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little lights yoga - Supporting OSHC Curriculum Requirements
OSHC & Vacation Care Programs
All our yoga classes help educators to meet the learning outcomes for My Time, Our Place (MTOP), while also helping to meet National Quality Standard (NQS) requirements.
The following examples outline how little lights yoga classes help educators meet MTOP learning outcomes for children:
Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity
- boosting confidence
- children are supported within a safe non-competitive environment to try new things and celebrate who they are
Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
- promoting acceptance and respect for self, others and the natural world around them
- enhancing social wellbeing and enriching children’s sense of belonging within the group
- develop a wider awareness and connection to their world
Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
- calming busy minds, relaxing active bodies to enhance emotional wellbeing
- building strong, healthy flexible bodies to enhance physical wellbeing
Outcome 4: Children are confident involved learners
- increasing focus and concentration
- building cooperation and persistence
- cultivating creativity and imagination
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators
- nurturing self-expression
- encouraging verbal and non-verbal communication with others
- promoting the sharing of ideas
The following examples outline how little lights yoga can help educators meet NQS requirements:
Quality Area 2: Children's health and safety
- Children participate in physical exercise, with concepts of healthy lifestyle and food choices being gently weaved into yoga classes.
Quality Area 5: Relationships with children
- The yoga teacher engages children so their voice is heard, ensuring their suggestions are included in the yoga classes. Each child is welcomed to participate at their level and their efforts acknowledged, as they interpret the yoga poses either individually in pairs or as a group.
Quality Area 6: Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
- Through building a relationship with little lights yoga, the service is enhancing children's learning and wellbeing.
little lights yoga - Supporting Primary School Health & Fitness Programs
Fun, motivating, educational, engaging yoga programs for primary schools!
little lights yoga brings many benefits to the individual children who participate and compliment your schools health and fitness programs, by helping children develop self-confidence, discipline and focus, while improving self-esteem and overall physical wellbeing. little lights yoga programs are designed to make a difference in the lives of children by helping them develop skills to last a life time. Naturally, as children build their physical, mental and emotional strength, the impact can be seen in other areas of their life too. For example:
In the classroom: focus, concentration and increased attention spans, helps children complete school work, helps with ADD, calming busy minds and relaxing active bodies.
In the school yard: increased levels of self-esteem and self-confidence helps children deal with conflicts within friendship groups and to manage the effects of school yard bullying.
On the playing field, court or stage: increased strength, flexibility, co-ordination and balance, helps to minimise injury while playing sport or fun leisure activities.
Out in the world: develops increased levels of respect and kindness for self, others and the environment, promotes healthy living
Yoga programs are developed in 8 week blocks, beginning in week 2 of each term and finishing in week 9 of each term. An overall intention is developed for the 8 week program with each week focusing on a specific aim. Specialised yoga programs can be created on request to meet the specific needs of the students at your school. Please include such details upon initial contact, so I can work with you.
Children leave each yoga class, energised and relaxed having spent time for themselves, working all levels of their being.