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Go Go Yoga for Kids

Yoga Games & Activities for Children: 150+ Fun Yoga Games, Activities, Poses, & Challenges for...

Sara J Weis

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River Oaks Publishing
04 March 2020
If you want to fully engage children in the overall practice of yoga, Go Go Yoga for Kids: Games & Activities will help you successfully merge the life lessons that can be learned from play with the lifelong benefits of yoga. By using the games, activities, and suggestions included in this book, you will find that incorporating breathwork, yoga pose review and mindfulness in these fun and active ways will help children learn while they play. This winning combination is perfect for kids yoga classes, schools, camps, clubs, and home.

Go Go Yoga for Kids: Games & Activities Includes:

Over 150 yoga games, activities, poses and challenges broken into categories and easily modified Detailed descriptions for all activities including suggested age groups, needed props, ideal group size, and leader notes Suggestions for organizing engaging kids yoga classes and incorporating games Benefits children can receive from yoga, games, teamwork, and mindfulness Characteristics of age groups and the types of games that best fit each level of maturity Ways to incorporate challenges for older kids Teaching tips for tweens and teens Breathing exercises for relaxation, mindfulness and stress reduction Secrets to successfully teach yoga to children Ideas for yoga-inspired crafts that can be used both inside and outside of class Ways to incorporate yoga into family time Game and yoga pose illustrations Downloadable yoga pose memory game

In an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format, Go Go Yoga for Kids: Games & Activities is a complete resource that details everything you will need to help you successfully teach yoga to kids of all ages and inspire them in life-long healthy ways.
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Imprint:   River Oaks Publishing
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   191g
ISBN:   9780998213149
ISBN 10:   0998213144
Pages:   136
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Best-selling author, Sara J. Weis, is a creative and passionate teacher who has inspired children for over twenty years. In Go Go Yoga for Kids Sara has combined her 20+ years of experience as an elementary teacher and a certified kid and adult yoga instructor to introduce children to yoga in engaging and child-friendly ways. She is passionate about helping children receive the many mental and physical benefits yoga can provide them both now and throughout their lives. Sara is the author of Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Using Yoga with Kids, Yoga Lessons for Children and the creator of the Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cards and the Kids Yoga Challenge App. She has also created the popular online Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training which has trained thousands of others from all over the world on how to teach yoga to children.

Reviews for Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games & Activities for Children: 150+ Fun Yoga Games, Activities, Poses, & Challenges for Successfully Teaching Yoga to Children

The key to instilling a desire in our youth to take up yoga lies in making it fun for them, and Sara J. Weis's Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games and Activities does just that! With over 150 yoga games, activities, and poses to choose from, this book is a must-have resource for parents and teachers who wish to introduce children to the mind-body health benefits of yoga. Included in the book are teaching tips for tweens and teens, a section on family yoga and games, as well as yoga crafts. Adapting yoga poses with play offers children an opportunity to experience balance in our constantly changing world, and Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games and Activities offers a user-friendly approach to create engaging yoga activities for kids of all ages. I highly recommend this book to school teachers, yoga instructors, educators, and parents. ---Teresa Anne Power, award-winning author of The ABCs of Yoga for Kids and Little Mouse Adventures, kids' yoga expert, speaker, and Kids' Yoga Day founder Sara Weis is the most creative yoga teacher I know. In Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games & Activities for Children, she's yet again come up with dozens of fun ways to engage kids with yoga. Sara also draws on her many years of experience as a teacher to clearly explain each type of activity, as well as how the games should fit into an overall lesson plan. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to help kids have fun while building their physical and social-emotional skills. Catharine Hannary, author of Mindful Teachers Take the guesswork out of creating captivating children's yoga sessions - and have fun in the process - with Go Go Yoga for Kids: Games & Activities. Teacher Sara J. Weis has done it again with this guidebook brimming with activities, poses and games and the reasoning why everything enhances an immersive and interactive yoga experience. Consult the Leader Notes to customize the activities for different ages or put a fresh spin on things after heeding all of the wisdom inside! Either way, this latest installment in the Go Go Yoga series is a win-win for everyone involved. --Jenna Hammond, author of Downward Mule


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