Yoga Story “The Treasure Hunt”: Movement Story for Physical Education Class

The Treasure Hunt is an movement story with yoga poses in which the children travel across the sea to find a sunken treasure chest. Along the way, they help turtles and a sea lion and can become a boat, dolphin, sea lion, or owl themselves at the right places. The focus is on fun and physical experiences, not on the correct posture of each pose. At the end, the story invites them to think about their own greatest treasure.

This is included in the material

• Yoga story "The Treasure Hunt" for reading aloud, indicating where each picture card fits
• Picture cards with the illustrated yoga poses from the story
• Presentation with the picture cards in the order of the story
• Audio file and video with the story
• Foreword and instructions with different ways to conduct the story

Tips for using the material

• Read aloud or listen: The story can be read aloud or played as an audio file.
• With picture cards: At the marked parts of the text, the appropriate picture cards can be held up or laid out visibly. For this, it is advisable to put the cards in the correct order beforehand.
• Demonstrate and imitate: Instead of using picture cards, the exercises can also be demonstrated by the person reading aloud or while the audio file is playing. The children then imitate the poses.
• With the video: The video can be shown on a projector, for example, and paused at the right places so that the children have enough time for each exercise.

These skills are promoted

• Body awareness and flexibility when taking the yoga poses
• Coordination and concentration when the children perform the poses according to the picture card or demonstration
• Imagination, because the children transform into animals and things from the story

Organizational notes

The yoga exercises only need a little space.

Other yoga stories in the series are The Star Collectors and The Best School Day; even more exercises are available as Yoga Picture Cards.