DMA will be reopening to all students on Monday, May 4th. As the state slowly reopens, we know many of you will have to return to work. Although these are not typical times, we are here to support you as we all find our new "normal".
Obstacle courses help promote the development of fine and gross motor skills.
*sequencing and memory
*Sensory input
*Strengthening and balance
*Motor skills
*Bilateral coordination
Overall Benefits:
• Developing muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance.
• Building and encouraging their self-esteem and confidence.
• Increasing stability, building strong muscles, heart and bones.
• Development of their locomotor skills such as walking, running, hopping and climbing.
• Enhancing their thinking and problem solving skills.
Meddy teaching a few poses
Mindfulness activity... collect pom poms with your toes and count how many you collected. Working on balance, focus and patience.
Welcome to DMA Meddy Teddy 🧸 🙏
Share your calm week
Anna Lerner sent me a video of Jessie practicing her yoga at home. Please send videos of your kiddos teaching you how to calm your body while sharing different poses together. I challenge you to share your calm 🙌🙏❤
Updated Spirit Week Schedule
So much fun with our new balance board
Mindfulness obstacle yoga
Working on balance
Ms. Karen's kinders self portraits
Ms. Katy with the our lil morning helpers. Cleaning up and prepping our garden for next week. Happy Friday :)
Yoga obstacle course with our Kinder crew
Let's get physical 💪
#meddyteddy
Smell the flower...blow the bubbles
Duke is sharing a story with his classmates. Happy Halloween DMA 2s room
We got worms!
Why do we have worms and what is vermicomposting?
Worm castings, worm poop, black gold or whatever you want to call it, all consists of the same thing: highly concentrated, nutrient-packed fertilizer that you can use in the garden. Worm composting teaches them core values such as responsibilities and respect for life. Giving simple responsibilities to the kids such as checking on the compost system once a day and refilling it with fresh biodegradable materials. They will use their leftovers after lunch to help feed our worms.
Benefits of Vermicomposting for the garden:
Improves the physical structure of the soil
Enriches soil with micro-organisms
Microbial activity in worm castings is 10 to 20 times higher than in the soil and organic matter that the worm ingests
Improves water holding capacity
Enhances germination, plant growth, and crop yield
Improves root growth and structure
Reduces amount of waste going to landfills
Our "peaceful garden"
So much love!! We started working in our garden last week. So excited with the amount of work that's been done so far.
We love our worms
Ms Karen's kindergarten Thanksgiving Albuquerque Turkey song
Hello sprouts ☺
We made these beautiful talking sticks today. Teaching the kids to practice taking turns when talking and being mindful when others are holding the stick. We talked about sharing the stick with their family during Thanksgiving and talk about something they are grateful for. Hope you all get a chance to pass the stick and share. Happy Thanksgiving 😊
Love Yoga Katy
Yesterday's peaceful garden with our kinders
Sprouts are looking good :) we are ready to transfer into our peaceful garden
Planting our sprouts in the peaceful garden and feeding our worms crushed egg shells. 🤗
Pajama party with these wild animals. We had so much fun today 😁
Garden lesson: seed to table (how to make a salad)
Whats growing in our garden? What recipes can we make with these ingredients?
During our music class, we made instruments. Our very own egg shakers 🎶
Holiday 2020
Mrs. Allison and Ms. Andrea's class holiday art
Our Holiday party was a success!! So much fun celebrating with friends. We are so fortunate to pull this off and keep spirits high. Cheers and Have a safe and Happy holiday DMA friends and family.
Partner yoga poses 🙏🙌❤
Hula hooping with Amit in the toddlers class. Never too young to start. ✌😁
JumpBunch of Phoenix - East Valley with Coach Scott playing hockey 🏒
Manipulating pipe cleaners into yoga poses
Playing to the beat! Our drum circle 🎵
Yoga poses with pipe cleaners
Potato sack races oh my!
Responsible yogi 🙏❤
A big shout out to our neighborhood Home Depot for giving us this fence to help protect our garden. So thankful 🤗
Working on inversions with my kinders
Feeding our worms 😍
Toddlers love our Hula hoops
Germinating Seeds in a Bag: Science Experiment
Seeds don’t need soil to start germinating, so you can place them in a sunny window and they will start sprouting right away.
Separating the worms to use the soil as fertilizer for our garden.
These kinders are really advancing into serious Yogis
Yoga makes me happy
Creating human mandalas and creating our own with loose parts ✨ 😍
Developing Minds Academy is looking for some afternoon helpers M-F from 1- 6:00 p.m.. You must be 16 years of age and love working with small children. This is a great after school job and weekends off! Please call 480-443-0513 for more info.
Kinders practicing wheel pose
We made healthy snacks during gardening. Learned about veggies that you can grow. We made ants on a log using (celery, sun butter and raisins) We learned about the life cycle of a cucumber, celery, broccoli, and carrot. Delicious 😋
Kinders practicing wheel pose
🧘♀️yoga with my rock star toddlers
So excited to use our new scooter the "flying turtle"
Our new friend loves Meddy Teddy 🧸
We made healthy snacks during gardening. Learned about veggies that you can grow. We made ants on a log using (celery, sun butter and raisins) We learned about the life cycle of a cucumber, celery, broccoli, and carrot. Delicious 😋
Kinders practicing wheel pose
🧘♀️yoga with my rock star toddlers
Spring break fun with these kiddos!
Our garden classroom 😀
Each kiddo has their own planting pocket. We are currently growing an herb garden and learning about different recipes we can create.
Loose parts are important for learning & play!
"We are there to set up the environment, provide materials, spark their interests and ultimately facilitate their learning. ... Loose parts enable kids to direct their own play."
Our new friend loves Meddy Teddy 🧸
Spring break fun with these kiddos!
Our garden classroom 😀
Each kiddo has their own planting pocket. We are currently growing an herb garden and learning about different recipes we can create.
Loose parts are important for learning & play!
"We are there to set up the environment, provide materials, spark their interests and ultimately facilitate their learning. ... Loose parts enable kids to direct their own play."
Our new friend loves Meddy Teddy 🧸
