Some highlights of the past two days of school:
1. My wildly successful journey to the desert island with the First Graders-- a true workout for the imagination and for my story-telling skills!
2. Seeing my Eighth Graders hobbling around the campus the day after we did a circuit that included body weight squats.
3. The Fifth Graders' incredibly enthusiastic romping in the Bear Crawl.
4. Getting the biggest hug imaginable from my Fourth Grade "tough guy" after playing a fast-paced, high energy game he so enjoyed, in spite of his attempts to dislike it...;)
Today is a big one, more for me than for the kids in the sense that I have a lot on my plate in starting my yoga instructor training this evening. I'm hoping to be able to keep the energy and "awakeness" running throughout! I have Sixth, Seventh and Second Grades today...Six and Seven will do a CrossFit kids workout and then play German Dodgeball (woohoo!) and Second will play some tagging games and then Blind Man's Bluff-- a variation I put together from doing some research, where the kids for a circle and the "blind man" is in the center...EXCEPT he or she is actually a farmer coming into the barn at night so check on his animals, but he cannot see in the dark...the other students are the animals and they circle the blind farmer saying a silly verse until the end, then the farmer gets to point to one kid/animal and tell him/her to make the noise of that particular animal ("Bark like a dog...") in order to identify him/her. We'll see how it goes. I'm nervous for yoga training but also stoked. I think it will compliment and deepen my work at school but also in my own life and practice. Will check back in tomorrow to update you all on the day!
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