Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.

Flag Day marks the adoption of the flag of the United States which happened on June 14, 1777.  Flag Day is also a special day for the United States Army because it's the day they celebrate their birthday.

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

Take the time to smile and laugh with the special person you call mom.

National Nurse's Day is celebrated annually on May 6th to raise awareness of the important role nurses play in society. 

Did you know? - May 5th has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.  

On National Teacher's Day, we show our gratitude to the people who helped shape our young minds and inspired us. Show your appreciation by thanking our educators.

Teacher Appreciation Week is a national holiday celebrated in United States of America which takes place in the first full week of May - May 5th to May 9th.

The theme for World Book Day 2024 is “Read Your Way.” Children will more than likely enjoy reading when “their choices are championed and we make reading fun.”

Earth Day is a day to promote awareness and appreciation for our environment - help us protect it.  

Today we . . . 

practiced and learned the “Just Be You” yoga rules - listen and watch, practice, breathe, be playful and “just be you” while remaining on our mats.

introduced the feeling meter and discussed our feelings throughout the session using the meter to determine our feelings for each experience.

engaged in a breathing exercise while moving our finger up and down the breathing board - inhale our finger moves up the mountain; exhale our finger moves down the mountain.

discussed the true meaning of yoga - yoga is everything we do and say - yoga is life - we will practice different yoga poses, engage in breathing exercises, dance, play games, sing, chant, read books, show our creativity and most of all express our joy for being part of this community.

listened to a book called “Be Who You Are” by Todd Parr to develop an understanding on who we are compared to our environment and other humans who surround us.

practiced and learned 6 different yoga poses - stomp like an elephant; stand like a flamingo, hop like a bunny; waddle like a duck; squat like a frog; crawl like a crab;

engaged in a game called - “I do. We do.” - children took turns rolling a die and practiced one of the yoga poses and other children copied the child’s version of the yoga pose.

played a guessing game - what’s inside the bag? - 3 rules - listen, feel and guess (color feathers).

engaged in a breathing technique called “feather breathing” - breathe in through the nose and blow gently and softly at the feather.

met our breathing buddies - our buddies will support us in the upcoming weeks to relax and breathe while remaining quietly in a seated position or lying down position (do-nothing pose).

and acknowledged our gratitude for our first yoga class - “I shine my light in you as you shine your light in me. Together we are individual beings as we light up the world. Namaste!" - thank you!

The Week of the Young Child (WOYC), April 5th to the 11th, is an annual event, sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). It’s a time to celebrate and honor our young learners and be grateful for our early childhood educators and all members who contribute to the well-being of our young children.

The thth Kids’ Yoga Day is happening today.  Children around the world will participate in a simple 5 minute yoga routine at the same time. 

“Let’s make this world a better place - one pose at a time.” - Teresa Anne Power, the founder of Kids’ Yoga Day.

It’s okay to be different - JUST BE YOU!

Today we . . . 

practiced and learned the “Just Be You” yoga rules - listen and watch, practice, breathe, be playful and “just be you” while remaining on our mats.

engaged in a breathing exercise while observing a Breathing Belly Ball (Hoberman’s Sphere) - breathe in the belly rises (Hoberman’s sphere becomes big.) - breathe out the belly falls (Hoberman’s sphere becomes small.).

engaged in a Rainbow breath and some mindful movements to wake up our mind and body.

discussed the true meaning of yoga - yoga is everything we do and say - yoga is life - it’s everything we do and say right here right now. It helps us to express all of our feelings - it’s okay to feel all the feelings in one moment - happy, sad, frustrated, angry, excited, surprised . . .

introduced all the creatures in our book for today which correlated with a specific color - demonstrating an emotion as we connected it to a yoga shape.

listened to a book called “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss to develop an understanding of different types of emotions.

played a guessing game - what’s inside the bag? - 3 rules - listen, feel and guess (bumble bee breathing buddy).

practiced a new breathing technique called “Bumblebee breath”.

relaxed with our breathing buddies - our buddies will continue to support us in the upcoming weeks to relax and breathe while remaining quietly in a seated position or lying down position (do-nothing pose).

shared our thoughts of our feelings as we passed the love emoji pillow around - how did you feel about yoga class today.

and acknowledged our gratitude for our third yoga class - “I shine my light in you as you shine your light in me. Together we are emotional beings as we light up the world. Namaste!" - thank you!

