Any dinosaur-loving fans out there? One of our Kids Yoga Monthly members, Larissa, has kindly offered to share her Dinosaur Yoga Lesson Plan with our community. Her own children helped her to make up the dinosaur-themed yoga poses. Larissa says that the dinosaur yoga theme is one of her students’ absolute favorite classes. They love […]
Who doesn’t love fairies! Watching my daughter enter the magical world of pretend play has been so cool. She loves dressing up as fairies and princesses. During a recent nature walk, we pretended to be walking through a fairy forest and going on fairy adventures. We also found fairy books in the library, and she […]
Are you looking for easy kids yoga themes? Enter the Monthly Kids Yoga Themes Giveaway via the link near the bottom of this post. One of the challenges readers have shared over the years is how to add yoga into their curriculum, classes, or home life with ease and simplicity. There are tons of ways […]
It feels like my daughter and I have literally circled the globe over the past year. We have visited family in Canada, England, Australia, and Mexico. In addition to planes, trains, and automobiles, we’ve traveled on buses, boats, and taxis! Even though it’s been exciting for both of us to learn about some new places, […]
To start and finish your yoga experiences with the same yoga songs for kids or ritual is such a gift. Children love the consistency and connection. Singing or chanting together brings everyone close and helps to create a safe and comfortable environment. It’s also a lovely way for you as the yoga educator to look […]
Looking for fun activities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for Kids? Why not read some children’s books and act out this world-renowned Irish holiday through yoga exercises for kids! See below for a list of our five favorite St. Patrick’s Day books that we found in our local library. You can also follow along the […]
Welcome to your Kids Yoga Stories Yearly Planner for 2018! This kids yoga planner 2018 is for primary school teachers, kids yoga teachers, parents, caregivers, health practitioners, and recreation staff looking for fun, simple ways to add yoga to their curriculum, classes, or home life. These monthly themes are based on holidays, the seasons, and […]
Last year, we posted a Superhero Yoga for Kids lesson plan, and Anastasia commented at the bottom of the article that she had a superhero kids yoga lesson plan using a book titled Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero. We received so many emails asking for her plan that she has generously offered to share it below. […]
This list of basic yoga poses for kids serves as an inspiration guide, but please encourage the children’s creativity. Yoga poses for kids often mimic our natural surroundings and may be interpreted in different ways. Some things to consider when you are practicing yoga with your children: Feel free to adapt or change the yoga […]
Join our 30 Day Meditation Challenge by downloading the printable poster below. Back in September, 2014, my husband and I finally stopped procrastinating and began our practice of sitting silently for fifteen minutes every morning. After years of talking about meditating, we officially committed after my husband (the left-brain thinker) read this research article. Then […]
Are you looking for yoga therapy ideas? You might have already discovered the benefits of integrating yoga into your therapy sessions. Integrating yoga into therapy sessions has been shown to increase: strength and flexibility body awareness, balance, and coordination attention and behavioral regulation cognitive skills and language development social skills As Claire and Lauren from […]
Bring the healthy benefits of yoga into your home schooling curriculum with these twenty-five kids yoga ideas. Also, check out the printable poster for forty ways to practice classroom yoga. How to Do Yoga in your Home School Take yoga breaks to either bring calm or help energize (ex. tree pose, breathing technique, downward-facing dog […]
Our winter wonderland life here in New England has been a learning adventure! I love that the local libraries are stacked with winter-themed books, most of which were completely new to me. After gathering a bunch of books on Arctic animals, my daughter and I learned about the animals by acting them out through simple […]
I am excited to introduce you to our guest writer, Shelley Arthur, of Radiant Child Yoga and co-author of Holiday Yoga: Celebrating History and Holidays throughout the Year. Today Shelley shares with us her New Year Yoga lesson plan. Yoga for kids is a fun and active way to introduce children to making New Year’s […]
Looking for yoga gifts for 5-year-olds? Check out these yoga gifts for kindergarteners. It’s important to me that my daughter grows up understanding that yoga goes beyond yoga postures—it’s about living a yoga lifestyle that includes being a responsible, mindful, kind, and compassion person. So, each Christmas, we include yoga gifts among her present list […]
