Good Morning Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Wake Up Story is a fun book showing kids how to take on the day in a positive and relaxing way. It introduces yoga poses easy for any kid to do and is a great way to remind kids to stay active.
This is a picture book that would be a fun read for kids K-3. The bright illustrations show a variety of kids doing the poses surrounded by nature.
Activities:
Yoga of course! Have students go through all the poses from the book. You could start each Monday morning by having students do their poses.
Focus on ways that kids can de-stress when they are feeling overwhelmed. Go on a guided journey with the class. Read a passage that helps students relax. They will close their eyes, relax all the muscles in their body starting from their face to their feet. Make sure they are breathing deeply, have them let go of any thoughts on their mind and have them sit in this meditative state for a few minutes. Teach them to go to their happy meditative place when they need to relax or this could also be a great way to start the day.
Reader Response Questions:
Why do you think the illustrator has each child doing their yoga poses in nature?
Do you think it is important to stay active?
Why is is a good idea to do these poses in the morning?
This book was written by Mariam Gates whois a teacher and author. She created the Kid Power Yoga Program to show kids ways to stay active, be confident, and find strength within themselves. She also wrote the book Good Night Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Bedtime Story. These books were illustrated by S. J. Hinder.
Gates, M. (2016). Good morning yoga: a pose-by-pose wake up story. Louisville, CO: Sounds True.
Gates, M. (n.d.). Mariam Gates: Director and founder of kidpower yoga. Kid Power Yoga. Retrieved from http://kidpoweryoga.com/pages/about/index.html
Hi Moira!
ReplyDeleteI love your activity to go along with this book! Another activity I would use for this book would be to have the students explain if yoga helped to relax them. Also, an activity you could use would be to have the students all say one thing that helps to calm them down and have the other students try their method because it may be a new relaxation technique for another student.
Hi Moira!
ReplyDeleteI love your activity to go along with this book! Another activity I would use for this book would be to have the students explain if yoga helped to relax them. Also, an activity you could use would be to have the students all say one thing that helps to calm them down and have the other students try their method because it may be a new relaxation technique for another student.