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  • Sullivan Community School
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Doing yoga in the classrooms helps the young students learn to move their bodies more flexibly and independently. It also helps them to begin to experience and identify their bodies as calm and regulated. The teachers are able to use the skills the students have learned during yoga to help the students focus and self-regulate throughout their school day. Movement is a natural way that children learn to engage with themselves and others. Even though some of the poses we do in yoga are difficult for the students, we watch them week after week trying their best. It's been a remarkable experience to see the students master the poses and stay regulated throughout the yoga session. The students will begin by laying out their mats to designate their own space for this practice. These individual mats will allow the students to safely perform their yoga moves with the benefit of a defined space. Then we begin the practice with breathing. With each student able to have their own Hoberman Sphere, we'll be able to practice breathing for a longer length of time. We'll alternate this with the Ocean Drum to give the students a varied experience. This helps them to learn flexibility. We will then use the book, You are a Lion, to practice the yoga poses. With each of the three classrooms having their own book, they'll be able to practice yoga even when I'm not there. Laminating photos to send home to the parents will extend this learning even further. Additional books will make it possible to change the routine on a more regular basis. Incorporating some changes in the student's routines helps them to broaden their thinking skills.

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Doing yoga in the classrooms helps the young students learn to move their bodies more flexibly and independently. It also helps them to begin to experience and identify their bodies as calm and regulated. The teachers are able to use the skills the students have learned during yoga to help the students focus and self-regulate throughout their school day. Movement is a natural way that children learn to engage with themselves and others. Even though some of the poses we do in yoga are difficult for the students, we watch them week after week trying their best. It's been a remarkable experience to see the students master the poses and stay regulated throughout the yoga session. The students will begin by laying out their mats to designate their own space for this practice. These individual mats will allow the students to safely perform their yoga moves with the benefit of a defined space. Then we begin the practice with breathing. With each student able to have their own Hoberman Sphere, we'll be able to practice breathing for a longer length of time. We'll alternate this with the Ocean Drum to give the students a varied experience. This helps them to learn flexibility. We will then use the book, You are a Lion, to practice the yoga poses. With each of the three classrooms having their own book, they'll be able to practice yoga even when I'm not there. Laminating photos to send home to the parents will extend this learning even further. Additional books will make it possible to change the routine on a more regular basis. Incorporating some changes in the student's routines helps them to broaden their thinking skills.

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