The following workshops can be delivered as half-day sessions (3-4 hours) or combined for custom full-day experiences.
Embodied Play 101
The most basic introduction to Stories, Songs, and Stretches!®
Lays the foundational understanding of the use of yoga-inspired movement and stillness to support and enhance early learning.
Yoga Poses for Preschoolers
Be ready to move!
Basic yoga poses developmentally-appropriate for preschoolers will be explored, along with creative instruction and cuing guidance.
Mindfulness for Preschoolers
Learn what mindfulness is and how it works.
Explore developmentally-appropriate and accessible ways to practice mindfulness with preschoolers. Resources, props, personal practice, and practice teaching opportunities will be incorporated.
Physical Literacy and Early Literacy: Exploring the Connections
If we care about early literacy, we have to care about physical literacy.
Drawing from exciting recent research, this workshop explores how the brain learns through the body, specifically in the development of critical early literacy skills.
Mindful Inclusion and Social-Emotional Learning
Who is included in our classes and on our bookshelves?
This workshop uses mindfulness and an understanding of social-emotional learning to provide practical and actionable strategies for increasing inclusion in our work with children and families.
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® for Parents
Is there a little learner in your life?
See what mindful movement and stillness have to offer you as a parent as you help prepare your child to be ready for school success.
Sustaining Your Passion with Mindfulness and Self-Care
Helping others is rewarding work…but the risk of burnout is real.
Reconnect with your passion for your work as you relax deeply and build self-care strategies you can implement in your daily life.
These workshops offer a condensed Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® experience in one full-day for specific audiences.
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® for Yoga Teachers
You already know and love Down Dog, Warrior I, and (of course) Shavasana…but when it comes to instructing those movements to the preschool crowd? Eek!
This training will help you build your skill set and confidence in designing yoga-inspired play experiences for children that are developmentally appropriate and engaging.
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® for Early Childhood Educators
Yoga-inspired movement and stillness can bring self-regulation, physical development, and increased literacy into your classroom and school.
This training focuses on using yoga as a tool to support what educators are already doing and how to adapt those practices for the ECE classroom setting.
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® for Librarians
Let’s get intentional about bringing movement and stillness into storytime!
This workshop focuses on the use of yoga as a tool to support and enhance the early literacy skill-building work that librarians are already doing by activating learning in the body and the heart.
And finally, for those seeking an immersive experience in order to obtain their Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® certification as quickly as possible, we offer our two-day workshop and an online training.
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® Immersion Certification
The full Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® experience.
Fully prepares participants to confidently and competently share yoga-inspired movement and stillness in their work with young children. Includes experience with:
physical literacy / early literacy / social-emotional learning / yoga poses / play / mindfulness / inclusion / self-care / practice teaching / resources
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® Online Certification
A distance learning option that adapts the in-person experience without sacrificing quality.
Participants complete three asynchronous training modules, each lasting 4-weeks; a two-week break exists between each of the modules. Training is provided through professionally-produced videos, recorded lectures, readings, online discussions, group activities, and assignments.