April showers can mean a lot of time spent indoors. Break up the rainy day blues by including more body movements. By increasing motor movements in the classroom, children will gain a large amount of benefits. These benefits can include better concentration in the classroom, and improved mental and physical health. An important, particular set of body movements that is popular with young children in that of yoga. Yoga focuses on breathing while also building up flexibility and muscles in the back and spine. Being mindful of each breath is an important part of practicing yoga. The breathing exercises done in a yoga session can carry on to even improve children’s focus in the rest of their school day. These […]
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