Toddler Yoga training

• Course contents include:
  • How to introduce yoga principles through a repertoire of movements and stretching for toddlers/ early years children
  • Fundamentals of development in the early years
  • Importance of family dynamics for the ‘social toddler’
  • How to sequence exercises, songs and rhymes, and relaxation in appropriate
  • time slots to suit toddlers’ attention span with consideration of the needs and challenges of this age group
  • Use of props
  • Storytelling with movement and sensory integration
  • Verbal and hands on assists for adult-toddler pairs
• You will also learn:
  • How to prepare class materials with clear teaching points and props listed
  • Engaging and interesting ways to adapt movements to suit children from as young as 12 months to preschoolers of 4 years
  • Non-prescriptive teaching methods allowing individual and group creativity
  • Tips to engage ‘grown ups’ fully in the interactive practices taught
  • How to balance repetition and variety for best early years learning
  • Tips to teach in an uplifting but also calm and structured way
  • Suggestions for teaching private group sessions with parents present and also in nursery and pre-school settings where nursery staff are present

Hours: 9:30am – 1pm UK time

Tutor: Emma Philip

The livestream sessions with the tutor are recorded and supported with a manual and online resources.