Dinosaur Yoga (Pre-k – K) I am the mom to a 4 year old boy, which means my whole life revolves around dinosaurs right now. I have to read at least 3 dino books every night- some are stories but most are fact books. I’m learning A LOT but I’m also finding them to be even more incredibly fascinating then ever. Zephyr’s class is now studying about dinos because the kids have shown such an interest. I’m proud to say that Zephyr is teaching his friends so many facts! It’s pretty cute. When I went in to do yoga the other day, I figured it was time to do my dinosaur yoga class. I tweaked it a bit and it really turned out to be pretty fun. I ended up teaching it about 8 more times since then! Dinosaur Yoga Sequence 1) Breathing Ball breath: We need to calm… Read More »
Saying Goodbye
It’s the end of the school year and I’m saying goodbye to loads of kids that I’ve been working with for weeks, months, and even years! Some of my preschool kids I’ve been teaching since they were 2 or 3 yrs old and are now 5 & 6 yrs old going off to Kindergarten. Some schools I taught all spring, or all year and I’m teaching my last classes there these next few weeks. I’m not one who loves saying goodbye, but it’s part of this job. There are a few really fun activities you can do with the kids to wrap up the end of your time with them in a giant bow! I love finding out from kids what their favorite poses are, somehow I’m always surprised at what they pick. It’s also a way to get them to reflect on their time with you and what they’ve learned.… Read More »
Yoga on the Farm
After spending my Memorial Day weekend with friends up in Hadley, MA who live on a lot of farmland, I was inspired. We went for ice cream to a working dairy farm called Flayvors of Cook farm that had chickens and cows which gave the kids such a sense of where their ice cream came from! I loved it. The farm sells an ice cream called Hadley Grass in which they use the local asparagus. Hadley was once called the “asparagus capital of the world” because of how fertile their soil is for growing asparagus. The wheels started turning in my brain while we enjoyed the cows and the ice cream. I love to take a real experience and then create a class out of it. I taught a lot of preschool classes this week which makes teaching about the farm so much fun. Preschoolers love the farm! Most of my classes… Read More »
