Kids Yoga Ideas Using Children's Books - Kids Yoga Stories | Yoga and mindfulness resources for kids

Are you looking for easy kids yoga ideas to act out your favorite children’s books?

Adding movement to your reading experience has many positive benefits, including:

Building fluency and comprehension
Encouraging positive interactions
Increasing body awareness
Stimulating self-expression
Fostering emotion regulation
Increasing flexibility and strength
Catering to kinesthetic learners
Making reading fun

Below is a list of posts that provide sample yoga poses for kids inspired by various popular children’s books. The posts are organized by well-known authors (ex. Giles Andreae, Eric Carle, Mem Fox, Denise Fleming, Marcus Pfister, and Karma Wilson) and themes (ex. animal friends, zoo, safari, farm, and bedtime).

These kids yoga ideas are meant to be used as inspiration, but feel free to change and adapt according to the interests, needs, and ages of your children. Look at our Yoga Poses for Kids page for a list of almost 60 yoga poses suitable for children to add to your yoga-and-books session.

Kids yoga ideas using popular children’s books

Click on the images or links below for the kids yoga ideas inspired by different children’s books and authors:

Polar Bear Polar Bear Yoga Lesson Plan

Kids yoga using Giles Andreae’s books

Kids yoga using Eric Carle’s books

Kids yoga using Mem Fox’s books

Kids yoga using animal friends books

Kids yoga using Denise Fleming’s books

Kids yoga using zoo animal books

Kids yoga using Marcus Pfister’s books

Kids yoga using an African safari book

Kids yoga using Laura Numeroff’s books

Kids yoga using farm animals books

Kids yoga using Karma Wilson’s books

Kids yoga using popular bedtime stories

Kids yoga using Nick Sharratt’s books

Kids yoga using Barefoot Books (Latin American theme)

Kids yoga using Bill Martin Jr.’s books

Which children’s books did you use to inspire your yoga session?

Popular Yoga Books for Kids

You might like our popular yoga books for kids to add to your kids yoga toolkit:

– Sophia’s Jungle Adventure
– Anna and her Rainbow-Colored Yoga Mats
– Rachel’s Day in the Garden

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Don’t forget to check out our yoga stories for kids that feature logical yoga sequences and yoga kids going on adventures around the world: