Instructor:  Marina Edlund

Community: Pre-K and Kindergarten ages, Home Setting, 25-35 minutes

Plan Creation Date: November 18, 2013

Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness

Props/Music Resources Required: Music & CD player, Chime, Hoberman Sphere, Yoga Mat, Qtips, Play Dough, Paper, Crayons

Lesson Plan:

Calm

  • Chime – Ring chime and ask students to raise their hands when they no longer hear the chime.
  • Belly Breathing – with Hoberman Sphere: 10 breaths – Close your eyes and notice how calm and still the room is.

Activate

  • Pulse Count – with Q-tip and PlayDough – find your pulse, see how it shows the beat of your heart
  • Happiness Recipe – Talk through the Happiness Worksheet together. Draw a picture to show your answers.
  • Warrior I – Feel the four corners of your feet rooted firmly on your mat. Reach your arms high and pretend to send laser beams from your belly out through your fingers.

Calm

  • Chime – Ring chime and ask students to raise their hands when they no longer hear the chime
  • Guided Relaxation – Boat Ride (Pg. 136 of Yoga Calm) – adapted for this age level

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