1. Yoga Storytime:
Integrating Technology, Literacy,
and Movement

2. Yoga
Family Storytime

3. FLEXIBL
E • Yoga is peace. Raise your
hand to speak. A word about
FREDDY restlessness.
• Yoga is reflection. Please
watch teacher before you
perform yoga move.
• Yoga is happy. Please don’t
make Freddy unhappy. Be
positive!

4. Sitting Happy: Lotus Flower

5. Breathing Like Waves
Breathe in as wave comes in
Breathe out as wave goes out

7. TumbleBooks

9. www.libraryvisit.org/

10. Meditation Exercise

11. Namaste
“I bow to the goodness in you.”
Namaste is what you say
to the good in you and the good in me.
Say Namaste, everyday
and the world will live in harmony.
Song from Sydney Solis’ Storytime Yoga, available at our library.

12. Sun, sun
Sun Salutations I salute the sun
I open my heart
To everyone.
The sun rises
And the sun sets
The whole world
In my heart rests.
Again I rise
Ready to live
Happy to be
And ready to give.
Sun, sun
I salute the sun
I open my heart
To everyone.

13. Sun Salutations
• Mountain pose
• Hands in heart position
• Breathing in

14. Sun, Sun
• Reach arms overhead
• Still breathing in

15. I salute the sun
• Exhale (breathe out)
• Head to knees
• Hands to the ground
(if possible)

16. I open my heart
• Inhale (breathe in)
• Halfway up
• Straight back

17. To everyone
• Exhale
• Head to knees again
• Can you reach more this
time?

18. The sun rises
• Inhale
• Left foot back
• Runner’s pose
• Right foot
between hands

19. And the sun sets
• Exhale
• Right leg back to plank
• Like you’re about to do
a push-up

20. The whole world
• Inhale
• Lower knees down
• Advanced move: instead
of lowering knees down,
do the down part of a
push-up

21. In my heart rests
• Exhale
• Lie on floor
• Hands outside of
shoulders

22. Again I rise
• Inhale up
• Cobra pose

23. Ready to live
• Exhale
• Bottom in the air
• Downward dog

24. Happy to be
• Inhale
• Left foot between
hands
• Runner’s pose

25. And ready to give
• Exhale
• Head to knees

26. Sun, sun
• Inhale
• Halfway up again
• Straight back

27. I salute the sun
• Exhale
• Forward bend
• Head to knees

28. I open my heart
• Big inhale
• Arms up over head
• Clap if you want

29. To everyone
• Exhale
• Hands back into heart
space

30. Sun Salutations
• Mountain pose
• Hands in heart position
• Breathing in

31. Sun, Sun
• Reach arms overhead
• Still breathing in

32. I salute the sun
• Exhale (breathe out)
• Head to knees
• Hands to the ground
(if possible)

33. I open my heart
• Inhale (breathe in)
• Halfway up
• Straight back

34. To everyone
• Exhale
• Head to knees again
• Can you reach more this
time?

35. The sun rises
• Inhale
• Left foot back
• Runner’s pose
• Right foot
between hands

36. And the sun sets
• Exhale
• Right leg back to plank
• Like you’re about to do
a push-up

37. The whole world
• Inhale
• Lower knees down
• Advanced move: instead
of lowering knees down,
do the down part of a
push-up

38. In my heart rests
• Exhale
• Lie on floor
• Hands outside of
shoulders

39. Again I rise
• Inhale up
• Cobra pose

40. Ready to live
• Exhale
• Bottom in the air
• Downward dog

41. Happy to be
• Inhale
• Left foot between
hands
• Runner’s pose

42. And ready to give
• Exhale
• Head to knees

43. Sun, sun
• Inhale
• Halfway up again
• Straight back

44. I salute the sun
• Exhale
• Forward bend
• Head to knees

45. I open my heart
• Big inhale
• Arms up over head
• Clap if you want

46. To everyone
• Exhale
• Hands back into heart
space

48. Time for a Story
The Rabbit in the Moon

49. Retell Story with Yoga Poses

50. Once there was a beautiful, lush FOREST

51. In the forest lived an ELEPHANT

52. a MONKEY

53. an OTTER

54. and a RABBIT

55. The rabbit called the animals together, and they
spoke of how fortunate they were to live in such
abundance.

56. To demonstrate their gratitude, they decided to
bring gifts to the next person to enter the forest.

57. The MAN IN THE MOON heard their plan
for gift-giving and decided to test them

58. The MAN IN THE MOON changed
into a HUMAN

59. And entered the beautiful FOREST

60. As promised, the elephant brought
him water

61. The monkey gathered fruits

62. The otter caught fresh fish

63. And the rabbit built a fire and
prepared to jump in…

64. The man in the moon who
changed into a human plucked the
rabbit from the air

65. He then lifted the rabbit to the
moon
And to this day, rabbit has lived on the moon.

66. Can you see the rabbit in the
moon?

67. Think of an Animal…
Make up your OWN yoga pose!

68. Final Story With Yoga:
Moon Child

69. Ocean of Oms
Om is the sound of the universe

70. Possum Pose

71. Namaste

72. Resources
• Demaria, Michael Brant. Ocean. CD. Ontos Music, 2008.
• Krilanovich, Nadia. Moon Child. Berkeley: Tricycle Press,
2010.
• Reynolds, Peter. The Dot. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press,
2003.
• Solis, Sydney. Storytime Yoga: Teaching Yoga to Children
Through Story. Boulder, CO: Mythic Yoga Studio, 2006.

