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“When Spring Comes” Literacy Integration Lesson Plan
By Lara Hocheiser
The story, When Spring Comes by Kevin Hikes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek, is my daughter’s favorite book year round. It's the perfect story to explore the transition from Winter to Spring. When reading this story to children, they become overjoyed to see the nature and animals related to the springtime. They love to pretend and act out the meaning of the story.
Use this lesson plan while reading When Spring Comes. This is the perfect way to integrate physical activity and mindfulness into storytime. Each page can be brought to life with our yoga sequence and our beautifully-illustrated yoga cards teach children how to do each yoga pose.
When Spring Comes is filled with imagery, alliteration, and repetition. Through this book, we can teach children these valuable literary devices through facilitated discussions, group activities and extension exercises included in this lesson plan. Also included are coloring pages, crafts, breathing exercises, mindfulness activities and more!
When Spring Comes Literacy Integration is a 24-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
When Spring Comes Lesson Plan is designed for kids ages 4-10 and includes:
Empowerment Yoga Lesson Plan, Pose Card Deck and Journal
By Lara Hocheiser
Empowerment Series Printable Yoga Cards + Lesson Plans (for Educators)
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 consisting of 5 poses, 1 breathing exercise, and supporting mantras to either be spoken aloud or to yourself. When done regularly, this sequence can help young students develop a positive self-image, feel empowered, and prepared to face each school day with confidence.
The Empowerment Sequence is a 16 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
• Learn 1 breathing activity
• Two curriculums to educate yogis
• Includes additional yoga activity instructions
• Printable journal to reflect on your practice
Perfect for practicing anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
Made for educators
Includes two specially designed yoga lesson plans that can be taught to kids ages 7-11 and 11-14.
Kids Yoga Winter Sequence Lesson Plan, 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.
In our Educator’s edition, we provide 3 easy-to-follow curriculums for teachers, parents, and anyone else that works with children. Each curriculum is for a specific age group: young kids, kids and tweens.
The Winter Sequence + Curriculum is a 24 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.
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
Three curriculums to educate yogis (split into 3 age-groups)
Perfect for practicing anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
Made for educators, parents, and anyone doing yoga with children!
Includes three specially designed yoga lesson plans that can be taught to kids ages 2-7, 7-11, and 11-14.
*For FREE Winter Yoga Coloring Book email us at lara@flowandgrowkidsyoga.com. Now through 1/10/2019.
Kids Yoga Spring Sequence Pose Cards & Crafts
By Lara Hocheiser
As the winter days wind down and the spring weather approaches, many come out of hibernation. The spring season is often a time for children to play outside, participate in outdoor sports, and just enjoy the feeling of being outside in the fresh air. However, during this warm and bright season, it can also be a time of anxiety for children. Children in the upper elementary and middle school grades typically take standardized testing, which is mandated by the state. The months of April and May can actually be quite daunting for some students, which is why this spring yoga sequence is such a great addition to children’s routine. In teaching students yoga poses and breathing techniques, not only can they learn something new but they can also learn techniques that can help ease their stress and anxiety, especially when it may come to test taking.
The Spring Sequence is a 20 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.
Includes:
Perfect for practicing anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
Kids Autumn Sequence Yoga Cards and Lesson Plans
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
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 children (split by age: young kids, kids, and tweens).
Each lesson plan is formatted to teach an entire class and includes:
Also included are:
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 44-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.
Made for educators, yoga teachers, and people leading children's yoga in any setting
Includes three (3) specially designed yoga lesson plans that can be taught to kids ages 2-7, 7-11 and 11-14.
Spring Sequence Printable Yoga Cards + Lesson Plans
By Lara Hocheiser
As the winter days wind down and the spring weather approaches, many come out of hibernation. The spring season is often a time for children to play outside, participate in outdoor sports, and just enjoy the feeling of being outside in the fresh air. However, during this warm and bright season, it can also be a time of anxiety for children. Children in the upper elementary and middle school grades typically take standardized testing, which is mandated by the state. The months of April and May can actually be quite daunting for some students, which is why this spring yoga sequence is such a great addition to children’s routine. In teaching students yoga poses and breathing techniques, not only can they learn something new but they can also learn techniques that can help ease their stress and anxiety, especially when it may come to test taking.
In our Educator’s edition, we provide 3 easy-to-follow curriculums for teachers, parents, and anyone else that works with children. Each curriculum is for a specific age group: young kids, kids and tweens.
The Spring Sequence + Curriculum is a 27 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.
Includes:
Perfect for practicing anywhere! Use this deck at home, school, park, or when traveling!
Made for educators, parents, and anyone doing yoga with children!
Includes three specially designed yoga lesson plans that can be taught to kids ages 2-7, 7-11, and 11+.
Kindness through yoga and mindfulness lesson/ powerpoint presentation
By Lara Hocheiser
Caring for ourselves, others, and our planet is important work.
Learn important yoga and mindfulness activities and concepts to embody kindness in many ways.
