and adult yoga instructor to introduce children to yoga in engaging and child-friendly ways. She is passionate about helping children receive the many mental and physical benefits yoga can provide them both now and throughout their lives. Sara is the author of Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Using Yoga with Kids and the creator of the Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cards and the Kids Yoga Challenge App. She has also created two online kids yoga training courses.
Sara holds a master’s degree in education as well as a bachelor’s degrees in early childhood and elementary education. She truly knows what works to get children interested and engaged with yoga. Sara feels strongly about having all of the ideas, strategies, and lessons in one place so that anyone who works with kids will be able to introduce yoga to them with confidence and success.
Sara is a teacher for West Des Moines Schools and leads kids yoga classes for a nationally- known health and fitness club. She lives in Iowa with her husband, three children, and yoga pup, Rocky.
Sometimes with all of the negativity and sad news that surrounds us in the media, I worry about our future. It it is definitely a good thing when something uplifting and beneficial like yoga with kids can reach others. It brings hope for a more positive future. Introduce children to yoga and give them skills that they will have for life.
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