Parent Resources
Professionals working with EC Students | |
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Six Stages of Toilet Training | |
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Toilet Training Tool Kit | |
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Yoga purpose and benefits-
- We want the students to get stronger, especially through their core (not just their tummies, but also their backs, the core goes all the way around). This makes everything easier from sitting upright to paying attention. Parents can promote these goals at home by encouraging their kids do as much healthy functional movement as possible - carrying, pushing, pulling and engaging in big body play. Kids need as many opportunities as possible to strengthen their core and their feet so that they can use their bodies efficiently and build stamina. Unless someone needs to pick up a child to keep them from harm they should be getting everywhere on their own two feet.
- We are fostering independence and capability by giving students time and space to figure things out for themselves. I can put anyone’s body into a posture, but given a little time they can usually find it themselves, along with a great feeling of success. If there are motor planning challenges then I will help, but it is so beneficial to give kids the opportunity to do things on their own. If they aren’t asking for help then I will hold back. When I do help I always say “touching,” as we want to teach the kids that they are the bosses of their own bodies. It might take more time up front, but letting them do the work to figure it out on their own has the maximum long-term benefit.
- We model healthy breathing, slow and even, in and out through the nose. Yoga is self-regulation, and the breath is like a remote control for the brain. Developing breath awareness and belly breathing has countless health benefits, including stronger immunity, increased oxygen to muscles, and improved lung capacity which is critical for speech development.
- We want the students to get stronger, especially through their core (not just their tummies, but also their backs, the core goes all the way around). This makes everything easier from sitting upright to paying attention. Parents can promote these goals at home by encouraging their kids do as much healthy functional movement as possible - carrying, pushing, pulling and engaging in big body play. Kids need as many opportunities as possible to strengthen their core and their feet so that they can use their bodies efficiently and build stamina. Unless someone needs to pick up a child to keep them from harm they should be getting everywhere on their own two feet.
- We are fostering independence and capability by giving students time and space to figure things out for themselves. I can put anyone’s body into a posture, but given a little time they can usually find it themselves, along with a great feeling of success. If there are motor planning challenges then I will help, but it is so beneficial to give kids the opportunity to do things on their own. If they aren’t asking for help then I will hold back. When I do help I always say “touching,” as we want to teach the kids that they are the bosses of their own bodies. It might take more time up front, but letting them do the work to figure it out on their own has the maximum long-term benefit.
- We model healthy breathing, slow and even, in and out through the nose. Yoga is self-regulation, and the breath is like a remote control for the brain. Developing breath awareness and belly breathing has countless health benefits, including stronger immunity, increased oxygen to muscles, and improved lung capacity which is critical for speech development.