Category: yoga for kids

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yoga for kids

We Need Yoga Now More Than Ever — Parents, Kids and Teachers

Yoga now. As I write this, its almost mid-July. The school year ended so abruptly, so chaotically that looking back it’s a blur. I just remember teachers scrambling, parents struggling, everyone trying their best in a situation we have not found ourselves in before.   As school systems plan for

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lesson plans

Chinese New Year Activity with Spinner Game

With the Chinese New Year celebration coming up soon, what better way to celebrate than with Chinese New Year Activity with yoga pose cards and spinner game?!?!?!?! Sometimes its hard to come back to school after the holiday break. We get it. Shaking things up a bit with some yoga/movement

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yoga for kids

Activities for Christmas for Preschoolers

I see you there — you teacher or parent who is trying to get things done for, well, the world during the busiest time of year. I’ve got you. I have THE greatest activities for Christmas for preschoolers. Full disclosure: This lesson plan is one of the hardest lesson plans

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rest and relax

Rest-Ready Pose Cards by Yogalore

Rest-ready pose cards by Yogalore make the perfect quiet activity to help your child at bedtime. Join Ada in this charming story as she does her yoga calm down sequence before bed. This is a sweet, whimsical pose card set, designed like an e-book with a cute story that incorporates

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movement and learning
child development

Movement and Learning — Is There a Link Between the Two?

Movement and learning aren’t often associated together. We’ve learned about the benefits of outdoor play, but what about moving and learning? Is there a link? Not surprisingly, there is! Many early childhood teachers will tell you there is, and in my experience teaching yoga, these kiddos remember every pose, every

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rest and relax

Bedtime Yoga: Using Yogalore’s Rest & Relax

Bedtime Yoga: Calming SequenceSeveral of the poses in this particular sequence are also a part of our Beginning Breaths component which is how we usually begin our classes. It’s a combination of yoga poses, breaths and stretches that can help us warm up or calm down. The purpose of the

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