POSES: DOLPHIN/CAT/TABLE/BOAT/PLOW/
MOUNTAIN/CHAIR/WARRIOR/BUTTERFLY
BEE/FLYING/TV

Keisha the Dolphin and Olivia CAT were sitting at the park at a TABLE doing their homework.

Keisha the DOLPHIN said she was studying about Black history month. Olivia the CAT was doing her math and asked her to tell her about what she was writing.

She started out by saying that African people came to America on BOATS to become slaves. They were treated very poorly even though they farmed the land and PLOWED the fields to make America beautiful.

Olivia the CAT asked her to share some of the stories of the people she was writing about.

Keisha the DOLPHIN told her about the first woman astronaut named Dr. Jemison. She FLEW into orbit around the world. She told her about Martin Luther King who said we should let freedom ring from one MOUNTAIN TOP to another all over America. She told her about Rosa Parks who refused to sit in a CHAIR in the back of the bus. She told her about a famous boxer who would not become a WARRIOR in the army but was the greatest boxer ever and he said: I float like a BUTTERFLY and sting like a BEE and my name is Muhamed Ali.

And of course our first African American president who used to live in Hawaii but FLEW on an AIRPLANE to come here and lead our great country

Olivia had learned about some of these people on TV…but was very excited to learn more. She offered to teach Keisha about the exciting fractions she was studying but they both agreed it had been a long day so they both decided to lay down and take a nap at the park…Deep Relaxation!

The Christmas Story

Poses: Camel/Cobra/Lion/ChooChoo/Boat/Happy Baby/Table/Chair

(iIn a KAY class CHOO CHOO walking…..on your “tush”…..staff position….move your right leg and your left arm…..then move your left leg and your right arm….and so on and so on….chooo chooo!)

Jane’s favorite time of year is here!!! Each Christmas, her grandmother told Jane a story while she went to her SECRET GARDEN before bed.  It helped Jane to relax and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Jane’s grandmother began, “Once upon a time, a long time ago, a LION and his wife had to take a very long journey.  The passed many CAMELS and COBRAS while walking through the desert.  But, the LION and his wife were not distracted and kept walking. When the LION and his wife made it to their destination, they found there was no room for them at the den.  They walked from den to den and each den leader replied, ‘No room, not even a BOAT!’  Finally the last den leader showed the LION to a hidden patch of grass behind the den.  The LION was not happy but knew his wife needed a place to lie her head.  The HAPPY BABY would arrive soon.”

Jane always felt so sad at this point in the story.  The LION’S wife was pregnant and couldn’t travel much farther as she was so very tired.  Jane thought about her mom and how her growing belly meant they’d hear a HAPPY BABY laugh very soon.  Every time Jane’s mom asked her to do more chores, it was like the LION’S wife looking for a place to rest.  From then on, Jane remembered to wipe the TABLE clean and push in her CHAIR.  She even put away her CHOO CHOO train before dad stepped on it.

The Bullying Story

Poses:   Bow/Arrow/Lion/Star/Warrior/Tree/Lotus/Boat/Child

David sat under a TREE by the lake at school after his detention. He had to stay late because was being punished for being such a bully. For years he had thought he was cool for being fierce like a LION. He roared at all the little kids on the playground. Sometimes he even pretended he was a WARRIOR in the hallways. He would walk around holding his toy BOW and ARROW. His friends all thought he was really funny, until one day when they saw Sarah, a young CHILD from the first grade draw a picture in her journal. She was sitting under a STAR and making a wish that David would stop bullying her. In her picture she had tears in her eyes. They all felt so badly for Sarah that they came to talk to David and sat under the TREE with him. David agreed that he wanted to learn how to become a kinder person. He saw Sarah playing with her little BOAT in the lake and he went over to her and apologized. She said it was ok as long as he didn’t do it to anybody ever again. There were LOTUS FLOWERS on the lake and they both sat and meditated for a few minutes together. David felt calm and peaceful and thanked Sarah for forgiving him and teaching him how to MEDITATE.