<p class="western"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When my kids were younger I thought it would be fun to teach toddler and parents Yoga. I did a Rainbow kids training in Vancouver and spent a lot of time putting my class lessons together and I want to share them with you. I believe that kids Yoga needs to be fun, educational and interactive. This class was a parent participation class that was 45 minutes long. I have 6 different lesson plans that I want to share with you, they all have a different theme.<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/yoga-kids-lesson-plan-garden/"> The first one I shared was “In the garden</a>.” Today I will be sharing African safari lesson plan.</span></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/images-2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2354 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/images-2-300x174.jpg" alt="Yoga teacher Training, Yoga Teacher Training Nanaimo, Nanaimo, YTT, 200 hours YTT, 200 hours YTT Nanaimo, YTT Nanaimo, VIU, Vancouver Island University, Yoga Nanaimo, Yoga, Training, Training Nanaimo, Yoga Certification, Yoga Certification Nanaimo, Vinyasa Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga Nanaimo, Yin Yoga Nanaimo, Bootcamp Nanaimo, Personal Training Nanaimo, Personal Trainer Nanaimo, Bootcamp Nanaimo, Fitness class Nanaimo, Health Nanaimo, Nutrition Nanaimo, Wellness Nanaimo, Workout Nanaimo, Sculpt Nanaimo Can Fit Pro Certification, Fitness Instructor Specialist, Pro Trainer Nanaimo, Pro Trainer, Experience Yoga Instructor, Experience Yoga Teacher, Experience Yoga Instructor Nanaimo, Experience Yoga teacher Nanaimo" width="300" height="174" /></a>When I teach little kids I first talk about my expectations: keep our hands to ourselves, use our words, say “Excuse me” and wait for our turn before talking and of course have fun. In the Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher training, we were placing our Yoga mats in a big circle all overlapping each other’s mat. I really like this way of setting up the class and usually had parent and kid using the same mat. I also tried to add different values to the theme. I would love to hear what you think about theses lesson plans and get feedback once you try teaching them.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>2 class: African safari</b></span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Intro topic:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">What is yoga?</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Its important to explain what is Yoga to little people in a simple way. This is how I explain it to them. It’s a way to exercise our bodies, breath and mind at the same time. Yoga makes you feel great! It also help you develop flexibility &amp; strength in our bodies and happiness &amp; peacefulness in our mind.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Value:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Compassion &amp; Empathy</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Caring, helping, kindness…</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Acknowledge another person’s feelings, thoughts &amp; experiences. Compassion is a desire to help a person in distress. It also represents respect for all living things.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><strong>Game</strong>: try to guess the feeling another person expresses with his/her face.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Song:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Rub your hand</span></span> <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">by Karma Kids Yoga</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Name games:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">One person at the time says his/ her name and do a movement. Then everybody repeats the name and the movement they did.</span></span> </span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Song:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">The Sun dance by Bari Koral Family rock band</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Song:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Shake my sillies out by Raffi</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Poses with themes</b></span></span></span></span>
<ul>
 	<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><u>How do you travel to Africa</u></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">? Airplane (partner), helicopter, boat, bike</span></span></span></span></li>
 	<li>Climb Mountain (Kilimanjaro) – Tree pose and talk about king of tree you can find in Africa like the Baobab</li>
 	<li><u style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;">Get your binocular, what do you see on this safari?</u></li>
 	<li>Monkey (swing kid side to side, swing arm side to side while making noise, eat bugs off each other)</li>
 	<li>Rhino (low squat with hand prayer pose over our nose)</li>
 	<li>Hippo (big mouth &amp; eyes)</li>
 	<li>Cheetah (cat stretch)</li>
 	<li>Camel</li>
 	<li>Elephant (make trunk with arms, drink water, splash yourself)</li>
 	<li>Giraffe (standing side stretch with arms reach above head pretending to eating leaves wit fingers)</li>
 	<li>Ostrich (dancer pose)</li>
 	<li>Gazelle (holding hand running in circle)</li>
 	<li>Tarzan sound while doing thymus tap to boast immune system</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Games:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">crossing a river full of alligators</span></span></span></span>

<a name="_GoBack"></a> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">All the parents spread around the room while laying on their belly. They make a big alligator jaw using their arms. The little ones have to cross the room without being captured by the “alligators”.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/download-2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2370 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/download-2.jpg" alt="Yoga teacher Training, Yoga Teacher Training Nanaimo, Nanaimo, YTT, 200 hours YTT, 200 hours YTT Nanaimo, YTT Nanaimo, VIU, Vancouver Island University, Yoga Nanaimo, Yoga, Training, Training Nanaimo, Yoga Certification, Yoga Certification Nanaimo, Vinyasa Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga Nanaimo, Yin Yoga Nanaimo, Bootcamp Nanaimo, Personal Training Nanaimo, Personal Trainer Nanaimo, Bootcamp Nanaimo, Fitness class Nanaimo, Health Nanaimo, Nutrition Nanaimo, Wellness Nanaimo, Workout Nanaimo, Sculpt Nanaimo Can Fit Pro Certification, Fitness Instructor Specialist, Pro Trainer Nanaimo, Pro Trainer, Experience Yoga Instructor, Experience Yoga Teacher, Experience Yoga Instructor Nanaimo, Experience Yoga teacher Nanaimo" width="73" height="95" /></a>Song:</b></span></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">Joggin’ Through the Jungle by Kidding Around Yoga</span></span></span></span>

<strong>Book:</strong> Sophia's Jungle Adventure

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><b>Relaxation </b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;">dreaming about all the beautiful things we saw.</span></span></span></span>