Yoga and the Young Child

Workshop
ID number
208803002
Date
Location
Early Childhood Education Center

543 N Wood Dale Rd
Wood Dale, IL 60191
United States

Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

In this workshop participants will be given a brief introduction to concepts used in yoga.  Participants will learn breathing strategies that they can teach to young children. These strategies will help children with self-regulation. Specific yoga poses will be demonstrated, and participants will practice them so they will be able to use them with young children. Throughout this process participants will discover the purpose of the pose and how it relates to the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards and children’s overall development (Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical). This is a very interactive workshop and participants will spend the majority of their time learning appropriate yoga poses. There will be small group work, where participants will practice putting a few yoga poses together that they can use with children immediately. Please dress comfortably and bring a yoga mat or large beach towel.

 

This workshop is being held in collaboration with Wood Dale SD 7 and the Early Childhood Center of Professional Learning.
Presenter
Tammy Notter
Learner objectives

  • Demonstrate a minimum of 5 yoga positions they could use with children 2 to 8 years of age

  • Identify a minimum of 3 benchmarks from the Illinois Early Learning & Development Standards (IELDS) that children demonstrate as they participate in a variety of yoga poses.

  • Demonstrate 2 breathing strategies that they can teach children

 

Intended audience
Administrator, Early Childhood Special and General Educator, Family Member
Contact hours
3.00
Training topic area
Physical Fitness
Gateways to Opportunity content area
Health, Safety and Well-Being
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