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Animal Walks for Kids with Forest Yoga Cards

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Forest Walk yoga cards cover: a resting deer above the title and the line Learn about woodland wildlife through movement
Introduce the woodland animal movement theme
Index pairing 20 woodland keywords with yoga poses, such as moose with Warrior 1 and bear with Downward-Facing Dog
Plan the order of poses for a forest-themed session
Yoga tips for leaders: follow the index sequence, focus on fun over alignment and adjust pose count to energy levels
Teacher read-through before leading the first session
Yoga tips continued: practice barefoot, clear the space for safety, share with family, add forest songs, stories or props
Safety and setup reminders for the practice space
Pose steps 1 to 4: Cat as a cougar, Child's Pose as a marmot, Cobbler's as a butterfly, then Downward-Facing Dog begins
Script to read aloud while children move
Pose steps 4 to 7: Downward Dog as a bear, Eagle perched in a pine tree, Extended Cat as a stalking coyote, then Hare
Cues for balancing and all-fours animal poses
Pose steps 7 to 10: Hare Pose as a rabbit, Hero Pose as a woodpecker, Kneeling Pose as a fox, Locust Pose as a caterpillar
Kneeling and floor poses for a calmer stretch
Pose steps 11 to 13: Mermaid twisting like an owl in a tree, Mountain standing tall over the forest, then Pigeon
Read-aloud cues for twisting and standing poses
Pose steps 13 to 14: Pigeon as a cardinal on a branch with an optional block, then Seated Twist as a deer in the brush
Seated poses to slow down near the end of class
Pose steps 15 to 18: Squat as a squirrel, Forward Bend arms as a waterfall, Three-Legged Dog as a skunk, then Tree Pose
Movement cues for an active forest-walk sequence
Attributes
Subject

P.E. & Health, Yoga

Grades

Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2

Types

Activities

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Kids Yoga Stories
Rating
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About This Product

This resource is wonderful to get kids learning about the wildlife!

This set of Forest Walk Yoga Cards for Kids will help your students learn through movement either at home, in the classroom, or in a studio.

Included in this deck of Forest Walk Yoga Cards for Kids

- A card with an index

- Tips to teach yoga

- 20 cards illustrating the yoga poses

- 20 matching forest walk cards

The index indicates the order in which the yoga poses are to be used to flow from one pose to the next. There is multicultural representation featured in yoga kids!

Recommended for ages 3+.

Ways in which you can use these cards as homeschoolers or in the classroom include:

-For transition times

  • -Morning routines or circle times

  • -Brain breaks to calm their minds and bodies

  • -Physical education

  • -Occupational and/or physical therapy

  • -With one child, small, or large groups

Benefits of Yoga for kids include:

-Increased strength

-Increased flexibility

-Improves sleep

-Promotes positive interactions amongst adults and children

-Develops self-confidence

-Improves self-expression

-Improves body awareness

-Promotes a lifestyle that is active and healthy.

What's Included

A total of 52 pages.

Resource Tags

kids yoga stories forest walk yoga yoga cards kids yoga yoga poses

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