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Cultural Activities for Kids: Chinese New Year Yoga

Chinese Zodiac animals set the order for 12 yoga poses in this card deck, from Rat as Child's Pose to Pig as Happy Baby, each with a matching animal card.
Grades
Preschool–2, Elementary
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Updated Oct 02, 2026

Subject
P.E. & Health, Yoga
Topic
kids yoga stories, Chinese New Year
Resource types
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Chinese New Year Yoga Cards for Kids is a deck of yoga pose cards that teaches students about the Chinese Zodiac through movement and play. This educational resource includes an index listing each Zodiac animal in order with its corresponding yoga pose, tips for teaching yoga to young learners, 12 illustrated pose cards, 12 animal cards, and pose instructions. Representing diverse cultures, these cards can be used at home or in the classroom for transitions, morning meetings, brain breaks, P.E., therapy, and more. Yoga benefits kids by building strength, flexibility, self-confidence, focus, and active healthy lifestyles. Recommended for children ages 3+, this interactive Chinese New Year learning tool can be used one-on-one or in small or large groups.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Name the Chinese Zodiac animals in order
  • Perform the yoga pose matched to each zodiac animal

Skills covered

  • Sequenced movement — moving through the poses in zodiac order

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Core concepts

  • Chinese New Year
  • Chinese Zodiac
  • Yoga poses

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