Story telling and yoga with young kids

Kids need to move. They also love stories. Combining the two can help their recall and focus. Yesterday and today during our quiet time we have been doing story yoga. We are watching Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure and doing yoga poses to advance the story. The kids listen and follow the directions for a few minutes. Then we pause and discuss characters, cause and effect, author's purpose, and what we can learn from the story. Kindergarten LOVED the Star Wars adventure. We turned off the lights and followed along. The storyline for it is a tad difficult for kindergarden comprehension, but this group loves Star Wars so much we tired our best. Her other stories are fantastic for this grade level. The is also some great vocabulary to be gleaned from the videos as well.


If you'd like to check it out, here is a link to the Star Wars yoga video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEPxPkQY6V8