73. Does your library offer Christmas
programs?
Decorate eggs in the spring?
Have a “holiday” section? If so, what
holidays are represented?

74. What Libraries Can Use from Yoga
Emotional and Physical Benefits
• Breathing 
Peace/Calmness/Relaxation
– Counting to ten when angry…

75. “Deep-Breathing Stroll” (p22)
101 Relaxation Games for Children : Finding a Little Peace and
Quiet in Between by Allison Bartl
Breathe deeply for four counts
Hold one or two counts
Make a (hissing) sound as you breathe
out four counts
After a rhythm is established, stroll
around the room (with a partner?)

76. What Libraries Can Use from Yoga
Emotional and Physical Benefits
• Breathing 
Peace/Calmness/Relaxation
• Positive Attitude
– Letting go of the negative
– Cultivating the positive

77. Positive Attitude Activities
Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and 101 Relaxation Games for Children :
Preschoolers: 8-Minute Routines to Help Finding a Little Peace and Quiet in
Your Child Grow Smarter, be Happier, Between by Allison Bartl (p50)
and Behave Better by Helen Garabedian
(p198) • One by one, participants get
• I (both fists to your heart) the bottle of bubbles, think
• Like (open arms to the about something bothering
her/him, and blow the
sides)
troubles away.
• Ask a question, child
responds (e.g. What color
do you like?)
• Orange! (bring arms in, hug
self, and wiggle side to side)
• (repeat three times with
same answer)

78. What Libraries Can Use from Yoga
Emotional and Physical Benefits
• Breathing 
Peace/Calmness/Relaxation
• Positive Attitude
• Self-reflection/self-esteem
– Repeat affirmations which
are “I Can” or “I Am” positive
statements = chants, cheers,
or action rhymes

79. What Libraries Can Use from Yoga
Emotional and Physical Benefits
• Breathing 
Peace/Calmness/Relaxation
• Positive Attitude
• Self-reflection/self-esteem
• Building Community /
Parent and Child Bonding

80. Laughter Yoga
or Laughter Exercises
Instead of different kinds of claps?
Resources Some Examples
• http://www.laughteryoga.org/ • Lion:
• http://lyinstitute.org/ http://www.youtube.com/
• watch?v=HFynQHRV6hc
http://www.youtube.com/
• One Meter:
• The Great Big Anthology of
http://youtu.be/gHy5NAua
Laughter Exercises: 500
hA8?t=17s
Laughter Exercises for Health,
Fun and Friendship by Jeffrey • Ho, Ho … Ha, Ha, Ha! Chant:
Briar Clap on each syllable.
• We already use joke books, silly Maybe walk in a circle.
stories, and tickle rhymes • Ho Ho Ha Ha Laughter Song:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=x4KyTb8-N6A

81. What Libraries Can Use from Yoga
Emotional and Physical Benefits
• Breathing 
Peace/Calmness/Relaxation
• Positive Attitude
• Self-reflection/self-esteem
• Building Community /
Parent and Child Bonding
• Exercise
– stretching and strength
training

82. Learning Through Movement
Healthy bodies lead to healthy brains that are able to learn.
The Need to Move More Kinesthetic/Early Literacy
• Move It Movement: Learning
http://www.fitness.gov/ • Acknowledge various
• NFL Movement for an modes of learning (e.g.
Active Generation: Gardner’s multiple
http://www.nfl.com/play60 intelligences)
• National Guidelines for • ECRR: Putting movements
Physical Activity: to words helps
http://www.aahperd.org/na vocabulary/language
spe/about/results.cfm acquisition  fingerplays &
action rhymes  entire
movement/music or
sensory programs

83. Full Body Rhymes
“I Can Breathe” (p.148) Twinkle, Twinkle Variation
Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers: (p76-7 and 79-81)
8-Minute Routines to Help Your Child Grow
Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers:
Smarter, be Happier, and Behave Better by
8-Minute Routines to Help Your Child Grow
Helen Garabedian
Smarter, be Happier, and Behave Better by
I can breathe & wiggle Helen Garabedian
I can breathe & giggle • Legs apart, breathe, and
I can breathe & run stretch arms
I can breathe & have fun • Teeter back and forth to
I can breathe & do anything! syllables in rhyme
Think, breathe, go! (clap, clap, clap) • Between verses do “Falling
Think, breathe, go! (clap, clap, clap) Star” = fall arm to one foot
then stretch
Think, breathe, go! (clap, clap, clap)

84. Questions? Ideas? Contact Us!
• Worldcat.org bibliography:
http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/Fordeeto/lists/2154003
• This PowerPoint:
• Allie Graf
agraf@libraryvisit.org
• Hayley McEwing
hmcewing@libraryvisit.org
http://librarieslearnlead.blogspot.com/