Our instructional, follow-along, story with movement (read: fun yoga exercise) DVDs engage kids and children, ages preschool to 7, in active play that develops focus, flexibility, strength, balance and coordination, while also teaching social-emotional lessons and self-regulation skills.  Each story-based fitness DVD is 25-30 minute movement class that includes warm-up, story with movement, relaxation and skill review. With each yoga video, children exercise their minds and bodies by developing gross motor skills, concentration and stamina while learning a universal character lesson such as acceptance, kindness and courage.

All DVD sessions are comprehensive and balanced, need no extra equipment or expertise and come with an accompanying guide designed to support you in building on the skills and stories. The stories are thoughtfully written to teach social – emotional lessons; movement is informed by yoga, Brain Gym, PE standards as well as mind-body and educational research to optimize physical and cognitive development.

Plan to use Move with Me Action Adventure's fun children's fitness DVDs regularly with your students. The more kids watch and practice, the more they learn and master.

We have built in developmentally appropriate challenges so that kids will be able to practice important skills and will want to return to the Move with Me stories again and again. You will see a range of abilities in the children on the DVD and in your own classroom. It is perfectly appropriate that not all children will be able to do all the movements. The fun is in learning how and getting better!

Why is play so important?

Current research on movement, play and children points to a profound connection between active play and childhood physical, intellectual and emotional health and brain development. Kids learn best through the multi-sensory, integrative medium of play. The fun and joy generated by playing fuels the physiology of their growth and development on every level.

Play invites the whole child to show up – body, mind, imagination, heart – and inspires creative thinking. When playing, children are fully present, focused and joyful, which literally puts the mind-body system into a receptive, integrated state that cultivates optimal development. Fun pumps positive chemical messengers throughout the body that are necessary for brain growth and that fuel self-confidence. When young children get regular active play and stimulating physical education, they have better grades, fitness levels and behavior as older children and teens.

What are the benefits?

• Cost-effective movement enrichment - a specialist for the price of a DVD

• Kids get the exercise/creative play time they need everyday – even indoors

• Requires no additional supervision or equipment

• Progressive - the more kids participate, the more they master and benefit

• Develops self-awareness, gross motor skills, attention and self-regulation