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Yoga and Mindfulness Activity Pack
By Lara Hocheiser
Love and Compassion Yoga Coloring Pages
By Lara Hocheiser
Learn heart-opening poses with our love and compassion yoga coloring pages
This 7-page coloring book features six (6) yoga coloring pages from our Love and Compassion Yoga Sequence. Your kids will love mindfully coloring while learning yoga!
Poses featured are:
Looking for our yoga cards?
Find these poses and more in our Love and Compassion Yoga Sequence for Tweens/Teens
Love and Compassion Yoga Coloring Pages is a 7 page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
Spooky Halloween- 5 coloring pages + poster
By Lara Hocheiser
Happy Halloween! Children look forward to Halloween to explore the world of all that is scary in a safe way.
This Halloween-themed product contains:
- Five (5) spooktacular coloring pages
- The Spooky Walk yoga sequence poster, with nine (9) poses
Are you ready for some spooky Halloween fun?
Love and Compassion Yoga Sequence for Tweens/Teens
By Lara Hocheiser
Teaching your kids love and compassion is a gift that keeps giving.
Compassion teaches us about empathy and can improve our relationships with ourselves and others. Through that, children can build character and self-confidence. Fostering compassion in children is also one of the best ways to prevent bullying. With compassion, kids decision-making will be rooted in a deep, caring ethic.
How can we teach our kids about compassion?
Compassion is a quality that children can learn over time and through practice. We developed three lesson plans so your young yogis can foster love and compassion in three ways:
Lesson Plans for Teachers and Parents
In our Educator’s edition, we provide 3 easy-to-follow curriculums for teachers, parents, and anyone else that works with tweens/teens. Each lesson plan is formatted to teach an entire class, including discussion prompts, group activities, yoga movement, guided relaxations, crafts, and coloring pages.
Printable Heart-opening Yoga Cards
Learn six (6) yoga poses with our Love and Compassion Yoga Cards. Written for kids, each card comes with easy-to-follow illustrations and step-by-step instructions. Use the yoga deck to teach a full sequence, learn individual poses, play games, or leave the cards in your peace corner when kids want a moment.
This packet includes:
Love and Compassion Yoga Sequence for Tweens/Teens is a 47 page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
Balance Your Life: Sleep, technology, movement, and mindfulness for kids & teens
By Lara Hocheiser
In this 18 slide PowerPoint,
learn about mindfulness and yoga breathing, proper nutrition, proper technology use, bedtime, and sleep hygiene, as well as an empowerment yoga pose series meant to strengthen and build confidence.
Can be used on the smartboard or on children's personal devices, or print individual slides.
The last slide has a link to download the healthy habits tracker for FREE
Healthy Morning Yoga Routine Lesson Plan
By Lara Hocheiser
How to have better mornings is a yoga and mindfulness lesson plan that you can repeat over and over.
With breathing, mindfulness, and yoga poses, start your day off on the right side of the bed (or classroom)
By Lara Hocheiser
For many, the passage into Autumn means a shift from Summer to the academic year. That passage is marked by changes of season. Long days and short nights turn to shorter days and longer nights. Summer days may have been filled with recreation, camp, family, and travel. Now schools days are filled with academics, homework, extracurricular activities, and busy schedules.
With all the changes, some students and families experience anxiety, stress, and difficulty balancing all they need to do.
Our Autumn Yoga Sequence can help yoga practitioners of all ages to feel a deeper sense of balance within.
With yoga and mindfulness, kids can become more calm, focused in school, and empowered to start every day with confidence and compassion.
Explore the benefits of Yoga and Mindfulness
What’s Included?
Learn and Move with our Yoga Cards
Learn five (5) yoga poses. Written for kids, each card comes with easy-to-follow illustrations and step-by-step instructions. In this resource, the yoga cards come in two variations: one with instructions and another version without text, which is perfect for new readers and people that may have special needs.
This Autumn yoga deck is the perfect way to de-stress and share yoga and mindfulness with children!
Practice anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling! Add to your peace corner, play yoga games, practice individual poses or as a full sequence.
Add Mindfulness to your Routine
Research shows that mindfulness can improve executive functions in their brain like cognitive control, working memory, cognitive flexibility, and better grades.
We’ve added four (4) Autumn mindfulness activities to teach your children how to manage their emotions and be present. These Fall-themed activities will get your kids excited about the changing seasons while developing their own mindfulness practice.
Also included are five (5) coloring pages of the poses so kids can mindfully color while learning the poses and a journal so they can reflect on their practice.
The Autumn Sequence is a 34-page PDF download which you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print out onto paper. We recommend cutting out each card and taping/gluing on a 4x6 index card or card stock. For added durability, laminate each card.
Yoga Tools For Social Emotional Learning
By Lara Hocheiser
In this accessible, simple learning sequence, explore SEL with children through yoga and mindfulness.
