Nothing is better than adding themes and stories to movement. If you have ever tried a movement based story, you may find out the kids are great at listening. They keep waiting to hear what their next move will be! Creating movement stories that are associated with different themes makes it easy to incorporate movement …
Have you ever wanted to add a little extra to your community helpers theme? How about something beneficial like movement? Combining movement and learning is always a win. When you add it to your theme it’s even better. Community helpers yoga is one way of easily making this work with your theme. Check out all …
At Pink Oatmeal we are all about making all types of yoga and movement fun for kids. One way of doing that is with yoga. To make yoga for kids even more fun we’ve come up with all sorts of different themes. The themes turn traditional kids yoga poses into fun poses to go with …
Yoga has so many different benefits for kids. It’s a great way to work on physical aspects such as flexibility and strength. The mindfulness component is another huge benefit of yoga. Implementing yoga for kids doesn’t have to be difficult. To get you started, Pink Oatmeal is offering a yoga poses for kids printable for …
Yoga for preschoolers is an excellent way to add movement and mindfulness to the day. When working with preschoolers I love to add themes. This makes yoga more fun as they can relate to the yoga poses. Today I want to share with you a few of my favorite themes and creative ways to do …
Arctic animal yoga is one of my favorite ways to make movement fun during the winter months. I love adding stories to these themed movement ideas to make the movement ideas even more captivating for kids. The winter yoga and movement story has been such a hit I created a an arctic yoga story. Like …
If you are a regular reader of this website, you know how I’m all about making movement fun and meaningful for kids. I LOVE a good theme and love to incorporate movement in themes. It’s just more fun. In addition to the themes I’ve started to create stories to go along with the ideas. They …
I love combining moving with learning and one fun way to do that is by doing shapes yoga for kids. The yoga poses are your traditional yoga poses with a twist to make them easy for kids to relate to shapes. It’s a fun way for kids to kinesthetically work on learning!
Sports are something that my boys go crazy for. So much so that my 14 month old girl walks around the house holding a football card saying “football” and smiling. They love to bring their basketball, baseball, and football sports activity cards to daycare/preschool for everyone to do and everyone at daycare/preschool loves them. With …
Who knows kids that are dinosaur crazy? Honestly, at my house they are not. I had made my oldest son’s bedroom a dinosaur theme and once he had an opinion that room switched to a sports theme. That being said I’ve worked with tons and tons of kids that LOVE dinosaurs. I started out with …
Today’s children are expected to know more, sit longer, and have rigid testing requirements. This has helped contribute to in increased stress levels and decreased opportunity for physical activity. With the new school year beginning and new routines starting, it’s the perfect time to start trying yoga for the classroom to try to combat these issues. …
Yoga games for kids are one of my favorite ways to incorporate yoga. Kids yoga games don’t have to be complicated. I love adding a yoga spin to some of my favorite games from the past. Their is no need for extensive equipment to make the games fun!
Classroom yoga is known for all of it’s benefits including increased focus, concentration, and attention as well as promotion of thinking and memory to name a few. For those reasons alone, incorporating classroom yoga seems like a no-brainer! Yoga is really easy to incorporate into the classroom from the beginner to the experienced yogi. Here are …
Are you looking for a great way to get your kids moving? A fun way to increase participation in the classroom, therapy, programming, or home? How about a great way to get the kids moving during your morning meeting? Then you’ve got to try weather themed yoga. No, you don’t need to be a yogi …
I love coming up with different themed yoga pose ideas! I’m super excited about the Easter themed yoga poses because I’m giving away FREE Easter themed yoga cards today. Check out these fun yoga poses for kids. These poses are your traditional yoga poses with an Easter twist!
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Besides Valentine’s Day boxes and Valentine’s what other plans do you have for your classroom, home or therapy? How about trying some Valentine’s Day Yoga? Even if you are new to yoga these fun Valentine’s Day themed poses work great for the beginner to the every day yogi!
Are you looking for a little something different this holiday season? Are you looking for something for your classroom, therapy, or home that has a ton of benefits and the kids will love at the same time? You have to check out these kids Christmas yoga pose ideas. Have the kids posing like a sleigh …
We know that there are several benefits associated with kids yoga. We are starting to see it being implemented at homes, schools, therapies, and programs. I love trying to find ways to implement yoga as part of what is happening in the day or as part of a unit. This not only makes it a …
Most of the stores now have Christmas out! Isn’t that crazy? I’m just going to put the brakes on and talk a little more Thanksgiving. Just like Thanksgiving gross motor and brain break ideas, Thanksgiving Yoga is another fun way to incorporate movement and exercise as part of your Thanksgiving lesson.
Are you looking for a fun addition to your jungle theme or jungle unit? Maybe you are looking for a fun brain break or want to try yoga that the kids can relate too? Maybe you have kids that love animals or the jungle? Safari and jungle yoga is your answer to all of these …