Thursday, November 28th 2019  

Title   Yoga for kids  Grade Level  Grade 1 
 
Subject  Gym   Time Frame  November 28th 2019 
2:25-2:55pm 
Developed By  Paige Belisle  
 
Learning Outcomes 
What relevant goals will this unit address?  
(include all relevant GLO(s) & SLO(s) 
 
 
 
Essential Questions 
What provocative questions will foster inquiry into the content?​ ​(open-ended 
questions that stimulate thought and inquiry linked to the content of the enduring 
understanding) 
 

Knowledge:  Skills 
What knowledge will students acquire as a  What skills will students acquire as a 
result of this unit? This content knowledge  result of this unit? List the skills 
may come from the indicators, or might  and/or behaviours that students will 
also address prerequisite knowledge that  be able to exhibit as a result of their 
students will need for this unit.  work in this unit. These will come 
  from the indicators. 
Students will know...  Students will be able to… 
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Yoga for Kids 
1: Desired Results 
General Learning 
Outcome(s) 
 
Specific Learning 
Outcome(s) 
 
Learning 
Objective(s) 
 
 
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence 
Students will be open to doing 
No Summative 
Summative  Formative  different yoga poses and creating 
Assessment 
Assessment  Assessment  their own yoga poses based on 
Required 
animals.  
 
Stage 3: Learning Experience 
(maybe) CD player with 
relaxing music for the 
Tech  Resources to  cooldown activity, 30 
No Tech    
to Do  Bring  yoga mats if we have 
them in the equipment 
room.  
Time  Content/Description  Notes 
Set Up: 
● Everyone will sit in a circle in the middle of 
the gym 
2:25 pm 
5 minutes 
● “Has anyone ever heard of yoga?”    
● “Today I am going to teach you a little bit 
of yoga and then maybe you guys can teach 
me some new yoga moves” 
Yoga Animals Teacher Examples: 
● Start off with showing them some examples  Make sure to 
of “real” yoga animal poses:  give many 
○ Cat- on hands and knees, arched  examples to 
upper back   the students so 
2:30 pm  ○ Cow- on hands and knees, arched  they can 
5 minutes  lower back  create their 
○ Downward Dog- on hands and tip  own favourite 
toes, with a slanted back and head  animal poses.  
down   
○ Gorilla- Standing with droopy,   
swaying, limp arms 
 ○ Flamingo- Standing, finding balance 
on one foot 
○ Frog- squatting, hands in between 
your legs 
○ Butterfly- Standing, gently flap your 
wings up and down  
No everyone 
Yoga Animals: Students Try  has to go, but 
2:35 pm 
15 minutes 
● Now the students can go around the circle  give them all a 
and create their own pose   turn if they 
want one.  
Cool-Down:  
● Have students lay down on their yoga mats 
and close their eyes 
  This activity is 
“Imagine that you are your favorite stuffed animal  used to calm 
are settling in for a long night’s sleep. Think about  the class down 
where you might be sleeping. What does this place  and try and 
look like? What can you feel in this place? It is  give them a 
taste of 
warm or cold, soft or hard, wet or dry?" 
meditation 
2:50 pm 
5 minutes  "What can you hear in this place? Are there waves  without 
testing their 
crashing? Is there wind in the trees? Can you hear  patience.  
other animals around you? What do you smell in   
this place? Are there fresh flowers or a salty ocean?  Ask gym 
Spend a few minutes in this place feeling totally  helpers to help 
safe and calm."  put away the 
yoga mats 
● Once they are done they can put away their 
yoga mats and line up to go back to class.  

 
 
 
 
Reflections   
and Follow Up