Go With Animal Flow
Create and practice a short animal-inspired movement routine, imitating animal poses and transitions to build balance, coordination, strength, and flexible body control.
Step-by-step guide to Go With Animal Flow
What Is Animal Flow?
Step 1
Clear a safe open space about an arm's length around you and lay your mat or towel down.
Step 2
Put on comfy clothes you can move in.
Step 3
Take off your shoes so your feet can grip the floor.
Step 4
Place your water bottle within arm’s reach of your mat.
Step 5
Warm up for two minutes by lightly jogging in place or marching with big arm circles.
Step 6
Choose four animals you want to copy and say their names out loud.
Step 7
Decide the order you will perform the four animals and say the order out loud.
Step 8
For each animal pick one pose and practice holding each pose for three slow counts.
Step 9
Make one gentle transition move between each animal and practice each transition slowly.
Step 10
Put your poses and transitions together and perform the full routine three times, getting smoother each time.
Step 11
Cool down with a full-body stretch by reaching up high and then bending to touch your toes for 30 seconds.
Step 12
Share your finished animal flow routine on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we use if we don't have a yoga mat?
If you don't have a mat, use a folded towel, blanket, or carpet square to create the safe mat/towel area called for in step 1.
I'm slipping or losing balance during poses and transitions—what helps?
If you slip during poses or transitions (steps 3 and 9), try placing your mat on carpet, wearing grippy socks, or practising next to a wall for balance support.
How can we adapt the routine for different ages?
For younger children, choose simpler animals (step 6), hold each pose for 1–2 counts instead of the three slow counts in step 8 and perform the routine once, while older kids can pick extra animals, hold for five counts, and repeat the full routine more than the three times in step 10 to increase challenge.
How can we make the activity more fun or shareable?
To extend and personalize the activity, add a themed playlist and animal sound effects, wear a simple costume piece for each animal, time your smoothness improvements with a stopwatch, and then share the finished animal flow on DIY.org as directed in step 12.
Watch videos on how to Go With Animal Flow
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The Six Components of Animal Flow
Facts about animal-inspired movement for kids
🐾 Animal locomotion covers walking, flying, swimming, and crawling—each uses totally different body mechanics.
🧘 Yoga helps improve balance, flexibility, and body awareness—skills that make animal moves easier and safer.
🤸 Gymnastics trains coordination and spatial awareness with balance and tumbling patterns kids can copy.
💪 Calisthenics builds strength using only bodyweight, so you can practice animal flows anywhere—no gym needed.
🐒 Parkour focuses on moving efficiently over obstacles and often borrows animal-like creativity for agile transitions.
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