by Neetu | Jun 21, 2021 | Manthan
Activity Description
Pillow Throwing
Encourage your child to throw the pillows into the large bucket from a variety of distances. You could use tape on the floor to mark where your child can throw from. Or try timing them to see how many pillows they can get into the bucket in a certain time period.
Directional Pillow Jumping
Place one pillow in front, one pillow behind, one pillow to the left, and one pillow to the right of your child.
Pillow Kicking
Have your child lay flat on their back with their feet up in the air. Place a pillow on their feet and have them try to kick the pillow into the bucket. The bucket will have to be less than a foot away from their legs initially, but as they get better at the activity, try pulling the bucket further and further away to see if they can still get the pillow into the bucket
Required Materials
4 Boundary cone, a Variety of pillows, A large laundry basket, or a large plastic storage container would be a good substitute
by Neetu | Jun 21, 2021 | Manthan
Activity Description
Pillow Jumping
Scatter pillows across the floor and let the kids jump from pillow to pillow. Encourage them to try running from pillow to pillow, jumping with two feet, or jumping with one foot, etc. You could also call out specific colors of pillows for them to jump to.
Pillow”Balance Beam”
Place some pillows of different sizes and textures into a straight line. Have your child walk across the pillow “balance beam” barefoot to work on vestibular and tactile sensory input. (not pictured)
Pillow Throwing
Encourage your child to throw the pillows into the large bucket from a variety of distances. You could use tape on the floor to mark where your child can throw from. Or try timing them to see how many pillows they can get into the bucket in a certain time period.
Required Material
4 Boundary Cone, Variety of pillows, Bucket
by Neetu | Jun 21, 2021 | Manthan
Place feet wide on the mat
Lower hips into a squat position
Hands come to heart center
Make ‘ribbit’ sounds
Option to hop!
Frog Pose is another asana that can be used for interactive play. Invite kids in Frog to pose to hop around and engage with one another for up to a minute. Then hop back to their mats and take Childs pose: wide knees lower on to the mat, hips back towards heels, forehead to the mat. These types of yoga pose for kids are a good practice in learning to extend energy through engagement outwards, followed immediately by pulling energy back in.
by Neetu | Jun 21, 2021 | Manthan
Begin on your hands and knees. Center your breath, and begin to let your thoughts slow down. Turn your awareness inward.
Spread your knees wide apart while keeping your big toes touching. Rest your buttocks on your heels.
Those with very tight hips can keep their knees and thighs together.
Sit up straight and lengthen your spine up through the crown of your head.
On an exhalation, bow forward, draping your torso between your thighs. Your heart and chest should rest between or on top of your thighs. Allow your forehead to come to the floor.
Keep your arms long and extended, palms facing down. Press back slightly with your hands to keep your buttocks in contact with your heels. Lengthen from your hips to your armpits, and then extend even further through your fingertips.
For deeper relaxation, bring your arms back to rest alongside your thighs with your palms facing up. Completely relax your elbows.
Let your upper back broaden. Soften and relax your lower back. Allow all tension in your shoulders, arms, and neck to drain away.
Keep your gaze drawn inward with your eyes closed.
Hold for up to a minute or longer, breathing softly.
To release the pose, gently use your hands to walk your torso upright to sit back on your heels.
by Neetu | Jun 21, 2021 | Manthan
Sit on the floor on a yoga mat or a well-carpeted area
Straighten your spine with legs straightened out
Bend both knees to form a winged butterfly pose
Bring your feet towards your pelvis as close as you can and join them, holding with your hands
Flap your angled legs like a butterfly, slowly
Stay in the pose for about 30 seconds in between.
by Neetu | Jun 21, 2021 | Manthan
Lay either belly down or on back on the mat
If using progression from Caterpillar to Butterfly; easier to be belly down
Be still; unmoving
Deep breaths
Breathwork: begin to breathe in at toes, up through legs, belly, chest, arms, throat, face, and up through the top of the head. Breathe out starting at top of the head, all the way back down, completing breath out from the toes