Reading to your child everyday not only helps your child build and enhance language skills, it will also strengthen your child’s attention skills.  

Today we . . . 

practiced and learned the “Just Be You” yoga rules - listen and watch, practice, breathe, be playful and “just be you” while remaining on our mats.

engaged in a breathing exercise while observing a Breathing Belly Ball (Hoberman’s Sphere) - breathe in the belly rises (Hoberman’s sphere becomes big.) - breathe out the belly falls (Hoberman’s sphere becomes small.).

engaged in a Rainbow breath and some mindful movements to wake up our mind and body.

discussed the true meaning of yoga - yoga is everything we do and say - yoga is life - we will continue to practice different yoga poses, engage in breathing exercises, dance, play games, sing, chant, read books, show our creativity and most of all express our “love” for the community.

re-introduced Gerald the elephant and Piggie, the main characters in our story; introduced other characters in the story and practiced five yoga poses - standing forward bend (elephant pose), happy baby (pig pose), cat pose, bear pose and squat pose (chipmunk pose).

listened to a book called “Happy Pig Day” by Mo Willems to develop an understanding of loving one another.

chanted “love begins with me” while tapping on our legs.

played a guessing game - what’s inside the bag? - 3 rules - listen, feel and guess (love emoji pillow).

shared our thoughts about love as we passed the love emoji pillow around - who do you love or what do you love.

relaxed with our breathing buddies - our buddies will continue to support us in the upcoming weeks to relax and breathe while remaining quietly in a seated position or lying down position (do-nothing pose).

and acknowledged our gratitude for our second yoga class - “I shine my light in you as you shine your light in me. Together we are loving beings as we light up the world. Namaste!" - thank you!

Year of the Fire Horse

George Washington’s birthday

Today we . . . 

practiced and learned the “Just Be You” yoga rules - listen and watch, practice, breathe, be playful and “just be you” while remaining on our mats.

engaged in a breathing exercise while observing a Breathing Belly Ball (Hoberman’s Sphere) - breathe in the belly rises (Hoberman’s sphere becomes big.) - breathe out the belly falls (Hoberman’s sphere becomes small.).

engaged in a Rainbow breath to wake up our mind and body.

discussed the true meaning of yoga - yoga is everything we do and say - yoga is life - we will practice different yoga poses, engage in breathing exercises, dance, play games, sing, chant, read books, show our creativity and most of all express our joy for being part of this community.

introduced Gerald the elephant and Piggie, the main characters in our story; practiced two yoga poses - standing forward bend (elephant pose) and happy baby (pig pose)..

listened to a book called “We are in a Book” by Mo Willems to develop an understanding of being joyful in a book.

discussed what it meant to be joyful or bring joy to someone.

engaged in a breathing technique called “the breath of joy” - (standing up), reach arms over head to the sky and inhale; exhale and give yourself a hug (children’s variation).

played a guessing game - what’s inside the bag? - 3 rules - listen, feel and guess (breathing buddies).

met our breathing buddies - our buddies will support us in the upcoming weeks to relax and breathe while remaining quietly in a seated position or lying down position (do-nothing pose).

and acknowledged our gratitude for our first yoga class - “I shine my light in you as you shine your light in me. Together we are joyful beings as we light up the world. Namaste!" - thank you!

Copy and paste the url address to access my Bitmoji classroom - “just be you yoga” - Ms. Fran’s classroom.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17dvVYZlAmOz6Kyfyreanfj-lnQ2SRU-C/view?usp=sharing

Winter Yoga Session - 6 classes

Begins on Tuesday, February 10th and ends on Tuesday, March 17th

Two sessions - 4:00 - 4:30 and 4:30 to 5:00 p.m.