7 Summer-Themed Mindfulness Activities
/Happy Summer, Educators and Parents!
As we continue to face the ninety-degree weather, or the scorching heat wave across much of the US, it’s important to stay cool and hydrated! But when it gets too hot, it can be harder to play and run outside. These summer-themed adventures can help kids work all that energy out indoors!
Each of these activities focuses on discovering the outdoors and its inhabitants, getting kids in the mindset of outdoor adventures while practicing yoga and mindfulness.
Here are some of our favorite Summer Themed Mindful activities:
These easy-to-follow, fun-filled Yo Re Mi mindfulness adventures are great for you and the children you care for!
1. Beach Adventure
Build sand castles, travel the sea as whales, relax with waves, and stretch like an umbrella in this beach adventure!
We explore the beauty and excitement of the beach while surfing like surfers on the sea, playing in the sand, and transforming into fish through our musical yoga routines.
Interested? Rise like the sun in our opening Sun Salutation!
Try This: Sun Dance
Or, experience the entire beach adventure on the Yo Re Mi app!
2. Galapagos Adventure
In this adventure, we travel to the Galápagos Islands located in the eastern Pacific Ocean to learn about its unique wildlife and volcanos!
Including two songs in Spanish, the Galápagos Adventure highlights the island’s geography and geology, and explores the tree, fish, bird, and turtle species that live there through musical activities.
Experience the flight to the Galápagos with this featured Airplane activity!
Try This: Airplane
With a 14-day trial of the Yo Re Mi app, you can check out the Yo Re Mi Galapagos Adventure
3. Camping Adventure
Learn about summer campground activities like roasting marshmallows, setting tents, and rowing canoes in this camping adventure!
Discover some of the benefits of campfires, the history of canoes, and the behavior of wolves and bunnies through dynamic movement.
Practice one of the immersive yoga routines in this adventure with ‘I’m A Wolf!’
Try This: I’m A Wolf
Here’s The Full camping adventure on Our app!
4. Farm Adventure
Explore the animals that might live and the produce that might grow on the farm with musical yoga movements!
From roosters and chicks to cows and horses, we utilize animal yoga to develop body awareness, breath awareness, and balance for children.
Follow along with this activity to sample the benefits of animal yoga!
Try This: A Fine Day at the farm
Move out to the farm on the Yo Re Mi app!
5. Bug Adventure
Discover some of the insects in the bug kingdom with this bug science exploration adventure!
This adventure combines yoga movements to mimic bug behavior and create an engaging, educative lesson about some common bugs like bees, mosquitos, crickets, and dragonflies.
Curious about what a mindful bug science activity from this journey looks like? Check out the activity ‘Bees’.
Try This: Bees
Embody Ants, Dragonflies, and more in the bug adventure On Our App!
6. Florida Everglades Adventure
Join us in this adventure about alligators, lions, and flamingos as we splash into this subtropical treasure!
We travel to Florida to visit the Everglades National Park and learn about some of its species, like the manatee and panther through mindful movement.
Here’s an example of one of our immersive yoga activities from the adventure!
Try This: Flamingos
Visit all the Animals in the Florida Everglades on yo re mi!
7. Garden Adventure
Learn about plants and the animals who eat them in this STEM-themed adventure!
With two songs in French and a concentration on the wonders in our backyards, Garden Adventure combines yoga, mindfulness, and the movements of butterflies, snakes, bunnies, and bees to create interactive activities and sing-alongs.
Warm up a bit and experience one of the starting activities in its Sun Salutation!
Try This: The Bird and the worm
Learn STEM in garden adventure on Yo Re Mi!
WATCH MORE: Summer Activity Playlist on Youtube
Looking for more summer themed activities? Follow along our Summer Themed Yoga Adventure Playlist for some fun outdoor-themed, interactive yoga! Our educational adventures are full of movement and music activities that children enjoy! The adventures keep them engaged, learning, and entertained.
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About the Author: Nyala Jackson is a Vassar College graduate, interning with Yo Re Mi as a part of SYEP. She is driven by improving accessibility in education, with previous experience in education technology internships. In her free time, Nyala enjoys playing video games, listening to music, reading, writing, and drawing.