Teaching Yoga to the Little Ones

topic posted Tue, February 3, 2009 - 6:28 AM by  Kafi
Share/Save/Bookmark
Advertisement
I work as the program coordinator at a child development center. I'm expected to develop a yoga program for children 6 weeks to 5 years in the next year. I'm looking for resources to make this possible. The center owns a yoga kids dvd, the yoga pretzels cards, the story time yoga book and yoga for the special child. I love yoga for the special child and am constantly inspired by it. The only problem that I can see with the methods that are proposed in that book is that some children don't like their body to be manipulated for them. My daughter is a prime example. I started working with her at 6 months and a year later she still won't let the process happen.

I want to understand teaching yoga to young children. If you have any experience, ideas, book titles or anything to share with me, it would be greatly appreciated.
posted by:
Kafi
Advertisement
Advertisement
  • Unsu...
     

    Re: Teaching Yoga to the Little Ones

    Tue, February 3, 2009 - 6:38 AM
    When I teach kids I usually take them through the forest of postures. We pretend that we can change into various animals depending on what we need through the guided tour.

    ;)

Recent topics in "All Yoga"

Topic Author Replies Last Post
gift of pretty pictures> Briggi 0 Yesterday, 11:02 PM
A Christmas Mantra offlineSam 0 Yesterday, 9:30 PM
The Elephant Headed God : Ganesh / Ganapati in pre Vedic India... offlineK 87 December 20, 2009
backbends! CALI 4 December 19, 2009