Do you get a sense of glee when you discover new music? Music that is perfect for kids yoga? I know I do! Have you heard of Johnette Downing?
Here are two albums that are great for kids yoga classes:
Fins and Grins
Here are the songs (which you can tell are good for kids yoga just by the titles):
1. Rock Hopper Penguin
2. Amazon ABCs
3. Amphibians
4. Clamshell Clap
5. Circle of Life
6. L'ecrevisse
7. I Want to be a Frog Today
8. A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea
9. Moving Along
10. Stingray Shuffle
11. Camouflage
12. Most Fish Swim
13. Seahorses Listen
14. I Went to the Aquarium
15. Tooth Fairy
16. Turtles
This is a wonderful CD with an aquatic theme. I’ve found lots of songs about cats, dogs, and barnyard animals, but this CD has songs about penguins! Clams! Stingrays! Turtles! Sea Horses! Johnette’s voice is great, and the music is fun and lively. She reminds me of Laurie Berkner, but with a New Orleans style of music. Pretty much all of the songs are great for an ocean themed class!
The Second Line
Song list:
1. Introduction
2. The Second Line
3. Shake Your Scarves
4. Scarves Up and Down and Around
5. Water, Wind and World
6. The Sacroiliac
7. Thread the Needle
8. Scarves on Your Laps
9. Flitter Flutter
10. Crazy Eights
11. Wow!
12. Rhythm In The Scarves
13. Circus Parade
14. The Second Line Reprise
I like to integrate Music and Movement activities into my yoga classes. Is it technically yoga, maybe not, but I think it provides child-friendly body awareness and helps burn off some of their energy so we can do some calming yoga poses. And isn't everything yoga if you are doing it with awareness? These songs are really fun scarf activity songs. Sometimes when we use scarves, I have a few ideas on how to use them and then my mind draws a blank. With these songs you could do a whole class with them!
P.S. This isn't a formal review or anything... I just found something that I like and wanted to share.
Her work can be found at her website and at Amazon.
Namaste,
Carolyn
Carolyn Clarke