8 Apr 2017
Must Have Kid’s Yoga Playlist and Resources
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22 Mar 2017
Best Music for Kids Yoga Playlists
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” ~ Plato
Music is such a wonderful way to teach yoga to children!
Kids love to dance, move and sing. Music provides fun, playful cues for teaching yoga poses, especially for preschoolers. Music can set the tone for certain movements, as well as guide them through a yoga sequence. The children in my classes have their favorite songs which they ask me to play every class and they love to sing along! I like mixing up lively songs for stretching and fluid yoga poses with some soothing songs for relaxation. I’ve compiled my favorite kids yoga songs on several fun itunes playlists for many themed classes.
The Kids Yoga Essential Playlist includes the absolute MUST HAVE Yoga Songs for your kids classes.
These playlists are kid-tested and my little yogis ask me to play them in my classes all the time!
I am an iTunes and Amazon Affiliate and would really appreciate it if you use the links and Playlist links below to order your music.
CLICK this LINK KIDS MUSIC PLAYLISTS to find some more ready made playlists of songs you can download from itunes for your classes or to use at home!
KIDS MUSIC PLAYLISTS
All songs can be found on Amazon or iTunes by following the links below.
Enjoy!!
Kira Willey’s Dance for the Sun includes my favorite kids yoga songs:
Dance for the Sun (perfect for teaching Sun Salutations)
Namaste Song (great for closing class and bowing Namaste)
Colors (a sweet lullaby for Relaxation time or closing circle)
Dance for the Sun also contains bonus yoga tracks with guided yoga sequences for the kids to follow along.
Yoga Child: A Peaceful Place Inside by Bingo Kids has lots of fun songs, movement, breathing and relaxation exercises to choose from.
Paint the Sky (A cool warm up exercise for stretching arms up and “painting” to the music)
The Butterfly and the Seagull (for Butterfly pose and flapping their “wings” in the air)
Savasana Song (prompts kids to lie down-“bellies, up, eyes closed, backs on the ground…”)
Snatam Kaur’s Feeling Good Today is a beautiful album which contains both lively and peaceful kids yoga music.
Two of my favorite songs are Longtime Sun and Make the Love Grow
2 Jan 2017
Fun Finger Puppets for Kids Yoga!
My favorite yoga props are these animal finger puppets.
When I first bought these adorable finger puppets, I never knew how much mileage I would get from them! I thought they would be a cute prompt for the kids to practice their animal poses. I purchased two sets of 10: farm animals and sea creatures! I have since expanded my puppet collection to include jungle animals, a butterfly and I’m always keeping my eye out for new puppet friends.
These puppets are popular with kids of all ages!
I keep all the finger puppets in a bag and whenever my students see the bag, they are a bundle of excitement! Each child reaches into the bag to pick a puppet and lead the class in doing the pose together. They enjoy making up poses too, like stretching their arms and neck up high and standing on their tip toes for giraffe and stomping like a bear. You can even have the children make up a yoga story using the puppets. Once upon a time, there was a LION and then the next child chooses their puppet and continues the story!
Puppets are a great way to keep children focused for relaxation time.
After we’ve finished with the poses, tell the children they are now going to give their puppets a ride with their breath during Savasana. I place the puppets gently on their bellies, as the children close their eyes. At the end of class, the children hold the puppet in their hands or put them on their finger during our closing song.
Finger puppet yoga is a sure-to-please lesson. I am sure your kids and students will love them as much as mine do!
These finger puppets are available in my store or by clicking the link below:
For more fun prop ideas, take a look at my other posts
20 Dec 2016
Let’s Go on a Winter Yoga Adventure
In keeping with the Winter theme, this week my preschoolers and I went on a Winter Yoga Adventure!
After our first major snow storm of the year, my students were eager to share their favorite winter activities and how they PLAYed in the snow while they were home from school! When I asked the children what they love to do in winter, there was so much excitement and so many great answers. I wanted them to have the opportunity to enjoy these activities together as a class (indoors, of course)! As a Warmup, we did the WINTER POKEY from Mr. Jones Sing Along! They loved it!! We all had a blast singing, laughing and twirling around. After all that spinning, we were a little dizzy, so we all took a rest lying on the floor with our eyes closed. I had the children breathe in and feel the energy they had created in our warm up, and calm their bodies with the breath.
We were now ready to go on our Winter Yoga Adventure. We got on our imaginary sleds (our YOGA MATS) and went up and down hills through the snow…WHEEEEE!!!!
Then, one by one, the children picked one WINTER ACTIVITY or YOGA POSE to do with the class.
They all worked together to build and dress a SNOWMAN and then we held hands and circled around him singing Frosty the Snow Man. We had a blast having a snowball fight, ice skating, decorating the Christmas Tree (TREE POSE) and stretching to put the STAR on top, playing Leap Frog (FROG POSE) in the snow, doing some of our favorite YOGA POSES, warming up with VOLCANO BREATH and drinking our hot chocolate by the fire while singing some Christmas songs!
