Stomp, stretch and ROAR! This dinosaur yoga for kids gets little dino fans moving with 12 playful poses, from stomping like a T. rex to flying like a Pterodactyl.
Yoga builds balance, coordination, body awareness and core strength, and the slow breathing helps kids calm their bodies. Dinosaurs just make it a lot more fun.
How to Do Dinosaur Yoga with Kids
Dinosaur Yoga Cards for Kids
Get the printableYoga mat or towel
Comfy clothes
A few dinosaur books (optional)
Start with dino breaths
Have kids take three big, slow breaths. Breathe in through the nose and let it out with a soft roar.
Pick a pose card
Show the picture and read the directions on the back of the card.
Hold the pose
Hold each pose for about three to five slow breaths. Little ones can just try it for a few seconds.
Cool down
End lying on your back like a sleepy dinosaur, taking slow breaths.
🦕 Make it a story
String the poses together into a dinosaur story: hatch like a baby dino, stomp like a T. rex, fly like a Pterodactyl and rest like a sleepy Brachiosaurus.
Dinosaur Yoga Poses for Kids
- Airplane pose: fly around like a Pterodactyl.
- Mermaid pose: stretch up high like a Diplodocus.
- Happy baby pose: rock side to side like a baby dino hatching from its egg.
- Horse pose: stand wide and strong like a rumbling volcano.
- Rabbit pose: your arms are Stegosaurus plates.
- Seal pose: your hands are a Dilophosaurus fan.
- Table pose: crawl like a Triceratops.
- Chair pose: stomp like a T. rex.
- Frog pose: show off your back fin like a Dimetrodon.
- Upward dog: stretch your chest high like a Brachiosaurus.
- Tree pose: stand tall like a Jurassic tree.
- Windmill pose: reach down and touch your dino feet.
Fun fact for the dino experts: Pterodactyls weren’t actually dinosaurs, they were flying reptiles, and Dimetrodon lived even before the dinosaurs!
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Get the whole class moving with dinosaur brain break cards.
Yoga cards include
- 12 dinosaur yoga pose task cards
- Step-by-step directions on the back of every card
- Full-page posters in two styles
- Teacher guide with breathing exercises like balloon breath and flower breath
- Full color and black and white versions
- Instant PDF download, nothing is shipped
Perfect for
- Brain breaks
- Dinosaur units
- Calm-down corners
- Indoor recess
- Preschool through 2nd grade
Dinosaur Yoga FAQ
Kid-friendly yoga poses with a dinosaur twist, like stomping like a T. rex in chair pose or flying like a Pterodactyl in airplane pose.
12 dinosaur yoga poses, each with step-by-step directions.
It builds balance, coordination, strength and body awareness, and slow breathing helps kids calm down.
About three to five slow breaths. Younger kids can just try each pose for a few seconds.
No. They were flying reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.
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