Activity

Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity every day and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.

Equipment Required

Before the Lesson

Remove shoes. It is also helpful to remove belts or other things that might restrict breathing.

Provide enough space for the children to stretch out without touching each other.

Do the exercises on carpet, or provide a mat, blanket or towel for each child.

Take care that the towel or blanket will not be slippery on the floor.

Learning Objective

For children to accumulate at least 5 to 10 minutes of structured physical activity. Explore new ways to move. Achieve a sense of strength, flexibility and calmness.

Enrichment

  • Look at the shapes drawn in the back of the booklet provided with the music album.
  • Make your own large drawings for the children to see.
  • Play an instrumental selection (tracks 8-14) and have the children try some of the new shapes.

Activity

How to Play

Begin with children spread out so that they cannot touch each other.

Follow the instructions on the music album to do the yoga breathing and make the yoga poses.

Start with track 1: Balloon Breath (if the children are too excited to start by lying down, first do another CHILE activity so that they can get their wiggles out!)

Continue with the tracks in sequence, or pick your favorites and just do those.

  • Most tracks are 2 to 3 minutes long.
  • Track 6 is almost 5 minutes long: about 2 minutes of poses and 2 minutes of a relaxation exercise called the “Sleeping Game”.

Helpful Hints

Try these yoga activities when you need the kids to be calm, for example: right before lunch or at the end of the day. Sometimes the yoga poses last a very long time on the music album – when this happens, do the pose for a moment, then rest, then try it again.

Let the children do the poses in their own way so that they are comfortable with the shape or movement.

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.

Weekly Log

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.