Are you working on nursery rhymes right now and looking for a fun addition to your typical lessons? Or maybe you are looking for a fun way to incorporate movement into your day? Do you have little ones that love to move? All of these problems can easily be solved with nursery rhyme yoga. It’s fun and a good way for little bodies to move.
Nursery Rhyme Yoga
Hey Diddle Diddle
Cat and the Fiddle
Cat Pose – Combine with the cow pose!
Cow
Cow Pose – Combine with the cat pose!
Moon
Moon Pose
Little Dog
Downward Dog – Add laughing!
Hickory Dickory Dock
Mouse
Bow Pose
Clock
Sit on the floor with your legs spread out to the side in front of you. Stretch your arms above your head. Move your arms to different positions on the clock.
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty
Happy Baby Pose
King’s Horses
Gallop in all directions and at all speeds.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Rain
Start seated criss-cross on the floor. Place your hands in front of your chest with the palms pressed together. Breathe in and raise your hands over your head and wiggle your fingers like rain. Breathe out, clap your hands together like thunder. Repeat with each breath.
Sun
Upward Dog
Spider
Sit on your bottom with your legs crossed in front of you. Make sure your spine is long and you are sitting tall. Move your arms to the side like a spider.
Little Miss Muffet
Spider
Sit on your bottom with your legs crossed in front of you. Make sure your spine is long and you are sitting tall. Move your arms to the side like a spider.
Little Miss Muffet (On Her Tuffet)
Chair Pose – Eat your curds and whey in this pose!
Jack and Jill
Hill
Mountain Pose
Pail of Water
Forward Fold – Wiggle your arms like water coming out of the bucket!
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Boat
Boat Pose
Stream
Sit with a tall spine with your legs straight out in front of you. Gently rock back and forth like you are going down the stream!
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Lamb
Come to an all-fours position with your palms flat on the ground. Ensure that your back and neck are in a straight but neutral position. Your shoulders should be over your wrists and your hips should be over your knees. Hold and breathe.
School
Triangle Pose
Ba Ba Black Sheep
Black Sheep
Start out on your hands and knees. Reach your right arm in front of you. Reach your left leg behind you. Hold. Repeat on the opposite side. Continue repeating side to side.
Little Boy
Child’s Pose
Master
Stand with your legs shoulder width apart. Turn your feet facing slightly outwards. Slightly bend your knees. Hold and breathe.
Dame
Start in tall kneeling. Reach above your head and hold this position.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Star
Star Pose
Diamond
Diamond Pose
World
Stand tall. Keep legs hip width apart. Reach your arms out to the side. Bring your fingers together above your head forming a circle (the world) with your arms. Breathe in and out!
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