Engaging The Child Through Yoga
Explore an alternative educational method of how to design and teach a Yoga class for kids based on the developmental patterns, functional games that enhances creativity and imagination.
Pedagogical Approach
The somatic movement methods of Body Mind Centering® and Felenkrais® offer strategies to engage children to learn and teacher to develop a "horizontal methodology". Teacher and student are engaged in a dynamic relationship and learning from each other.
As teaching pedagogy model, the developmental movement patterns of human beings (ontogenetic) and its parallel with the animal kingdom (phylogenetic) are keystones to facilitate ease in movement and create pathways to improved coordination and organization. Teachers or facilitators will be able to diagnose difficulties when some of these developmental stages are skipped.
Instead of overwhelming the children with external corrections, they will be able to observe the child's movement from this developmental perspective
Teaching and Learning Styles: How to work with our differences
As teachers and facilitators, it is important to know your natural style of teaching. This means what body system and sense organ is mostly active, if your style is more improvisational or structured, and to know how to read the different learning styles from children. Knowing that some kids will be more visual learners, others more auditory, mental, and kinesthetical(movement oriented). How to provide new choices will expand the children ability to be and communicate in the world.
Play As Ground For Learning
Using the action of play and functional games as a way to teach and learn will improve concentration, group dynamic, rhythm, and creativity.
Partner Work And Props
The work with a partner and the use of props will facilitate body awareness, relationship, and socialization.
Marcia's video is called "Developmental Yoga and The Fluid Patterns".
To learn more check out Marcia's new book "Engaging The Child Through Yoga."
For information contact Marcia Monroe at marciamnro@aol.com