10 slides total, including links to download or learn the activities and printables referenced for FREE
mindful glitter jar
breathing activities
powerful poses
mantra/positive affirmations
CASEL's SEL framework
Can be used for PD or with students on a smartboard or on devices, or print individual slides
Let’s Make Shapes! Yoga & Mindfulness
By Lara Hocheiser
Make shapes fun with yoga. Enjoy this fun activity our founder has been doing in classes since 2009! Shapes are all around us, and we can even make shapes with our bodies.
Use this activity packet to inspire littles ones to explore the world around us with math and shapes.
For years I’ve taught this class to toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. It’s perfect for early childhood or group where big kids support younger kids. If you have mixed ages, or are working with first or second graders, you can make it interesting by focusing on the number of sides in a shape and placing the poses in order based on the number of sides in the shape. Remember to have fun, allow for mistakes, review the shapes and poses in a light hearted way, and make the children feel like shapes, math, and yoga are their friends.
Let’s Make Shapes! is a 17-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
This activity packet includes:
By Lara Hocheiser
Use this worksheet with your students or children to reflect upon their activity and movement for the day. They can also track what they intend to do for activity and breathing other days of the week!
Morning Yoga Routine Slideshow for the Classroom
By Lara Hocheiser
On a smartboard on via personal device, share a morning yoga routine with your students.
We have shared this at school assemblies across the US for all grade levels pre-k-8th grade
Empowerment Yoga Pose Card Deck and Journal
By Lara Hocheiser
Back to school can be an exciting time for children, and for others, a time of intense anxiety and discomfort.
Whether it’s changing schools, worrying about “fitting in”, or dreading school work, some kids have a hard time adjusting to a new school year.
To overcome back-to-school blues, we invite children to try this curated yoga sequence designed to help young students develop a positive self-image, feel empowered, and prepared to face each school day with confidence. Perfect for practicing anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
The Empowerment Series is designed for kids of all ages and includes:
• 12-page PDF download
• Printable yoga deck
• Printable journal
• 5 yoga poses
• 1 breathing activity
We recommend cutting out each card and taping/gluing on a 4x6 index card or card stock. For added durability, laminate each card.
Self-care, yoga and mindfulness for early childhood teachers and students
By Lara Hocheiser
Hello! Thank you for coming on this journey or learning to incorporate yoga and mindfulness into your work with preschoolers. I believe there is a special combination that consists of three parts: self-care, practice, and material support. This packet has a mixture of all three.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
• Self-care
• Breathing Exercises
• Yoga Poses/Activities (spring yoga poses - 6 total)
• Yoga Songs
• Daily Practice Journal
• Breathing & Meditation Poster
• Spring Sequence Poster
• Yoga Sequence Cards
YOGA CARDS:
1. Print the yoga pose card deck.
2. Cut out each pose card.
3. Tape or glue on a 4x6 index card or
card stock.
(Optional: Laminate the cards so they
last longer)
By Lara Hocheiser
This is a yoga class inspired to help students with their attitudes and feelings towards challenges in their lives. We provide activity pages, coloring sheets, and discussion prompts to get your students thinking about their strengths and areas for growth. We also are providing poses to help stretch and grow their bodies further into the pose as they repeat mantras.
In this lesson plan, we include:
"The Napping House" Literacy Integration Lesson Plan
By Lara Hocheiser
Move and breathe through a childhood classic. The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood has been a favorite story in my classes for years, and with a librarian’s suggestion, I brought it to life through yoga for the first time in 2012. Now accompanied by our beautiful illustrations, we can use this yoga sequence to promote a lifelong love of learning, reading, and healthy habits.
Each of the characters in the story is paired with a yoga pose, and each page adds another character in order. As the sequence builds, the poses come together in a beautiful flow. Do the poses as you read, or read and then do the poses—whatever feels the best to you.
This lesson plan is a perfect resource for teachers, parents or clinicians who want bring the story to life with movement. We’ve included a story script and a list of poses so children can learn the yoga sequence.
The Napping House Literacy Integration is a 14-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
This download contains the following:
The Napping House Lesson Plan designed for kids ages 4-10
List of yoga poses, props and key themes that relate to the story
Story script to read along with The Napping House
Guided relaxation, meditation script, crafts, and group activities
The Napping House yoga sequence poster, with nine (9) poses
With love from my heart and my team to you!
Lara
By Lara Hocheiser
The Sun Salutation sequence is a great way to start the day or any yoga practice! It helps children feel present and stress-free while drawing energy like the heat of the sun. We often use Sun Salutations to create a flow of movement from one pose to the next. Try this as the perfect warm-up for any yoga practice, to get your kids ready for school, or as an after school activity to burn off extra energy.
Our playful Sun Salutation sequence and song are perfect for children ages 4 and older. This Sun Salutation takes the strength and development of children into consideration. This variation of Sun Salutation is safe for children who do not have the core strength required to safely practice planks and low push-ups. Instead, this sequence features safe, child-friendly poses in an order that they can safely transition from one pose to another gracefully.
Sing along with us! Enjoy the lyrics of this sequence as a mnemonic device to remember the sequence for years to come. Try it as call and response when leading children of any age 4 years and up.
