Farm Yoga
Lesson ideas
Here are some ideas for Farm Yoga lesson!
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★Lesson title★
'Let's go to Old MacDonald's Farm!'
1.Yoga Poses
What’s that round ones?
These are straw rolls.
After harvesting the wheat, they’re made and used for cow’s bed or food.
【Straw Roll Pose】
1. Lie on your back.
2. Bend your knees.
3. Hug your knees with your arms.
4. Roll back and forth with your back.
The Chicken says,
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!!
【Chicken Pose】
1. Stand straight.
2. Bend your knees.
3. Push your bottom out.
4. Walk like a chicken!!
Do you know what the barn is?
It’s a house for farm animals and storing farm crops like wheat and vegetables.
【Barn Pose】
1. Put your knees on the ground.
2. Extend your right(left) leg to the side.
3. Raise your hands. Make a barn’s roof.
The cow says, Moo 〜！！
Look! A baby cow is drinking milk from mommy cow.
【Cow Pose】
1. Get down on your hands and knees.
2. Breathe in, drop your bellybutton and arch your back, then look up, say Moo〜!!
3. Breathe in and out, round your back and look down, breathe in and say Moo〜!!
In the farm, there are vegetable fields.
Corn field, Carrot field, potato field etc..
Look! There are many cabbages there.
Let’s be a cabbage♪
【Cabbage Pose】
1. Sit with your knees bent.
2. Grab your feet with your hands.
3. Extend your one leg, then the other leg.
4. Balance with your core.
What’s that big vehicle?
It’s a tractor.
The tractor is cultivating the wheat field!
Let’s be a tractor!
【Tractor Pose】
1. Stand straight.
2. Put your right(left) foot back widely.
3. Bend your left(right) knee.
3. Raise your hands.
What does the donkey say?
‘Hee-Haw!!!’
【Donkey Pose】
1. Get down on your hands and knees.
2. Lift your bottom.
3. Kick the ground and jump like a donkey!
What’s that? It’s like a human!
It’s a scarecrow!
It’s made of straw and set up to scare birds like crows that eat crops.
That’s why it’s called ‘Scare crow’!!
Let’s be a scarecrow♪
【Scarecrow Pose】
1. Stand straight.
2. Put the sole of your right(left) foot against the inside of your thigh.
3. Raise your arms parallel to the floor.
In the wheat field, a combine harvester is harvesting wheats.
【Combine Harvester pose】
1. Sit with your feet out.
2. Bend forward slowly.
3. Let’s harvest wheats!
5. Song
Hi Mr.Macdonald, long time no see!
We finally meet!
What are you doing?
I’m collecting hay with a pitchfork.
【Old MacDonald pose】
1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
2. Bend your knees slightly.
3. Pretend to hold a pitchfork or spade.
4. Make Good job sign, thumbs up!
2. Song
Let’s sing ‘Old MacDonald had a farm’ song!
Kids can lean the sounds of animals with this song!
【Lyrics】
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O
With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo,
Everywhere a moo-moo,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!
You can sing changing animal’s name and the sound.
Pig → oink
Sheep → baa
Duck → quack
Horse → neigh etc..
【Homework】
Now it's your turn!
Let’s make your own original poses!
- Pig
- Sheep
- Wheat field
3.Mindfulness Activities
We made an original Farm Mindfulness coloring sheet!
You can download PDF for FREE! Enjoy coloring with kids!
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