Movement Winter Week 4

This week movement friends expressed that they would like to do somersaults. We started the beginning steps of a somersault (standing, bending with hands on the floor, and jumping) and noticed that this move is very similar to the start of a handstand. This led us to learn how to do handstands and somersaults this week. All were so excited to practice using their upper bodies for both skills. This week was especially exciting to see friends using their arm muscles to protect their heads and necks while standing on their hands or rolling. All worked so hard to lock their elbows and challenged their bodies to stay up as long as possible in a handstand. We also ended each movement class with some calming yoga poses from The Children's Yoga Book of Feelings.