The Sun Salutation Sequence is a 19-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print out onto paper. If printed, we recommend cutting out each card and taping/gluing on a 4x6 index card or card stock. For added durability, laminate each card.
Yoga teachers and educators, enjoy printing as many decks as you have students. Save money and spread the yoga love.
Wake up happy, healthy, and ready to go with the Sun Salutation sequence. Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
Kids Yoga Spring Sequence Yoga Pose Poster
By Lara Hocheiser
Happy spring yogis! Enjoy this 5 pose yoga sequence of things we see in Spring. The following poses are designed to encourage movement and creativity as we transition from Winter to Spring. It’s time to explore the outdoors and be more active throughout the day.
We have provided this spring yoga sequence as a printable poster as well as cards. The cards are available for purchase in our store (see "Kids Yoga Spring Sequence Pose Cards / Yoga Card Deck").
This five part yoga sequence is perfect for kids, teens and adults to do together. Each pose is meant to encourage movement and exploration.
By Lara Hocheiser
Teachers tell me they can't integrate yoga and mindfulness for two reasons: They don't know how and they don't have time. I hear that 100%.
This product is made to help you SAVE time, but first, you have to invest your time. If you spend ten minutes a day, 3 times a week in September and October, by November you only spend 5 minutes, and by January kids are doing this all by themselves. You can learn it together and then you ALL get the skills! Imagine that! Imagine the time you will save not micro-managing behavior.
A colleague and first-grade teacher name Nicole did just as I described above and her class was lightyears more manageable by mid-year than the other groups. People would comment about how quietly they walked in the hallway and how quickly they transitioned from activity to activity. She invested the time and was paid back in dividends. I developed this product to help others share in Nicole's success.
Together, we can use yoga and mindfulness to learn about and take care of our bodies.
Social-emotional learning and self-awareness can be learned using this product. Think of the responsible decisions children can begin to make when we help them connect the dots inward and outward.
Commit to this lesson unit to help your students become more aware of their bodies as you guide them to make mindful connections between how body parts may feel and how can we care for ourselves. Explore ten (10) key body parts and how we can use body awareness to learn about our bodies and emotions while gaining valuable exercise. Each body part has accompanying yoga poses, mindful activities, and facilitated discussion prompts.
This lesson unit includes:
Teacher’s Manual and accompanying Student Workbook that kids will love!
Teach students to care for themselves using our Teacher’s Manualand companion Student Workbook. Use the Yoga Pose Index to discover how to do each pose, written for children.
All of the content featured in the Student Workbook is expanded for teachers and parents in the Teacher’s Manual, so you can use them together. Use the accompanying presentation on a smartboard for visual aid. The Student Workbook features a body awareness journal that kids can fill out while learning yoga poses and mindfulness activities.
In the Teacher’s Manual, you will find:
In the Student Workbook, you will find:
The Presentation works amazingly well on a SmartBoard or any device, so you can follow the talking points as you naturally veer into an interesting discussion with your students.
These lessons plans can be used as a yoga class series, or easily incorporated into the school classroom or at home.
This download includes four (4) PDFs which you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print out onto paper.
Kids Yoga Winter Sequence Yoga Pose Card Deck & Journal
By Lara Hocheiser
FREE GIFT with purchase! Get our Winter Yoga Coloring Book for free with purchase*!
For many children, the first thought that comes to mind when winter approaches is “snow day!” The winter can be a time of hibernation as it is cold outside, many extracurricular activities have slowed down, and the days get darker much earlier. When children are cooped up inside, they can become restless and bored quite easily. However, the winter yoga sequence is a great way to promote physical activity and encourage movement during a restless time.
The Winter Sequence is a 13 page PDF download which you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print out onto paper. We recommend cutting out each card and taping/gluing on a 4x6 index card or card stock. For added durability, laminate each card.
• Designed for kids of all ages
• Includes printable yoga deck
• Learn 5 yoga poses
• Includes additional yoga activity instructions
• Includes mandala coloring page for relaxation
• Printable journal to reflect on your practice
• Perfect for practicing anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
*For FREE Winter Yoga Coloring Book email us at lara@flowandgrowkidsyoga.com. Now through 1/10/2019.
By Lara Hocheiser
In yoga, the Yamas & Niyamas are a moral code of conduct, a guideline for how to live. Together, the Yamas & Niyamas help us to make careful decisions about how to think, speak, and behave. This foundational thinking prepares children to form healthy relationships with themselves and others.
This bundle includes two (2) lesson units:
Both units are a PDF download which you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print out onto paper.
This bundle contains twenty (20) lesson plans that can be used as a yoga class series, or easily incorporated into the school classroom. Adults can facilitate conversations, games, activities, and yoga experiences that give children concrete information about each of the Yamas & Niyamas.
Each lesson plan breaks down one of the Yamas or Niyamas and includes; introduction to that specific core value, a discussion guide, small group work or activity, breathing exercises and yoga poses to challenge and engage children.
How can kids benefit from learning about the yamas and niyamas? Our founder Lara Hocheiser discusses how to apply the principles of yamas and niyamas to children ages 7-11 in Yamas and Niyamas Webinar for Kids.
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