Using Yoga in English Lessons



I have written in the past about recycling games. Sometimes I find them on the street and sometimes I buy them in different markets for $1-$2.
I've recently found some used Kids- Yoga cards. 




Since I am a strong believer in activating the body while learning, using yoga postures seemed like an amazing idea for my classroom.
The first thing I did was to change the Hebrew writing to English by sticking a white label right on top of the word in Hebrew. Those are the 
names of the postures.


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I realized this can be a good matching game- to match the pictures to the names of the postures. And, by sticking magnets on the back or sticking scotch tape you can stick it to the board and create an 
interactive board.





Another option is to spread the cards around the classroom and have students walk around while listening to music, when the music stops each one walks to the closest card to him/her and has to stand in the posture shown on the card without moving. then continue.  You can also add a question to answer or a task to each card related to what you are teaching! 

Another game is a guessing game. After the students already know the names of the postures (most of them are names of animals), you can play a miming game where a student comes to the front to stand in a specific posture and everyone has to guess (in English) what posture it is, and say it. This can also be done in groups in the same way people 
play  "Charades".






Finally, students can also make up their own postures/poses and names. For example: students can decide on a Yoga posture named Giraffe and take a picture of themselves in that posture. Then you can make new 
cards for the classroom to play with, using those pictures!

There is no limit to the number of possibilities, let the kids have fun, learning English through their bodies.

Hili




tags: english, efl, games

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