https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au en-us 2021-04-14 17:59:22 UTC 2021-04-15 22:37:03 UTC hello@padlet.com iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418373121 Materials: yoga mat or a carpet, yoga cards if you have them..

The most basic position and stretches include:
Palm tree - ask the children to stand with their feet together, up on their toes, while lifting their right arm up and left stretching down. Repeat with arms switched - remember to breathe!
Seed to Tree - ask the children to start in a squat curling into a tight ball (like a seed), and then slowly growing into a tall tree.
Shoulder circles - ask your students to roll their shoulders slowly up and front (squeezing high up to their ears), front, and back. Repeat several times and then go in the other direction. Remember to breathe.]]> 2021-04-14 20:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418373121 iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418417262 1. Ask the students to listen to  peaceful music, sitting still for 30 seconds. Ask them how they feel. Next, ask them to move with the music - how are they feeling now? You can repeat this activity using different music - always ask the children to reflect on how they have felt and has it changed depending on the kind of music they listened to
2. . Butterfly  - ask the children to sit with their soles together. Ask them to flap their bent legs like butterfly wings. Next ask the students to check if they can lean forward and put their elbows on the floor.
3 Shake your sillies out - students focus on one part of their body at a time, starting with their heads, shaking it and then moving to the next part until they reach their feet. Ask how they feel?
4. Mind Yeti - an online-based program that helps your body to ground. It starts with instruction how to find your Yeti body:
https://vimeo.com/352684677
More videos available here: https://www.mindyeti.com/v2/s/pricing
5. Mindful body scan
Materials: a hoola-hoop
Ask the students to stand in the middle of a hoola-hoop..
Ask them to move the hoola-hoop up their body while you ask them to focus their attention on their feet, their knees, etc. Remember to breathe long, calm breaths - in - through your nose, and - out - through your mouth.
A good example of a body scan can be find here:

]]> 2021-04-14 20:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418417262 iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418509302 1. Ask the children to participate in 2 minutes focused sensory activities. Ask them to listen to the sounds outside, listen to the sounds within their bodies, ask them to focus on smells. Bring different materials ask them to touch, smell, notice differences. Ask students about what they can sense or feel. Many ideas for sensory activities can be found here: https://mindfullittles.org/tag/sensory/ or here: https://earlyimpactlearning.com/mindful-movement-for-kids-14-games-tips/]]> 2021-04-14 21:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418509302 iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/dpb2joihtbsks5au/wish/1418530720 New Horizon has many wonderful guided meditations that can be suggested for the use at home (10-16 minutes long). They have their channel on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjW-3doUmNsyY5aLQHLiNXg
Examples of the mindful music can be found here: https://youtu.be/qFZKK7K52uQ
https://youtu.be/qk5xuWNFUvY
https://youtu.be/lE6RYpe9IT0
https://youtu.be/eKFTSSKCzWA


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