Exclusive for the Omaha
Children’s Museum Teacher Festival
🌟 Sample Kids Yoga Class Flow Plan
Welcome teachers! 👋
Here’s a free Kids Yoga Class Flow Plan created especially for the Omaha Children’s Museum Teacher Festival. This plan is designed to give you a taste of how Root & Roar Yoga brings mindfulness, movement, and calm into the classroom. You can view the plan below or download a printable PDF to keep for your classroom.
Class Summary
🌲 Campfire Gratitude Yoga Adventure
Theme: I Am Grateful
This 20–30 minute kids yoga class blends mindfulness, movement, and storytelling to guide children on a cozy camping adventure under the stars. Through breathing exercises, fun yoga poses, and playful imagination, kids explore the theme of gratitude while building focus, calm, and confidence.
Highlights include:
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🟣 Opening Circle & Affirmation – grounding and connection
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🌲 Starry Night Yoga Flow – playful poses inspired by camping and nature
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🎲 Interactive Gratitude Game – movement and sharing in community
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🌙 Relaxation & Reflection – calming visualization under the stars
This flow is family-friendly, adaptable for classrooms, and requires no prior yoga experience. Perfect for transitions, brain breaks, or end-of-day calm!
Teacher Notes
✅ No prior yoga experience required
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This class is designed so any teacher (even if they’ve never practiced yoga) can lead it with confidence.
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The cues are simple, kid-friendly, and easy to remember.
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Visuals (like “growing like a tree” or “twinkling like stars”) make the movements natural for children.
✅ Great for classroom transitions, brain breaks, or end-of-day calm
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Use a shortened 5–10 minute version if you only need a quick reset between subjects.
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Perfect before tests, after recess, or anytime students need to settle and refocus.
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Works as a calm end-of-day ritual that helps students leave the classroom feeling grounded.
✅ Adaptable for different ages and timeframes
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Younger students (ages 3–6): simplify the poses, keep transitions playful, shorten storytelling.
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Older students (ages 7–12): extend storytelling, add balance challenges, encourage reflection in discussion questions.
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Teens: focus more on breathwork, mindfulness, and quiet reflection at the end.
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Adjust the length by repeating the warm-up or yoga flow more than once, or trimming if time is short.
✅ Encourages SEL (social-emotional learning) skills
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Students practice self-awareness (naming feelings, affirmations).
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Social skills grow when kids share gratitude in circle time or partner activities.
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Promotes self-regulation through calming breathwork and mindful movement.
✅ Classroom management tips
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Set a clear beginning and end ritual (like an affirmation or hand gesture) so students know when yoga starts and ends.
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Encourage participation but allow children to observe quietly if they prefer — choice creates safety.
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Use props like flashlights, glow stars, or simple nature objects to spark imagination and keep engagement high.
✅ Space & setup flexibility
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A gym, classroom with desks pushed aside, library corner, or even outside works fine.
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Students don’t need yoga mats — a carpet square, blanket, or just floor space is enough.
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Encourage shoes off if possible, but it can still work with shoes on.
✅ Benefits you’ll notice
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Children are calmer and more focused after practicing.
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Builds classroom community by encouraging kindness, gratitude, and shared experiences.
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Gives teachers an easy tool to manage energy without losing valuable instructional time.