Yoga games your children will love!
The memories of practicing yoga together when they were young will flood your heart with warmth and gratitude.
It's a reminder that the little moments we spend together as a family can have a profound impact on shaping the future. Practicing yoga together as a family can be incredibly powerful. It's a great way to bond and spend quality time together. Not to mention, it's a space for open communication, trust-building, and shared experiences of mindfulness, relaxation and fun. Fun is what I want to talk about today.
In this post I will share the importance of fun, plus 3 yoga games your children will love. These games are ones that you can play at home or for the yoga teachers reading - ones you can play in class.
Children's Yoga Teachers - get 8 lesson plans for free!The importance of fun
As both adults and children, we all need a little fun in our lives. Incorporating fun into our daily routines has many benefits. It can make us happy, healthy, and even produce endorphins! When it comes to learning, having fun is much safer than a fearful environment. It helps us release stress, explore our emotions, and communicate with others. Plus, having fun with others teaches us mutual respect and helps us to build deeper connections. So why not join us and let's have some fun with some yoga games for children!
Yoga games your children will love!
Yogi says
I asked my children which games were their favourite ones to play at home and this one was number one. It is such a simple one and honestly, sometimes I forget about it because it is so simple but sometimes simple games are the best ones. How to play: 'Yogi' says an instruction and then the child or group do as Yogi says. If the instruction is given without ‘Yogi says’ at the beginning the children should not do the task. If they do, they must stand in mountain pose for three breaths before joining back in. I will usually start as 'Yogi' and then give my children a turn each. Here are some suggestions for what Yogi can say....
Memory game
This game requires either some yoga cards or you can draw up your own poses (even stick people will work). You will need about 6 cards. You can always increase or decrease this as you think best. If working with a deck of cards, I will either pick some out that we are working on that day/week or have the children pick out the cards. Once we have our cards, we place them in front of us (or in the middle when working in our circle with larger groups). We take a moment to look at the different poses. Then the children must look away or close their eyes while I take and hide one card. They must work out which card is missing and then instead of telling me, they show me the pose. We play a couple of rounds and then I let them have a turn of hiding a card.
Grumpy neighbour
This one was always a class favourite when I played it as 1,2,3 Tree but when I added in the element of a grumpy neighbour, it got even more giggles. While this one works best in large groups I have managed to play it with even just one of my children at a time. How to play: I will stand at one end of the room while the children stand on the other side. When my back is turned they can move towards me. If I am looking at them, they must stand in tree pose. We usually use the version of toes on the ground or a low tree (foot between ankle and knee). The aim is for them to get all the way to the other side and tap me on the shoulder, without getting caught moving! How I add the grumpy neighbour element is just by having this character really not wanting children in their garden , they only want to see trees. It can be really funny to play into this grumpy character, inspecting the trees to make sure they aren't actually children. I also love seeing the children take on this roll too. The playfulness really adds to the fun! End note
There we have it! In this blog post we have spoke about the importance of fun and 3 games that will help you and your children to have more fun with yoga!
Which game will you be playing? Let me know in the comments! Other posts of interest:
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