by sara | Oct 5, 2017 | Kids Yoga Lesson Plan, Mindfulness
How to Teach Yoga to Kids Using Mindfulness 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:
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 while increasing their focus and balance while having fun! When kids are moving it helps enhance their understanding and retention of what they have learned. This is called 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.
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by sara | Aug 7, 2017 | Presenting
Happy Birthday Go Go Yoga for Kids!
This book is so very near and dear to my heart. It is a culmination of years of research, creating, writing, and teaching hundreds of kids yoga classes so I could give you what really works for teaching yoga to kids.
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Thank you for celebrating with Go Go Yoga for Kids!
by sara | Jul 30, 2017 | Kids Yoga Lesson Plan
Join Go Go Yoga for Kids on August 4, 2017, for one of two sessions on using Yoga in the Preschool Classroom during the Iowa Preschool and Early Childhood Conference.
Get ready to jump in, learn, and have fun with this engaging session of how to use Yoga in early childhood conference. The many benefits of yoga make this a wonderful addition to any classroom setting. Yoga provides a way to keep children engaged, provide meaningful transitions for one activity to another, and reinforce learning and mindfulness. Yoga is also excellent for promoting a sense of well being, creativity, and teamwork. Learn how to get kids fit, flexible, and focused by using yoga in the classroom.
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by sara | Jul 24, 2017 | Kids Yoga Lesson Plan
Introducing young children to yoga for preschoolers through games, poses, and props is one of my favorite things to do.
This young creative age group loves to try new things and is up for any new adventure. Through yoga, we can teach mindfulness, patience, cooperation, and much more.
A favorite summertime yoga activity for kids is our Beach Ball Yoga Game.
Our Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training online course will walk you exactly how to do yoga for preschoolers in the school, home, or other activities.
See some of our preschool kids yoga classes in action with this video.
Anytime you can use a simple bag to “draw out a yoga pose” creates a lot of anticipation for
this age group.
They will sit as quietly as possible waiting for their turn. We love to use the Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cards
Select 4-6 yoga cards for this age group.
Stillness and Savasana definitely becomes a favorite part of any kids yoga class. Be as still as a starfish or quiet as a mouse in this pose. Kids love it. Get your tips here on how to easily get kids still and quiet.
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by sara | Jun 11, 2017 | Kids Yoga Lesson Plan, Teacher Training
Below is a portion of the transcript of the:
How to Teach Yoga to Kids
Online Teacher Training
Section 4 – Yoga Poses for Kids
How to Teach Age Appropriate Yoga Poses
Now we’re getting to the yoga poses for kids. After you utilize your breath work and get your body centered and focused you’re ready to work on some yoga poses. I’m going to show you some fun ways to engage students with poses. Kids love to learn new yoga poses.
Yoga poses are also a great way to differentiate and accommodate for the varied needs and abilities of the kids you’re working with. I like to choose 3 to 5 yoga poses and group them together with a common theme so kids will remember them.
As you introduce each pose ask children what parts of their body they feel working. In your course resources part, I have an illustrated kids yoga pose guide. It’s got 45 yoga poses that you can see if you’re not familiar with the yoga poses yourself.
Join our Online Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training and get your illustrated yoga pose guides.
I also love using, the Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cards. These are a deck of 40 Yoga Pose Cards. They’re 
bright and colorful. They include partner poses too that the kids can use and see how the poses are made.
I also love props to introduce yoga poses. Our online Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training shows favorite yoga props which help introduce the yoga poses with and create anticipation.
Kids love themes while practicing yoga. In the course, I will show you some themed yoga poses that you would do if you were learning about the ocean, jungle or the zoo. It is fun to see how the poses fit together with the theme which helps the kids better remember and practice the poses.
Included in our Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training are kids yoga lesson plans that are all themed with yoga poses, the breath work and everything that you need to teach yoga to kids.
For more kids yoga lesson plans please see our bestselling books Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Using Yoga with Kids and Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Lessons for Children.
Join our online Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training and receive your bonus kids yoga lesson plans.
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