Give Children Yoga Skills for Life
This Yoga Alliance accredited course offers a comprehensive training, giving students the skills and confidence to teach yoga to children from ages 2 1/2 to 12. There are homework assignments, quizzes and group teaching practice for different ages. A teaching certificate will be issued on successful completion of the course.
The course covers children's developmental stages - social, emotional, cognitive and physical as well as creative ways to bring the fundamentals of yoga to children. Our approach is simple and grounded making it accessible to all. We also look at how we can introduce the more philosophical and spiritual side of yoga in a practical way.
We look at creative ways to engage kids with yoga and this includes using props, books and art activities.
"I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in Teaching Yoga to Children. "
I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in teaching yoga to children. It is hugely inspirational, meticulously planned and covers everything from postures to phiilosophy, class planning and setting up your classes. The course resources are excellent and Christiane is a very inspirational teacher who encourages the creativity within her students, ultimately given them the confidence and tools to teach yoga to children.
Sue Barratt
About the Course
This course offers a comprehensive training, giving students the skills and confidence to teach yoga to children ages two and a half to twelve. The course is run in two sections. In the first section you will learn how to teach to ages 2 1/2 to 7 and in the second, to ages 8 to 12. Key yoga teaching skills will be re-enforced across both sections. The course combines the connection of livestream sessions via Zoom, with the convenience of self-paced learning via our online learning platform.
The livestream sessions will be held on five Saturday mornings, September 22nd, October 5th and 10th, November 10th and 17th. There will also be teaching practice sessions on a Wednesday evening, on October 2nd and 16th, November 6th and 20th.
Live sessions will include small group and pair work with lots of teaching practice to develop your skills. These sessions will be recorded. The pre-recorded material for each section will be released weekly and you will have 9 months access from the last live course date.
On the course you will learn:
- Social, emotional and cognitive development for each age group.
- Adapting asanas for each age group
- Language, teaching points, scripting and cues
- Breath awareness and simple pranayama
- Meditation, Mindfulness & Relaxation
- Class Planning & Structure
- Managing your Yoga classes
- How to set up your classes and approach schools
- AND MUCH MORE
This course is for you if you are a yoga teacher, trainee or a serious yogi with a minimum of 18 months of yoga practice.
Christiane Kerr
Christiane has been teaching yoga and meditation since 2003. Whilst she loves teaching to all ages, she is passionate about introducing yoga and mindfulness to children and teens as early as possible, giving them a valuable skill that can help them navigate life's inevitable ups and downs.
She has over twenty years of experience of teaching yoga and meditation to children and teens. Christiane previously worked as a Montessori teacher and believes this multi-sensory and child centred approach to education perfectly compliments teaching yoga to children. Her practice had a profound impact on her own children and family life and she believes for many, yoga and mindfulness can help develop the awareness that helps us to make more helpful and creative choices. Christiane is a Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance as well as 500 hour BWY accredited teacher. She trained to teach Mindfulness with Bangor University.
Course Dates & Times
The course is run over five Saturday mornings, September 22nd, October 5th and 19th, November 10th and 17th from 9.30 to 1.30 pm on Zoom.
There are also four Teaching Practice sessions on Wednesday evening from 7.30 to 8.30 pm on October 2nd and 16th, November 6th and 20th.
There are pre-recorded lessons to complete on our learning platform, Teachable which is simple and easy to use. There are approximately 12 hours of homework assignments and reading to complete.
Our training school has the met the highest standards and requirements set by Yoga Alliance Professionals and our Teaching Yoga to Children graduates may register with Yoga Alliance as a Specialist Yoga Teacher.
By The End of The Course
- You will have the skills and confidence to teach yoga to children.
- You will have a toolkit of yoga, mindfulness, breathing and relaxation practices that you can use in your classes.
- You will be able to plan a well structured and balanced kids yoga class.
- You will have an understanding of class room management and tools to deal with challenging behaviour.
- You will have knowledge and resources on how to market your class.
- You will have sample teaching contracts, intake forms, safeguarding checklists and marketing forms.
Curriculum
- Benefits of Yoga For Children
- Class Planning and Structure
- Social, Emotional & Cognitive Development Early Years (13:33)
- Physical Development Early Years (10:46)
- Developmental Milestones (4:51)
- Teaching Skills
- Understanding Anxiety (9:04)
- Relaxation, Mindfulness Quiet Time (11:29)
- Music for your children's yoga classes (6:17)
- POEMS (Have access to in next live session)
- Managing a Mindful Class (13:00)
- Sarah Class Plan - Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (22:01)
- Introducing Yoga Philosophy to EYFS & KS1
- Books - Sarah - Dear Zoo, Christiane - Crab & Whale (9:53)
- Books - Crab & Whale (23:52)
- Breath Awareness (7:09)
- Games (16:11)
- Marketing 1
- Homework for Ages 2 1/2 to 7.
How you will Learn
We have done our best to accommodate all learning styles and as well as videos of real children's classes there are video lessons, audio visual presentations, audio, text lectures, pdfs, quizzes, and assignments.
The course comes with a comprehensive booklet for each age group as well as a postures booklets with script suggestions to help you define your own teaching skills. There is also a teacher's pack setting out the logistical requirements you need to set up your kids yoga business. You receive downloads of two calm for kids audio CDs (10 tracks on each) that are ideal to use in your children's yoga classes.
