Self-care skills

Yoga poses and activities give children an increased awareness of their own bodies and how they move which can help develop self-care skills.  Here are some specific examples:

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• Animal yoga poses such as crocodile increase a child’s awareness of the mid-line of their body. This awareness improves skills such as zipping up jackets and doing up buttons; enabling children to get dressed more easily.

• Other poses such as snake pose activate neck, shoulder and hand muscles. This builds strength, supporting fine motor skills such as tying shoelaces.

• Activities such as wriggling fingers in mouse pose strengthen fingers and wrists which helps with fine motor control.