Download the free printable acts of kindness tree to do the attached activity: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN1LRGYmCPF7lKmZHzy7kfZKf-YoYvIA/view?usp=sharing
Practice yoga poses, breathing, and mindfulness activities, conceptualize and practice caring for others and the planet, and most importantly, extend love to yourself.
Yamas & Niyamas: Successful Relationships with Self & Others (tweens and teens)
By Lara Hocheiser
In Yoga, the Yamas and Niyamas are a moral code of conduct, a guideline on how to live. By introducing these principles to tweens and teens, we give them an opportunity to recognize and enhance how they behave toward others, and how they care for themselves.
Yamas include five guidelines that support how each of us can be a good person to others, the world, and ourselves. Because teens are formalizing who they are becoming, they need to be reminded where they want to go and who they want to become so they can choose the attitudes, behaviors, and make decisions that support becoming that. Niyamas describe the principles of being a good person. Through them, we build character which helps us on our path to becoming who we know we truly can be. We learn mindfulness and self-discipline so that we can be good citizens in the world.
These lesson plans can be used as a yoga class series, or easily incorporated into the school classroom.
The Yamas and Niyamas Lesson Unit is a 47-page PDF download which you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print out onto paper. The lesson unit helps children learn the concepts of the yoga philosophy, the context for the Yamas and Niyamas in everyday life, and how to incorporate these values at school, in sports, and at home.
Time for Me: Calming Yoga Cards
By Lara Hocheiser
Ground yourself and find your inner calm with yoga.
Introducing our Time for Me Printable Yoga Cards. Discover five (5) calming yoga poses. Use these poses to encourage children to slow down and take care of themselves. With calming and soothing poses, children can learn to manage big emotions. Together, you’ll enjoy the calming benefits of yoga, which can help your kids with anxiety and stress.
Printable Yoga Cards for Children
Print and cut out the yoga cards and use them in the classroom, yoga studio, or at home! Our beautifully-illustrated cards are perfect for promoting movement, mindfulness, and fun. Also included are written instructions for kids, giving cues for children to correctly practice the pose.
Whether you are a parent practicing yoga with your child, an educator or therapist, or a kids yoga teacher, this is the perfect resource for children to build their own yoga and mindfulness practice. Use these cards as warm-up activities, brain breaks, transitions between activities, or simply as an exercise sequence.
Time for Me Printable Yoga Cards is a 10 page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
This packet includes:
By Lara Hocheiser
Are you a parent, caretaker, or classroom teacher who is trying to find ways to integrate self care into your students and your day? In this self care toolkit, you will receive
- 3 different breaths to practice: Star Tracing Breath, Gratitude Breath, and Power of the Sun Breath
- A Kid-Friendly Sun Salutation sequence with a poem
- 2 Daily Practice Journals (Healthy Habits Tracker and Morning Routine Tracker)
- A Mindful Hand Wash Meditation
- 5 Breath Space Maker Transition activity (Helpful for classroom teachers!)
These self care toolkit worksheets have directions, fill-in-the-blank areas, and coloring areas!
Bedtime Sequence Yoga Pose Card Deck
By Lara Hocheiser
Tired students? Have trouble getting your kids to bed? Try to create a nighttime ritual of relaxation. This yoga sequence is sure to do the trick.
Enjoy 5 poses to get you and your children in the mood for resting and relaxation. Includes sphinx, child's pose, fish, bound angle, and legs on the wall. Each pose has an uplifting mantra to think or say aloud.
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.
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:
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!
12 Days of Christmas Yoga Cards
By Lara Hocheiser
Sing and flow through one of our favorite yoga holiday songs!
This activity was one I did when I first started teaching yoga to children. When I noticed how mystified the children were with the holiday season, a colleague of mine suggested pairing a pose with each of the 12 Days of Christmas. You can play the song alone, you can sing the song as you do the poses, or you can practice the poses one at a time and simply enjoy the song afterward.
It’s super fun to try to remember which pose goes with which verse and to have the children attempt to teach it back in order.
If you’re concerned about this material not being secular, use caution. This is best practiced in environments where mentioning and celebrating Christmas is welcomed.
Printable Christmas Yoga CardsSing along and learn twelve (12) yoga poses. Print and cut out our twelve (12) yoga cards and use them in the classroom, yoga studio, or at home! Also included are written instructions for kids, giving cues for children to correctly practice each pose. And additional yoga card games that kids will love!
Mindfulness, Crafts, and Coloring Pages for Kids
Use our mindfulness activities, crafts, and coloring pages when kids need a moment to be calm and focused. We created holiday-themed activities that kids can enjoy in their free time, as brain breaks, transitional activities and more.
This packet includes:
Twelve (12) printable yoga cards
Five (5) holiday mindfulness activities
How-to instruction for each activity, written for kids
Five (5) holiday-themed coloring pages
Journaling pages with prompts for kids
12 Days of Yoga is a 37 page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to 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.
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
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!