<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>6 class: weather &amp; season</b></span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rub your hand</b></span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Name Games: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">try to say everyone name around the circle, can you?</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Poses with themes</b></span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Spring: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the days grow longer, and the weather is sunnier and warmer, we begin to feel more expansive and energetic after the long, dark, cold winter. We feel a calling to spend more time outdoors and be more active throughout the day, and allow our hunched-up hibernation limbs to stretch out</span></span></span>
<ul>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tree</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bird – Warrior 3 Pose</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(flapping your wings like a bird.)</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Garden Gate – Gate pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Plow</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Planting Seeds - Standing Forward Fold</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Planting a Garden – Squat Pose</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Pretend to plant seeds in the garden.)</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Watering Can - Triangle Pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Baby Bean Sprout - Boat Pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Caterpillar – Locust Pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bee – Hero Pose</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Practice a humming breath.)</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Summer</b></span></span></span>
<ul>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Butterfly</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Picking apples off tree</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Flower</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wheelbarrow</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Autumn/Fall: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing colours, and we all get ready for colder weather. Days are getting shorter. </span></span></span>
<ul>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Crescent moon pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tree leaves change </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Birds fly south for warmer weather – Warrior 3 Pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Farmers harvest their crops before the frost – Chair Pose</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(driving a tractor)</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">  </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bears prepare to sleep in their dens – Bear Walk in Downward-Facing Dog</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whales migrate south to warmer water currents </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Foxes grow thicker fur – Kneeling</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(look up at the moon like a fox.)</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hedgehogs get ready to hibernate  – Child’s Pose</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Monarch butterflies fly south to their winter homes </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Squirrels hide nuts and other food to eat during the winter. Creative Movement of eating pretend nuts with both hands, using the breath and sense of smell to sniff the air and locate the buried imaginary food. </span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Winter: </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The season winter is too cold for some animals, so they go to sleep (hibernate), move to other places (migrate), or change in some way to stay warm.</span></span></span>
<ul>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Reach-stretch to put on warm clothing (long johns, snow pants, boots, puffy jacket, mittens &amp; earmuffs) </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penguin (mountain + waddle)</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tree with snow on “branches”, blowing snow (cotton balls) </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Standing forward fold to dig in snow</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rock-and-roll snowballs</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hot cocoa by the fire (palming): Vigorously rub the hands to together to create heat between the palms. Separate the hands slightly and feel the warmth between the palms. </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Snowflakes (standing star with wiggling fingers). </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Big Snow Flake – have the kids come in a circle and point their feet to the middle of the circle. Then all hold hands and unfold into a big snow flake. Lift your legs, move around, and make all kinds of shapes of snow flakes! </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Snow Angels</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Skunks do not hibernate, or sleep, for the entire winter, but they slow down and sleep on the coldest days. Move really slowly in to Tiger Balance. </span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is your favourite weather? Sunny days, gentle rains, thunder storms at the end of a hot day? Maybe all of these have something special. Talk about what can be special with a few examples of weather (sun energy, rain quiet/cleansing, thunder frightening/impressive, lightning beautiful…).</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Make the sound of an approaching rainstorm, let it hit, and eventually let it pass by.</span></span></span>
<ul>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wind – standing hip circles with strong breath. </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let the wind push through the windmill (Fly like a Butterfly). Did you know that there are windmills now that create electricity so you can warm up your house and turn on the light?</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thunder and lightning: Standing with arms up then bend forward with strong breath and thunder sounds (What comes first, the thunder or the lightning?).</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hard Rain – Chair pose with clapping of thighs. </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Soft rain – Chair pose with clapping of fingers. </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even softer rain (mist), just rub hands together. </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Next, begin to move around the room! Escape from the rainstorm to get some heat into the body, lift knees high to cut through imaginary tall grass, jump over puddles (yoga mats), and pause under a tree pose for some dry cover.</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let the sun come out: Taking breath in, lift arms up, breathe out, lower arms and surround yourselves with beautiful sun. </span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What comes when there is both rain and sun? The beautiful Rainbow (Luby).</span></span></span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Moving rainbow: have the children stand two by two in a half circle. Let them join hands face to face to create a bridge/rainbow. All the rainbows should stand close together to create a long tunnel, the rainbow tunnel. Then, from the end of the tunnel, one kid after the other, have the kids come under the rainbow (through the tunnel) and form a rainbow again at the front</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Little Cloud by Eric Carle (Petit Nuage in French) – Lots of cloud shapes</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert (Have the kids be seeds and become flowers)</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great book to look at pictures of weather phenomena: Weather, a Visual Guide by Bruce Buckley et al.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Human mandala</b></span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Reach up with one hand, catch the sun, bring hand to the heart exhale HA!</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Side stretch Twist </span></span></span>

<a name="_GoBack"></a> <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Place hand on neighbour’s shoulder: shoulder roll, massage shoulder, shampoo</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">open chest, fold forward</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Extend leg forward, forward bend, drive car, scoop forward (moving)</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wave feet</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Crab pose- downward facing dog- forward bend- roll up- open chest  </span></span></span>