![]() Life with little kids is full: full of noise, of messes to clean up, emotions to wade through, and dozens of tiny transitions from one activity to the next. It’s much easier for kids to sit or lie still after a good dance party. After a song (or two, or three, or more), take a moment to rest in a seated pose or savasana bring a moment of stillness and meditation to the session. You can even let them make up their own poses now and then. Or you can let them choose the pose if they’re eager to decide for themselves.Īnd of course, no need to be super rigid about alignments, as long as no one is getting hurt. Maybe guide them through the way they hold the poses for instance, freezing when the music stops doesn’t mean that they have to hold their breath! Maybe you call out which pose to hold if your little one isn’t super familiar with different yoga postures. Put on any music that you and your kiddos enjoy - it doesn’t have to be yoga-related music. Of course, you don’t have to stick to standing poses but these are the easiest ones to get into quickly. Some good poses for this are: tree pose (vrksasana), mountain pose (tadasana), dancer pose (natarajasana), star pose, and goddess pose. The nice thing about good ol’ fashioned freeze dance is that probably every kid is familiar with it all you have to do is add a yogic twist by having them strike a yoga pose when the music stops and they freeze. Flowing sun salutations, stories told with yoga poses to represent some of the characters and objects in the plot, and freeze dances are always favorites with the little yogis I practice with. ![]() Since one of the tough things about traditional yoga is holding the poses without collecting tension, movement is a great way for kids to break the ice with yoga. It seems like every little kid loves to dance. Also, what better way to do yoga than play? When we do yoga with our young kids, it’s usually best done through play and in that way, kids yoga is always a celebration! Happy full moon! To me, full moon is a time of pause and celebration, and what better way to celebrate than to play. Music by The Kiboomers (Party Freeze Dance Song).“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” It’s a high energy song that provides “brain breaks”, where the children can have fun as they try to keep still and wait for the next direction. The Freeze Dance Song helps children to develop their skills in following directions and learning to stop and go. ![]() It’s a lot of fun for children and adults thanks to catchy melodies and easy-to-follow lyrics. ![]() The Move and Groove program has been created to encourage active movement, gross motor skills, learning and development through music, playing instruments, singing and dancing. Move and Groove is full of fun action songs for kids and is designed to keep them moving while developing some important skills along the way. We developed the Move and Groove program as a key part of our early childhood education curriculum. ![]() All you need to do is follow the instructions of the song – which takes you from dancing to hopping to skipping to twirling, and then back to dancing! At some points in the song, the singer tells us to “freeze”, and we all must stay as still as possible until it’s time to move again. Get ready to dance to Freeze with our Keiki Crew. Freeze is a fun song with active dance moves and lyrics that are easy to follow, so you can dance and sing with us from your living room! In this video, we watch Mandy, Krisz, Sharee and Larissa from Keiki Early Learning in Edgewater, as they dance and sing along to one of our favourite action songs for kids, The Freeze Dance. ![]()
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