I taught yoga to kindergartners at the school that my son will be going. I had a plan...which was immediately thrown out the window when the fire drill occurred. *sigh*. But then we got them back in and settled and began again. Then I realized in the movement, I lost my "outline" that also had the story on it. Luckily, I found it halfway through and I finished will a little more confidence. I did forget to do a breathing exercise, but in retrospect, that would have disrupted the flow. This is what we did...
Took a deep breath (through the mouth)
Deep breath through the nose. Reminded them to keep breathing through the nose while we did yoga.
Hands on ribs, felt rib cage open and close.
Coordinated head movement to breath
Standing poses: mountain, crescent moon, tree, eagle
Transition poses: cat, dog, gate, arm/leg balance
Seated poses: butterfly, turtle, frog, boat, bridge, relaxed
Flight of the arrow sequence: warrior 2, 1, 3
Read a story with poses, children did the poses when I came to it in the story.
In relaxed pose, a mom brought ducks. Put ducks on their chest so they could see them rise and fall with their breath.
Q&A
The activity that I wanted to do but forgot, was to blow a cotton ball around using a straw. Oh well. The kids were giddy enough, this would have not been a "relaxing" exercise.
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