This week we practiced the yoga poses from our Grateful Giraffe book
The 2's class loves doing yoga!
(I apologize for the blurry pictures, the camera is going to the shop!)
(I apologize for the blurry pictures, the camera is going to the shop!)
This is the tricky flamingo pose....I reminded the friends that they can always leave their toes on the ground if they feel like they are falling over :-)
Downward Dog.....we are wagging our tails too :-)
Hissssssssssssssss this is snake pose!
Peacock pose :-) We stretched our arms out and pretended they were our feathers....
Sloth pose :-)
4's Class
(Again, I apologize that the pictures are blurry....there was something wrong with the camera)
This is the giraffe pose....we are pretending to munch on the leaves in the tall tree :-)
This is the tricky flamingo pose...some friends were tipping over a bit :-)
Now we are pretending to hug our baby koalas....awwww
We are pretending to be elephants drinking water from the river! Sluuuuurp!
Frog pose.....can you catch one of those fast flying flies?
Downward dog pose....I told the dogs that if they are happy they can wag their tails :-)
Now we are pretending to be a horse that is kicking a leg up....this pose is a great way to practice balance :-)
Cobra pose....Raegan is showing me how to move your tongue like snake!
The peacock pose encourages deep breathing......
Sloth pose was last....hang on to that tree!
3's Room
We had lots of fun reaching and stretching to eat the leaves from the tree!
This is the flamingo pose (I reminded the friends that they can leave their toes on the ground if they feel like they are tipping over)
For the koala pose I told the 3's to pretend thy are giving themselves a great big hug!
Rossi wanted to show me her "big hug"
During our elephant pose I encouraged the class to stretch by saying "drink the water by your foot, drink the water behind you etc."
The frogs are trying to catch flies with their tongues!
Downward dog pose!
Everyone wanted to see the pictures in the book. :-)
Infants
Ethan, Lucas and Beckett are checking out the crawl through doorway :-)
Hi Rae!
Beckett is working his arms while he is on his hands and knees :-)
Miss Angel told me that Beckett loves to do this :-)
Hello everyone! Rowan loves the camera....
Miss Asia was trying to help Sophie move her arms over her head...Sophie was not so sure about it.
Alex is working his arms and legs! Way to go Alex!
Hey Sophie :-)
Toddlers
Running is always fun!
Go! Go! Go!
I did some animal actions with the toddlers instead of yoga.....Can you crawl like a bear?
Hmmm what animal will be next?
Can you flap your wings like bird?
Can you stomp like an elephant? Stomp Stomp Stomp!
Abe is swinging his arms like a monkey :-)
Can you swim like a fish?
Great swimming Greta and Brady!
Story is rolling like an armadillo!
Jake and Piper joined in too!
Abe is getting ready to roll!
Can you kick like a kangaroo?
