History
What would happen if you combined the talents of a children's musician with the knowledge and creativity of a kids yoga teacher/former preschool director and developed one unique class that taught multiple disciplines using immersive entertainment? The answer is Yogi Tales. From two educators (Grant Henry and Evan Nachimson) who have spent a combined 20 years working in preschool settings, comes the first-ever live music yoga experience for children ages 12 months - 8 years old. Yogi Tales (YT) finds the perfect balance between yoga and music to create a class that engages, educates, and entertains young children. When you join a YT adventure, you are taken on a magical journey full of music and yoga, carefully curated to teach socio-emotional learning and boost fine motor and gross motor skills. With Yogi the Dogi (the YT puppet guide) helping to lead the way, YT classes are a non-stop musical and yogic exploration that is fun for the entire family.
Specialties
Please email us at yogitaleskids@gmail.com to register for classes and inquire about our other wonderful program offerings. While we do not ascribe to one particular set of learning methodologies for young children, Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development most closely aligns with our philosophy for Yogi Tales. As a kids company that works with ages 12 months - 8 years of age, we have seen firsthand the ways in which children grow through the sensorimotor and preoperational stages. As such, we have created our curriculum to follow these stages of development as children's physical and emotional skills begin to increase. At Yogi Tales, we are a hybrid of music, yoga, and puppetry. Each of these modalities have a wide range of benefits for young children including increased socio-emotional development, advanced gross and fine motor skills, and rhythmic and language acquisition. We believe that children learn best through play-based immersion and have carefully curated our classes to inspire creativity, confidence-building, and enhanced communication. By incorporating music and puppetry with yoga, we have found that our classes are fully inclusive and allow for all children to comfortably be a part of our Yogi Tales adventures. Classes are taught in 30 and 45 minute increments to best accommodate a wide variety of ages. We are excited for you to join us on the next adventure with Yogi Tales!