Gingerbread Man Kids Yoga Class

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One of our family’s favorite activities leading up to Christmas is to make Gingerbread Cookies. It’s great fun mixing, rolling, and decorating these treats. Then of course comes the eating and the sharing. Motivated by this tradition I’ve adapted the Gingerbread Man story into a kids yoga class.

This holiday inspired kids yoga lesson combines active learning and a classic story. Enjoy becoming all the characters and then extending the fun through song, literacy activities and the breathing exercise Warm Breath/Cool Breath.

Kids LOVE this lesson. They especially like all the running involved. My fave part is savasana at the end when we pretend to be gingerbread cookies lying on a pan, baking in a toasty warm oven.

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Gingerbread Man Kids Yoga Lesson Plan

This holiday inspired kids yoga lesson combines active learning and a classic story. Enjoy becoming all the characters (old lady, old man, brown cow, gentle horse, clever fox and more) and then extending the fun through song, activity poem, literacy activities and the breathing exercise Warm Breath/Cool Breath.

Some of the additional resources available with this lesson plan include:

Design your own GingerBread Man Template: a simple printable of a gingerbread man which children can decorate

GingerBread Man Story Masks: if you’d like to act out the story