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Teach Yoga to under served populations of preschool childrenTracy Zeender

COMPETED FOR

$25K
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Competed in
March, 2010

Goals

  • To provide a structured body awarness program that supports academia.
  • Give children a life skill that they may not otherwise have access to.
  • Model for children a career path they may not know exists.
  • To teach children another way to be social in the world.

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Overview

Partner with area preschools from September2010 through May 2011, meeting once a week to read a story, have a fiftteen minute yoga sequence and do a fifteen minute follow up activity. The children will be better prepared for their continued development both socially and academically. The children will gain better body awarness, fine motor skills and increased vocabulary as well as social skills. 

Deliverables:
2 to 3 Preschools with a population of 20-50 choosen
One Night Yoga Exhabition for friends and family
Each classroom will complete a project on one of the fundimental concepts of yoga like "ahimsa"

How will the 25K be Used?

$ 650 yoga mats 20
$ 300 toys for breath work beanie babbies, rubber duckies, tuel
$ 2,400 construction paper, glue , paint etc.
$ 800 lesson planning books, music for 3, 4 and 5 year olds
$ 800 Travel expenses (to and from schools)
$ 20,050 operating salary (aprox. $650 weekly)
Do Good for the Gulf.

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