Try these innovative ideas for Olympic Themed Lesson Plans for your kids yoga classes.
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How the Olympics and Yoga Can Inspire Children to Believe
“I Don’t Want to Play If I Get Out!” At the end of a kids’ yoga class I announced, “Now it’s time for a game.” To which one child responded, “Is it a game where people get out? I don’t want to play if I get out.” Today’s blog post is about olympic spirit and […]
Kids Yoga for Disabilities
First off, take a look at this fun video of two Canadians, Rick Mercer (comedian/host) and Rick Hanson (Man in Motion hero/educator) blowing away all ideas of what one can and cannot do when one has a disability: Pretty Amazing, Eh! This Friday marks the beginning of the Paralympic Games in Vancouver. It’s another event […]
Olympic Kids Yoga and Valentine’s Day
A Gold Medal Week for Kids Yoga Lesson Plan Themes Those who work with kids know it can be a challenge coming up with themes for kids yoga classes. Often we turn to current events for ideas and this week we’ve hit the jackpot! Not only are the Olympics happening, but it is Valentine’s Day […]
One World, One Dream – What is a Dream?
Daring to Dream or Playing it Safe The Russian Gold Medalist on the Trampoline, 2000 (picture from CBC.com) Before I go into my next topic on how to get new classes to teach in daycare, I want to finish off the Olympics with a bit of a spiritual discussion. One World One Dream – What […]
Olympic Games that Build Concentration and Focus
Use an Olympic themed lesson plan, yoga poses, and games and adjust it for different aged kids in yoga class.