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
Popular Yoga Books Pack by Kids Yoga Stories
Other Yoga for Kids Links
Monthly Kids Yoga Themes
Holiday Kids Yoga Lesson Plans
List of 58 Yoga Poses for Kids
Kids Yoga Ideas Using Children’s Books
Seasonal Yoga Lesson Plans
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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:
I use this format all the time and it works wonders. I provide 1:1 yoga therapy for children with special needs and the books immediately center them. Some favorites are Like a Windy Day, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Mushroom in the Rain. All with great spring themes. I find that using books taps into their creativity and they often offer their own versions of poses which is stunning to witness. Thank you!
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