Happy Hares Yoga

“Every Wednesday Afternoon, we are very excited to have a yoga teacher called Amy come into the setting.”

Since September we have welcomed lots of new children into the activity sessions and covered some exciting topics. It has been lovely to see lots of new faces and to see how many of the older children have progressed with their skills and now enjoy showcasing these to the newer ones.

We have covered themes such as Going into Space, On the farm and In the Sea. Each session we have practised our gymnastic and yoga shapes, as well as starting with a mobilisation warm up which many of the children have become familiar with and can recall themselves when asked to demonstrate. It is amazing to see how well they are able to remember key stretches and movements.

Apparatus and equipment that we have used include the well loved hoops for spinning, hula hooping, rolling and jumping through. We have used balls for individual and partner work, rolling to and from, and throwing and catching skills.

We have also incorporated some well loved books into our adventure sessions with last weeks book being ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. This was so much fun and all the children enjoyed the imaginative adventure and worked hard on the movements and shapes that we practised.

It is lovely to see the children progressing so well in their knowledge and fundamental movement skills. Agility, balance and coordination are at the heart of all our activities and help the children to develop essential skills at an early stage in their childhood. And of course we have lots of fun at the same time!!

I look forward to our activity sessions over the next half term which will focus on themes such as Winter and weather!

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