Winter Olympics Yoga Poses Cards – Teach Me to Walk in the Light

Who else is so excited for the Winter Olympics? I always love watching the figure skating. It’s definitely my favorite! As a fun way to incorporate the Winter Olympics into Primary, I’ve created these printable Winter Olympics Yoga Poses Cards!

I’ve designed them specifically to match the Olympic sports, but they can be used any winter to highlight some of the most popular winter sports!

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Winter Olympics Yoga
Teach Me to Walk in the Light Idea

This spin off yoga activity is a fun way to bring in the current world events of the Winter Olympic Games into your Primary in a meaningful way!

I plan to use this activity with the Primary song Teach Me to Walk in the Light. However, you can use these fun yoga cards with or without music and with any song you’d like!

How to Play:

Print out the Winter Olympics Yoga cards, either the ¼ page or full page option. Cut them out into individual cards. The printable file is at the bottom of this post!

Sing through Teach Me to Walk in the Light, or whatever Primary song you choose to work on during this activity. You can grab our Teach Me to Walk in the Light Flip Chart here, if helpful!

Post all the Winter Olympic Yoga cards up on the whiteboard, face down. Let the children pick one of the actions, and help you demonstrate what it looks like. Sing through the song doing this single action for the whole verse.

Have another child come and pick another action and demonstrate it. Have the children mirror you and practice the stance. Now, sing through the song and switch poses every other line. “Teach me to walk in the light of his love…” is the first yoga pose. “Teach me to pray to my father above…” for your second pose. Continue to alternate through the song.

Add additional actions and rotate through them during the song until you have 4 actions. Then, replace the first action with a new action!

Consider passing out some fun gold medals award necklaces to stick with the theme!

Extension Activities:

• Let the kids pick and rearrange an order for the 4 yoga stances to rotate through during the song.
• Do one yoga pose on the 1^st and 3^rd line, then let the 2^nd and 4^th lines be freestyle! Pick any position they’d like or come up with their own!
• Have the children vote on their favorite winter Olympic sport to watch. Do that stance then vote again!
• Have a helper hold the cards and secretly hold four yoga pose cards. Have them hold up their 1^st choice, then switch between the actions at the end of each line.

Winter Olympics Yoga Athlete Cards:

• Snowboarder
• Figure Skater
• Hockey Goalie
• Alpine Skier
• Curler
• Bobsled Racer
• Ski Jumper
• Luge Racer

Head over next to see this fun Baptism Body Rhythm Pattern for more fun ideas for using movement during Singing Time.

Winter Olympics Yoga Cards
& Walk in the Light Lesson Plan

This lesson plan includes a one page overview with how to use the cards during Singing Time while teaching a song with some fun extension activities, too.

It also includes 8 different yoga positions for 8 fun winter sports. I’ve included them in 2 sizes – 1/4 page and full page so you can print the size that best fits you needs and use!

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Next, head over to see this fun Teach Me to Walk in the Light Finger Light Shapes singing time activity the kids will love!

What other fun ways could you use the Winter Olympics Yoga cards in Primary?