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Our three Go Go Yoga for Kids books all build upon one another and each serve a different purpose based on the varying needs of how to introduce and teach yoga to children at home, school, camps, clubs and online classes.
Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga with Kids
Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga with Kids is perfect for those that want to teach yoga to children in a school, studio, camp or club setting. It offers a breakdown of how to prepare for your classes and what to do and say throughout the class.
Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga with Kids breaks down the step by step parts of an engaging kids yoga class. It also includes detailed lesson plans, yoga games, breathing exercises, partner yoga poses and yoga challenges for children ages 3-16. This book also details how to teach yoga in schools, teaching yoga to children professionally as well as how to teach yoga to teens and tweens.
Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Lessons for Children is perfect for those wanting to teach yoga to children ages 3-11. It includes 35 ready-to-use, step-by-step lesson plans that will engage children right from the start and get them excited about yoga.
More favorite components of this book include the best (free or inexpensive) yoga props and read-aloud books with ways on how to incorporate yoga and movement. Popular with readers are the additional Quick and Easy No-Time-To-Plan Kids Yoga Lesson Plans as well as the downloadable games including the Go Go Yoga for Kids Bingo Cards and Poses.
Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games & Activities for Children
Each game is broken down into the recommended ages, group size, and leader notes. These games include categories such as large group yoga pose games, mindfulness games, balance games, breathing exercises, and more. This book is a perfect resource for those who work with kids in any capacity. Bonus items of this book include the Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Pose Memory Game and game templates.
Kids love playing yoga games and they are a great way to get kids moving in good and healthy ways while practicing yoga poses and building strength.
Games are also perfect for allowing opportunities to work together as a team and practice yoga poses in fun and engaging ways.
Below are a few of our Featured Favorite Kids Yoga Games.
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Kids Need Yoga More Than Ever
Kids need yoga. Our world is changing, and our kids face different challenges and commitments then they have in the past.
There are many demands on kids’ time and pressure to do well and be successful at what they are involved in. This includes school, family, friends, sports, quickly changing technology and other interests.
Conclusion:
Kids need to learn how to be able to work through these demands in healthy and responsible ways.
Yoga is a skill that can benefit all kids no matter what activities they are involved in or what their interests and abilities are. Yoga meets everyone at any stage and provides incredible extrinsic and intrinsic benefits.
By introducing yoga to children through playing games, this helps create high interest and engagement. The children will better retain the poses and skills they have learned, will practice teamwork and leadership skills while having a lot of fun!
Yoga Mirror is a wonderful game to practice slowing down, mindfulness and working together. I know that kids learn best by doing as opposed to us telling them about how to do it.
With Yoga Mirror, one child gets to be the leader and their partner needs to follow them exactly. This is empowering and fun for kids!
How to Play Yoga Mirror:
With Yoga Mirror, one child gets to be the leader and their partner needs to follow them exactly.
The leader needs to move very very slowly so their partner can keep up. It is almost as if you are looking into a mirror and seeing the movements happen at the same time.
I like to have the partners begin facing one another.
Model how slow they will move such as raising one hand and then the other, rolling their neck or looking up at the ceiling.
Once they have that mastered they can begin moving slowing into Cat/Cow stretches, Warrior 1 or other poses that allow them to still face one another so they can keep track of what is happening.
By letting kids take a turn being in charge and making decisions on what poses they are going to do, allows a deeper level of understanding. It is the simple act of doing, rather than telling.
Be sure to jump in and play along too. That makes it even extra special. How often do children get to lead and have adults follow? They love it!
Allow children to change who is the leader and follower each time.
Allow each turn to last 45 seconds to a minute. They do not need long!
How to Play Quiet Ball: A Mindfulness Game for Children:
Number of Players: 4+
Materials: Small ball (or other seasonal type balls; beach ball, soccer ball, etc)
Recommended Ages: 5 and up
How to play
Have the children sit in a circle. Depending on the ages of the kids, determines how far away everyone sits. The younger the ages, the closer they sit together.
One child gets to toss the ball to anyone they wish as long as that person is quiet and paying attention.
The ball is continually passed around the circle with each person making eye contact to the person they will pass it to.
The ball cannot be passed to someone who is not paying attention because they will may not to catch it.
See how long you can keep the ball going without it being dropped.
Leader Notes:
If I am playing this game at school, I would allow the children to sit on top of their desks or tables. How often do they get to do that? That alone ups the fun factor for sure!
To sometimes change the game up, I also have the class count aloud to see how many times we can catch it in a row without dropping the ball.
This doesn’t necessarily keep the game quiet, but it does provide a change in pace and definitely keeps everyone paying attention.
More Favorite Kids Yoga Games
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Kids love playing yoga games and it is a wonderful way to build strength, teamwork, flexibility and have fun moving their bodies in good and healthy ways.
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Do you remember as a kid playing a game where you cannot touch the ground at the park or playground?
The Hot Lava Yoga Game is similar to that, but played with yoga mats. It one of the most popular yoga game for the kids! They love to play Hot Lava and cannot get enough.
Thisis a wonderful game to get bodies moving, hearts pumping and smiles on faces while they practice the yoga poses that they just learned.
Place yoga mats in a circle so they are stepping distance apart. Here is where I find my Kid-Sized Yoga Mats.
Place a Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cardat the top of each mat. Play music. Players go in a circle being careful not to touch the floor (hot lava). When the music stops, they must stay on the mat they are on and make the yoga pose.
Leader Notes: This is a fun game for all ages. The younger children tend to stay at the top of the mats so the distance is not as far. The older children enjoy leaping from one mat to another from the back of the mats.
I do not generally have the children get out “out” if they are the last one to make their yoga pose. The goal is after all to get the children moving in positive ways, practice yoga poses, and have fun.
The Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cards