For SAVASANA, we made SNOW ANGELS. at first flapping our “angel wings” and then slowly becoming STILL. I guided them on a winter visualization where they were lying in bed watching the glistening snow falling outside their window and the stars twinkling in the sky, as they drifted off…then slowing bringing them out of relaxation by turning over to the side and hugging their knees into their chest, as they snuggled under their cozy covers, resting in that peaceful place where there minds and bodies were completely still.
Some of my favorite theme classes are the simplest…where all you need is a child’s imagination to have a whole lot of FUN!
26 Jan 2016
FREE YOGA BOOKS GIVEAWAY!!
I am super duper excited to announce a GIVEAWAY of my book Lucinda’s Magical Yoga Adventure AND Carolyn Clarke’s beautiful book Imaginations 2: Relaxation Stories and Guided Imagery for Kids. You can WIN BOTH BOOKS and take your child on a magical adventure that transitions into one of of Imaginations 2’s soothing guided visualizations! Get your entries in before January 31st at 11:59pm.
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4 Nov 2015
Bari Koral Music Playlists Your Kids will LOVE!!
Here are some of my favorite kid’s yoga songs by Bari Koral!
Her tunes are fun with catchy lyrics that my students love to move and sing along with!
I can’t wait for her Lollapalooza Live Music & Yoga Extravaganza at Gramercy Theater on Saturday November 21st!
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This playlist is perfect for a Transportation themed yoga class!
Kids can pretend to move like a train, rocket ship, roller coaster and more!
2 Nov 2015
YOGAPALOOZA Music & Yoga Concert Experience in NYC!
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Stay tuned for some special playlists of Bari’s Music. The kids in my classes love her music and your child will too!
25 Aug 2015
Let’s Go on Yoga Camping Trip!!
After last week’s fun-filled Day at the Beach, I wanted to plan another memorable summer yoga adventure for my kids this week!
Inspired by some painted “story rocks” I saw on Pintrest, I decided to paint some of my own rocks! Made with a lot of LOVE, these camping-themed rocks provided some fun yoga prompts:
These little cuties were very well-received by the kids and some even asked if they could keep them. This would also make a great kids art project for a summer camp or art yoga class!!
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Start the class by asking children to share what they might need for a camping trip and then let the yoga fun begin!
As each child picked a rock, we did the YOGA POSE or action painted on the rock.
End the class with a STARRY NIGHT Guided Visualization as the children pretend to snuggle in their sleeping bags.
Our Camping Trip turned out to be a big success!
30 May 2017
5 Essential Ingredients for Kids Yoga Classes
Planning a children’s yoga class is a lot like cooking.
As a teacher, you get to invent your very own special recipe for yoga by combining some basic poses, a few kid-friendly resources and a whole lot of imagination!
Here are five essential ingredients you will need to plan creative and effective yoga lessons for your students:
1) Start with a familiar theme and make it fun.
Yoga helps children integrate what they are learning in school and apply it to their own personal experience. Matching your theme to the time of year, season or any holiday is a great way to reinforce concepts that children are already familiar with. Yoga allows them to explore familiar themes in a holistic way by using their bodies and imaginations. For example, gratitude is a great theme to explore during the Thanksgiving holidays. Give children the opportunity to share what they are grateful for and then do some of their favorite yoga poses to celebrate and give thanks for all the elements of Nature, such as the Sun, flowers, trees and animals.
2) Add a catchy music playlist to get kids moving.
Just like in an adult yoga class, music is a wonderful complement to yoga. Children love music and it helps them to focus through listening and movement. My students ask me to play some of their favorite yoga songs and enjoy singing along while doing their poses. You can also use music for ‘yoga freeze dance’ by playing an upbeat song and having children freeze in a yoga pose when the music stops. Some of my favorite yoga songs are: “Dance for the Sun” by Kira Willey for Sun Salutations, “Wimoweh” by Laurie Berkner for the Lion’s Breath, “Super Hero” by Patti Shukla for the Warrior/Hero Pose, and Kira Wiley’s “Namaste Song” for Relaxation and closing circle.
3) Mix in activities to keep them engaged.
Variety is the key to planning creative yoga lessons that kids will love. Young children have a limited attention span, so be sure to include a diverse array of activities to keep them active and entertained. Children enjoy practicing breathing exercises like Balloon, Choo Choo Train, or Volcano Breath, warm-up activities like Sun Salutations, or simply stretching while pretending to “Paint the Sky”. Yoga games, chanting, storytelling, guided visualizations, sharing circle, and art are also excellent activities.
4) Spice it up with interesting props.
Props are fun and provide a focal point for learning. Children love colorful visuals like yoga cards or photographs of animals, which can be used as prompts for yoga poses. Some of my favorite props include books, stuffed animals, scarves, finger puppets, and painted rocks. The possibilities are endless. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on props either. Some of the best props are free and can be found in nature. For an autumn lesson plan, try using real leaves for breathing, creative movement, and of course, doing tree pose.
5) Pour in lots of imagination and play!
Kids yoga is all about discovery and pretending to “be” anything you can imagine. While it is useful to be prepared with your lesson plan, it’s also important to be creative, flexible and willing to improvise when needed. Let your imagination run free as you take your students on a magical yoga adventure. Be open to the children’s ideas during class and let them make up their own poses of their favorite animals, creatures and objects. And most of all, have fun and PLAY!