With so many schools closed right now, I'm postponing the content I'd originally intended for this week and focusing on at-home resources for parents and teachers.
This video playlist could be useful for:
This video playlist could be useful for:
- parents looking to get some exercise with their kids while under 'stay at home' or 'shelter in place' restrictions; and/or
- teachers who'd like to assign movement to their students while they're not in their regular PE classes, yoga sessions, recess, etc.
I've included videos for different ages (from toddlers to teens), and some of the routines are much more challenging than others. Think carefully about what's appropriate for your kids, depending on factors their age, interests and physical abilities.
Yoga for Kids
We Heart Yoga
(6 minutes)
Yoga Ed.
(20 minutes)
Sophia Khan
(25 minutes)
Sheila Palmquist
(25 minutes)
Manduka Yoga
(30 minutes)
Cosmic Kids
(50 minutes; compilation
of a few different programs)
Yoga for Tweens
Ritu Bhasin
(10 minutes)
Abby Wills
(25 minutes)
Yoga for Teens
Yoga with Adriene
(20 minutes)
Yoga Ed.
(30 minutes)
Jaysea Devoe
(30 minutes)
Exercise Videos for Toddlers/Very Young Children
Lucy Wyndham-Read
(8 minutes)
Lucy Wyndham-Read
(6 minutes)
PinkFong! Kids Songs and Stories
(1 minute)
Narwhals and Waterfalls
(2 minutes)
Narwhals and Waterfalls
(2 minutes)
Patty Shukla
(2 minutes)
Pop Babies
(2 minutes)
The Learning Station
(3 minutes)
Exercise Videos for Kids
Moe Jones
(12 minutes)
(Video title says 'beginners' but
includes advanced moves like pushups.)
Moe Jones
(15 minutes)
The Body Coach TV
(30 minutes)
This is the first in a daily series of at-home
P.E. classes during the coronavirus school closings.
I hope you and your kids like these videos, and are finding other ways to stay healthy and strong during these challenging times.
You may also be interested in the many other song playlists and video playlists here at MindfulTeachers.org, as well as the following posts:
- The Best Ways to Teach Yoga to Different Ages of Kids
- interview with Paige Bell and Adrien Palmer of Narwhals and Waterfalls
- Four Mindfulness Games for One or More Children
- Yoga, Mindful Movement, and Body-Based Practices
- Mindfulness and Yoga for Young Children: Tips, Books, Apps, and Activities
- Teaching Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga to Teens
About the Author
Catharine Hannay is the founder of MindfulTeachers.org and the author of Being You: A Girl’s Guide to Mindfulness, a workbook for teen girls on mindfulness, compassion, and self-acceptance.
