Our 5 Most Popular Kids Music and Yoga Videos on YouTube
/We are so proud to have built a library of mindful video resources for children on our YouTube channel, available to the public. Thousands of people have watched these kids music, yoga and mindfulness videos — both in the classroom and at home — and many rave about how much their students and family enjoy following along.
In light of this, and to celebrate the launch of our new app, we want to highlight five of our most viewed videos, their benefits, and information on how to get more movement and music resources like this for your children!
Can you guess which videos have been most viewed so far?
1. Musical Boat Pose for Kids
This animated and interactive kids yoga video was so much fun to create! Explore the varieties of boats that exist, and receive the whole-body benefits of Boat Pose — all while singing a classic song.
Boat Pose is a favorite for its strengthening and balancing traits, and offers opportunity to support SEL (Social Emotional Learning) in the form of partnered boat variations!
Boat yoga pose for children can be practiced in different ways:
As a stand alone activity, with variations of boat poses to incorporate
Part of a series of travel-themed yoga poses for kids
An interactive partner pose (Canoe Pose) that encourages teamwork
Part of a series of water-themed yoga poses for children
2. Children’s Mindful Warm Up for Music and Yoga Activities
When we lead Yo Re Mi music and yoga classes with children, we don’t just jump right in. Like any exercise, we warm up first! Let’s warm up our bodies and voices together.
This is a great video to help safely prepare our bodies for singing and movement — we use this warm up practice at the beginning of every Yo Re Mi class, and it is perfect for music education as well as fostering deeper connections with our minds and bodies.
Once you’re warmed up, why not head over to our Kids Music and Yoga App and try one of our 15-minute activity sequences?
3. Kids Song and Movement About Making Pizza
Making homemade pizza takes on a whole new meaning! Children can practice sequencing and repetition while giving their bodies a big stretch with this catchy, original song. In fact, one of our YouTube followers reported that her elementary class loved the musical pizza activity so much, they kept asking to do it again!
A wonderful part of this song (other than the pizza, of course) is its seated pose. If you are in a setting where seated activities will fare better than jumping and dancing, “Making A Pizza” and these other fun seated activities and kids songs might be the perfect fit.
4. Children Release Energy With “Hop A Lot, Stop!”
Release tension and all of that BIG energy after a full day, and regain focus with this lively kids music and movement video. Not only is this movement-based song perfect for energizing, it is also an effective icebreaker for kids and helps children practice active listening.
Pair “Hop A Lot, Stop!” with a classic sing-along song like, “See The Bunnies Sleeping” for a fun approach to engaging in different movement modalities and imaginative play.
5. Breathing Ball for a Guided Breathing Exercise
Help children visualize mindful breathing practices and invite new, healthy energy into our bodies while exhaling old, stale energy.
The key to mindful breathing and self-regulation is to practice breathing techniques when calm so we are already familiar enough to use them we are stressed, emotional or overwhelmed. Read more about our favorite breathing exercises for children and their grown-ups.
More Great Videos for Children:
Our YouTube library is full of great movement, music and mindfulness videos for children. Here are more of our popular kids’ videos on our YouTube channel, for free!
Guided Dragon Breathing for Kids
Sun Dance (Sun Salutation for kids)
Slippery Fish (for fine and gross motor skill development)
If you enjoy this collection of music and yoga videos, you’ll love our premier yoga app — featuring ad-free extended videos and exclusive content, all led by real educators, musicians and yoga teachers!
