<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.<strong> I believe that kids Yoga needs to be fun, educational and interactive.</strong> 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. </span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/images-1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2352 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/images-1-300x186.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="186" /></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>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In the garden</b></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This theme is a really easy theme to relate to as there is so much exploration that happens outside in nature. </span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Value: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Patience</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I spend time at beginning of that class to talk about patience and giving example related to the theme, for example when you plant a seed you have to wait before it grows. We would discuss how can you wait calmly and ask the kids if that was hard for them. I would also ask them: What do you have to wait for? What took you a long time to learn? I Also refer to concepts like: now, later, waiting, preparation, anticipation…</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/download-1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2353 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/download-1-300x169.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="169" /></a>Them I would move to include the song “Rub your hand, by Karma Kids Yoga”. But first I would make sure To explain to them how to“Om”. We would simply practice making the sound “O” and “M”. I would refer to the sound “M” like the buzzing of a bee with lips closed and feeling the tingling on the lips. Then we would put these 2 sounds together to create the word home. I would explain to them that home is in your heart and invite everyone to put their hand on the heart to feel the vibration and visualize how it gave a massage to your heart.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We would do a name game so everyone would learn each other’s name. One person at the time would say their name and everyone would repeat it while singing it 3 times. I would also ask the kid: “What is your favourite colour?”, so I could get to know them.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I would introduce the sun salutation using the song “The sun Dance by Bari Koral Family Rock Band” and simply follow the song along and do the movement with the song.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Poses with themes in the garden</b></span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><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>Mountain pose</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seed (child pose) to Tree pose holding hand so its easier for balance. I would repeat this having the parent watering the seed or even pretending it started to rain and the seed started to grow into a tree.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Snake (cobra)</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Butterfly: flapping your wings (knees) and going from flower to flower (folding forward head toward feet)</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Frog </span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cat/cow </span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Downward facing dog &amp; upward dog </span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/images.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-2350 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/images-300x224.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="206" height="154" /></a>Games: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1-2-3 yoga tree</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Song: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if you are happy and you know it</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I like reading a book during my Toddler and parent classes because it gets the kids together, sitting and listening to a nice story.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Book: </b>The Butterfly's Treasure by Schim Schimmel</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Relaxation</b></span></span></span>

<a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Roll kid into their mat like a cocoon. Listen to the song "Fly Like a Butterfly, by Shakta Kaur Khalsa's". Then they roll out and spread their wings. </span></span></span>