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Getting Ready for Turkey With Go Go Yoga for Kids

Getting Ready for Turkey With Go Go Yoga for Kids

by | Nov 24, 2016 | Breathing Exercises, Games, Kids Yoga Lesson Plan

Thanksgiving is all about family, friends, food and being thankful. Go Go Yoga for Kids shows fun Thanksgiving yoga poses that can be done to prepare your mind and body for the holiday.

First is our fun Turkey Breathing that will help get your mind and breath connected. Next we lead you into our Planksgiving Challenge. Enjoy!

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This mindfulness and thankfulness activity for the classroom.

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This lesson would work well with children ages 5-11 and incorporates The Kids Yoga  Challenge Pose Cards.

First, brainstorm with the students about positive qualities that they see in themselves. For example being kind, honest, hardworking, caring, strong, etc. Write these qualities on the board.

Next, the students took the “hand template” and wrote qualities that described themselves. They did this by writing around the hand template. mantras for kids

Finally, the students were able to put the yoga poses and mantras for success together to practice and perform. This absolutely made the lesson even more memorable as it ties together so many different types of student learning such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning. happy poses

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Radio Interview with Sara J. Weis Bestselling Author of Go Go Yoga Kids

by | Nov 22, 2016 | Kids Yoga Lesson Plan

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What do superheroes, dinosaurs and princesses have in common with yoga?

Where did the name Go Go Yoga Kids come from?

What happens after age 7 with our bodies?

How can all ages of kids benefit from yoga?

All of this and much more on my interview with my interview with Pat Rullo of Speak Up Talk Radio.

Catch the broadcast on Talk Radio or on the air here.

Or listen in itunes

 

 

The Power of Reading Aloud to Kids

by | Nov 5, 2016 | Kids Yoga Lesson Plan

Honey for a Child’s Heart

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The power of reading aloud to your children has no bounds with the positive effects.

The Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga with Kids resource includes an extensive quality yoga read-aloud list and lesson ideas to use with these books.

Breathing deeply with purpose during yoga lets you hold the pose longer. However breathing excercises for kids need to look a little different

Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga With Kids

How to Teach Yoga to Kids With Picture Books:

Learn about the secret power of reading aloud to children while doing yoga poses to help give the greatest benefit to kids. As a teacher and reading specialist, I understand the importance of reading aloud to children while keeping kids mindful, active, and learning to achieve great benefits. When you read aloud to children and combine it with yoga poses, you have children that are becoming mindful, fit, and literate! In this video you will discover some of the best books to read aloud to children and learn how you can easily incorporate movement and yoga poses into these read aloud times. A full kids yoga lesson plan that you can use with kids at home or school will also accompany this video.

Benefits of Reading Aloud to Children:

  • Children who are read aloud to get a head start in language and literacy.
  • It increases their vocabulary and opportunity for comprehension practice.
  • Combine that with yoga and you have children moving and stretching their bodies
  • Increasing their focus and balance while having fun!
  • When kids are moving it helps enhance their understanding and retention of what they have learned.
  • Kinesthetic learning and it is perfect to use with those busy wiggly kids that need to move their bodies during or after those long school days of sitting.
Find your copy of the Brown Bear Brown Bear Kids Yoga lesson plan here.

Let the book come alive by reading with enthusiasm and emotion! I have found the illustrations help children visualize or pretend to become that animal or feel as if they are in the story. When you add movement, the kids will remember the poses and the story even more as they anticipate what comes next.

Two Favorite Yoga Read Aloud Books (and Free Kids Yoga Lesson)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle: Begin as Caterpillar and end as a beautiful butterfly:  Kids can transition through the different stages of becoming a butterfly through yoga poses. See how with Go Go Yoga Kids FREE  Springtime Transformation lesson here.

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh: Is a fun choice to practice mouse and snake poses with this book. You can be used to introduce the concept of being “quiet as a mouse” for Savasana.

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See by Bill Martin Junior and Eric Carle.

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See

Kids love this familiar book by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. Its repetitive style builds confidence with reading in ages 2-6.

I love the bright vivid animal illustrations and how this book ties in perfectly to kids yoga. Read this book aloud and enjoy this preschool and Kindergarten movement and yoga lesson plan. It is perfect for home or school.

Find your copy of the Brown Bear Brown Bear Kids Yoga lesson plan here.

See more favorite read aloud books here. These are also perfect for practicing yoga poses!