This is like rock, paper and scissors. Lion is simhasana, Snake is cobra or Bhujangasana and mouse is child pose or balasana. This is good if you have a reasonably large class with even numbers. Kids can work in pairs.
After teaching the kids the poses, get them to find a partner. Sitting in hero’s pose facing each other – get them to put their thumbs up when they have decided which animal they are going to be (lion, snake or mouse) and then count to 3 and they can go into the pose of their choice.

Lion eats snake, snake eats mouse, mouse runs away from lion

by Shyamala