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A Chair Yoga Sequence for Every Month of the Year

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Cover of Monthly Chair Yoga Themes by Giselle Shardlow: five chair yoga poses each month, girl stretching on a blue chair
Introduce the year-long movement break plan
Title page: quick and easy monthly yoga themes with five chair poses a month, plus author name and Kids Yoga Stories logo
Book title page with author and publisher details
Welcome introduction: each month pairs a five-pose chair flow with a focus book, plus tips on when and how to run sessions
Teacher notes for planning classroom movement breaks
Chair yoga tips on safety, linking breath to movement and ending in rest, with a girl sitting cross-legged on a chair
Safety reminders to review before the first session
Table of contents listing a yoga theme for each month, from January Winter and February Animals to December The Forest
Plan which theme to use across the school year
Winter yoga using a chair: children pretend to be a tree, cardinal, waterfall and deer, listen to the wind in hero pose
Display poster for a winter movement break
January Winter: step-by-step instructions for tree, warrior 3, child's pose, seated twist and hero pose on an imagined walk
Script to read aloud while leading the winter flow
Winter yoga book pick: Jenny's Winter Walk, acting out a squirrel, fox and bunny, shown with its cover and two sample pages
Suggested read-aloud to pair with the January poses
Animal yoga using a chair: children pretend to be an eagle, sheepdog, turtledove, lion and echidna in five poses
Visual pose chart for an animal-themed brain break
February Animals: directions for eagle, downward dog, pigeon, cat and child's pose on an imagined trip to meet animals
Teacher script for guiding the February sequence
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About This Product

These Monthly Chair Yoga Themes will provide you with monthly chair poses and recommendations for books to complement!

These themes can be used the classroom, at home, or at the studio.

Included for every month:

- 5 chair yoga poses each month

  • - 5 book recommendations each month

  • - Description of each pose included in each poster

  • - Tips for teachers

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.

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A total of 44 pages.

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