🧘 Letter of the Week: Y is for Yoga

Featuring our $5 Yoga Studio Printable Dramatic Play Kit

This week's theme is "Y is for Yoga", and we're pairing it with our Yoga Studio Printable Pack, designed especially for sensory play and perfect for decorating your IKEA Flisat table. With the Yoga Studio Dramatic Play Kit, your FLISAT table becomes a calm little studio — kids check in students, lead classes with pose cards, and practice breathing between poses. The studio sits on the base from my sensory-table beginner guide, if yours is new.

Yoga Studio Printable Dramatic Play Kit

🛒 What's in the $5 Yoga Studio Printable Pack

The Yoga Studio Printable Pack includes:

  • Yoga studio signage & class schedule
  • Printable yoga pose cards & mats
  • Yoga instructor accessories
  • Worksheets: letter Y tracing and calm-down activity pages
  • Vocabulary cards: yoga, breathe, stretch, balance, and more

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🧰 Materials You'll Need

  • Yoga Studio Printable Pack
  • IKEA Flisat table (or any sensory bin)
  • A yoga mat or soft blanket for the studio floor
  • Calm sensory filler: dried lavender rice, smooth stones, or kinetic sand
  • Scarves or ribbons for movement breaks
  • A small bell or chime for class time
  • Stuffed animals — the students!

🧘 How to Set Up Your Yoga Sensory Bin

  1. Print and hang the studio signage and class schedule on your pegboard or backdrop.
  2. Lay the mat beside the table as the practice space.
  3. Fill one bin with calm filler and smooth stones for quiet sensory breaks.
  4. Set the pose cards at the front of the "studio" for the instructor.
  5. Place the vocabulary cards and worksheets nearby, then ring the bell — class is in session!

Get all 26 Printables for just $26

🎯 Learning Objectives by Age Group

  • 6–12 mo: Tummy-time stretches on the mat; calm textures and sounds
  • 1–2 yrs: Copying simple poses and animal movements
  • 2–3 yrs: Balancing on one foot, following a two-step pose sequence
  • 3–4 yrs: Letter Y tracing, naming poses, deep-breathing practice
  • 4–5 yrs: Leading a mini class, sequencing a full pose flow, calm-down strategies

💌 Free Bonus: A to Z Letter of the Week Guide

Don't forget your Free Printable Letter of the Week Poster! Download the A–Z Letter of the Week Sensory Guide, with all 26 themes, links to products, and learning goals. You'll also receive the Letter of the Week Email Series, with weekly reminders, bonus activity ideas, and links to new blog content.

  • All 26 Letter of the Week themes
  • Printable calendar
  • Links to each week's setup
  • Email reminders with learning extensions

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💡 Tips to Extend the Activity

  • Animal Yoga: Turn favorite animals into poses — cat, dog, frog, tree, butterfly.
  • Breathing Buddies: Lie down with a stuffed animal on the belly and watch it rise and fall.
  • Freeze Dance Yoga: Move to music, freeze in a pose when it stops.
  • Calm Corner: Keep the pose cards in a calm corner for wiggly moments.
  • Story Time: Read a favorite yoga picture book on the mat before class.

📚 Related Activities

  • Wellness flashcards
  • Letter E: Earth week
  • Calming sensory bottles
  • Letter M: Mermaid week

🔤 25 Vocabulary Words for "Yoga" Theme

yoga, breathe, stretch, balance, pose, mat, calm, quiet, relax, body, mind, inhale, exhale, tree, cat, dog, butterfly, frog, mountain, warrior, studio, class, instructor, student, peace

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