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PAWsitive YOGA for Kids! Weekly Wellness and Mindfulness from the Morgan County Partnership, Week 9
Week 9 (original broadcast for Aug 5): School Therapist, Mrs. Lacee Kidwell, and her PAWsome YOGA assistant, tiny Alanah, lead this beginners YOGA class with basic poses, stretches, and moves to promote health, wellness, and mindfulness skills. New Game this week: "Make a Pizza" Super easy poses include Mountain, Blown Palm (NEW!), Ragdoll, Folding Star, Warrior II, Mountains, Dancers, Bridge, Upward Dog, Rock, Cat, Cow, Downward dog, Forward Fold. Plus warm up with the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and the "Elephant Breath". Close listening to Mrs. Kidwell's guided relaxation, "Peaceful Butterflly".
Excellent instruction for all ages; watch with your kids, ask friends to join you, or just follow with Mrs. Kidwell. Presented weekly by the Morgan County Partnership's Positive programming, follow here:
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"Sometimes being a girl isn't easy. At some point, someone probably will tell you no, will tell you to be quiet and may even tell you your dreams are impossible. Don't listen to them. These thirteen American women certainly did not take no for an answer. THEY PERSISTED."
(Book 7 of 13). The Morgan County Partnership's Positive Action SEL and Wellness Program presents "She Persisted; 13 American Women Who Changed the World" written by Chelsea Clinton and illustrated by Alexandra Boiger.
From PBS, "This book features 13 women throughout history and today who persevered in the face of adversity. It encourages your child to keep striving for your dreams and to speak up.
“[My granddaughter] likes this book because it taught her to follow her dreams.” -Lorraine, Grandmother of 8-year-oldComing up next: "My Hair is a Garden" words and illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabreera"
"Throughout U.S. history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what's right, even when they have to fight to be heard. In early 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren's refusal to be silenced in the Senate inspired a spontaneous celebration of women who persevered in the face of adversity. This book celebrates thirteen American women who helped shape our country through their tenacity, sometimes through speaking out, sometimes by staying seated, sometimes by captivating an audience. They all certainly persisted. This book features: Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Virginia Apgar, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges,
Margaret Chase Smith, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey and Sonia Sotomayor." (from: https://seattle.adl.org/files/2020/07...)
FOR FAMILIES/CLASSROOM TEACHERS, HERE ARE STUDENT ACTIVITIES/DISCUSSION PROMPTS:
* What is the book's message?
* What does persistence meant to you? Who do you know who is persistent, and how do you know?
* Have. you ever had to be persistent about something? What happend?
* What was one woman who you eschpeially related to and why?
Who is a woman from WV you have heard of that "persisted"? For example, Katherine Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Did you know she was from WV?
Who is a woman in your community who you know that "persisted"? What did they do?
Who is a woman in your school you know that "persisted"? What did they do?
Finally, who is a woman in your home or family that "persisted"? How and why?
Now, go tell them thanks for doing the RIGHT thing, even though it was the HARD thing to do!
Week 8 (original broadcast for July 22): School Therapist, Mrs. Lacee Kidwell, and her PAWsome YOGA assistant, tiny Alana, lead this beginners YOGA class with basic poses, stretches, and moves to promote health, wellness, and mindfulness skills. New Game this week: "Make a Sandwich" Super easy poses include Rock, Downward Dog, Ragdoll, Mountain, Star, Warrior II, Mountain, Tree, Downward Dog, Table, Rock, Shark, and Butterfly. Maybe even a Pretzel Twist too!
Excellent instruction for all ages; watch with your kids, ask friends to join you, or just follow with Mrs. Kidwell. Presented weekly by the Morgan County Partnership's Positive programming, follow here:
Subscribe to youtube.com/user/hottfamily6
Follow Instagram @positiveactions.mcp
positiveactionsmcp.blogspot.com
Free Mobile App from Apple Store and GooglePlay #JoinMCPapp
...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!
Welcome Morgan County FAMILIES to POSITIVE ACTIONS! The Morgan County Partnership is soooo pleased to provide our greater community with continued online Positive Actions programming with our regularly scheduled "Daily PAWsitive Actions Community Vlogcast" for families to share Positive Actions together! Our Social and Emotional Wellness will be supported as we, especially now, continue each day with positive THOUGHTS, ACTIONS, and FEELINGS! SO, LET'S GET STARTED!!!!
More than ever these days, we can change the world with SHARING! How PAWsome that our regularly scheduled Positive Word of the Week 35, for May 4-8, 2020, is SHARING! Sharing with others is a Positive Action! How can we share while staying home and practicing social distancing? Think about it.....there are many ways to SHARE. Try calling a friend from school. Send a text to your teacher. Email family far away. Or, Mail a picture, card, or letter! And, remember this: When you wash your hands often....that's sharing healthy actions too! And, "staying home" is also hard, we know; but, it is a Positive Action that helps everyone! Social Distancing can, and will, stop the virus.
Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima are SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is when we "motor-up" YOUR school week and get ready for more PAWsome days of learning and growing...
"MOTO Monday!"
or, "Motovation Monday" where we will see a vlog to get our week "motored-up" with positive thoughts, actions, and feelings! Today is May 4, 2020!
Get ready to be inspired with a special guest from the Morgan County Partnership, Summer Goller hosting "Summer STEAM"......watch this!
That was PAWsome! Thanks Summer....remember, if YOU get a school lunch for the week, Summer has some supplies for YOU! Email us YOUR Mentos magic to summer@morganpartnership.org!
Social & Emotional Wellness!
Maybe you've been hearing the word "social distancing" lately? That means for our physical health, we need to be staying home for a while. However, if we remember toTHINK positive, we CAN be social remotely with digital media, or #AloneTogether, right? So, keep reading our Daily PAWsitive Actions Community Vlogcast and Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima will be here with you!
In order to help our emotions be healthy and well, we will be talking about a PAWsome word this week!
Our PAWsitive Action "word of the week" is: sharing And in Spanish: compartir Try to say "compartir"! (TRY THIS in Spanish, click here: compartir, then click the speaker! Or, watch here: Say "compartir"!)
For Positive Actions, we are learning about wonderful words that build our Social and Emotional Wellness to help us all get along (at home, school, and in the community), raise our student assets, build confidence, and improve our academics!
For this week's programming schedule, we will learn more about POSITIVE character values that help us all to follow the GOLDEN RULE! On the vlogcast this week, we will see some new friends; MoTo Mon.**Summer STEAM for a pawsome Mento activity; Talkin' Tue.**meet Ms. Thompson from Widmyer; Value Vlog Ved.**Kid President and PAWsome Parents; Raising Assets Thurs. **SHARE vid & MC After 3 Kid Counselors, Thurs @ 1:00, "MOM TIME" w/Ms Nikki, email nccowles1@yahoo for Zoom link to join; Fun Friday**PAWsome PrinciPALS** w/Mr. BECKMAN!
Positive Actions appear in our schools this year and begins today on a journey together to discover that starting with positive thoughts, we can choose positive actions, and help us to gain positive feelings! Take a look at our logo:
Get Ready for a POSITIVE school day...filled with super scholars with PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
On your feet, push in your chair, find a safe space, it's time to sing the Positive Action Theme Song! Go to this link: Positive Action Theme Song/Dance or try this:
Morgan County Scholars who share/compartir can change the world!
STAY CONNECTED! Get our Morgan County Partnership Mobile APP! Go to the Apple Store or GooglePlay
...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!
Welcome Morgan County FAMILIES to POSITIVE ACTIONS! The Morgan County Partnership is soooo pleased to provide our greater community with continued online Positive Actions programming with our regularly scheduled "Daily PAWsitive Actions Community Vlogcast" for families to share Positive Actions together! Our Social and Emotional Wellness will be supported as we, especially now, continue each day with positive THOUGHTS, ACTIONS, and FEELINGS! SO, LET'S GET STARTED!!!!
More than ever these days, we can change the world with EMPATHY! How PAWsome that our regularly scheduled Positive Word of the Week 34, for April 27-May1, 2020, is EMPATHY! By now, maybe you are also overwhelmed with all the scary news out there and it may seem hard to find Some Good News and really feel empathy as we are all staying at home. This week, let's try to understand that there are many in our community on the front lines from hospitals to grocery stores, and if we put ourself in their shoes during the pandemic, imagine how scared they are just doing their jobs every day. Showing empathy for others is a Positive Action! So remember this: When you wash your hands often....that's empathy too! And, "staying home" is also hard, we know; but, it is a Positive Action that helps us show empathy for others so we all can be healthy! Social Distancing can, and will, stop the virus.
Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima are SUPER excited to share Positive Actions with Morgan County students because today, and each Monday, is when we "motor-up" YOUR school week and get ready for more PAWsome days of learning and growing...
"MOTO Monday!"
or, "Motovation Monday" where we will see a vlog to get our week "motored-up" with positive thoughts, actions, and feelings! Today is April 27, 2020!
Get ready to be inspired with a special guest from the Morgan County Partnership, Summer Goller hosting "Summer STEAM......watch this!
That was PAWsome! Thanks Summer....remember, if YOU get a school lunch for the week, Summer has some supplies for YOU!
Social & Emotional Wellness!
Maybe you've been hearing the word "social distancing" lately? That means for our physical health, we need to be staying home for a while. However, if we remember toTHINK positive, we CAN be social remotely with digital media, or #AloneTogether, right? So, keep reading our Daily PAWsitive Actions Community Vlogcast and Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima will be here with you!
For mom & dad: "Social-Emotional Wellness. Emotional wellness, social skills, and life skills are important tools for children to develop. They affect how children view themselves, interact with others, evaluate challenges, and explore choices. This includes handling stress, negative feelings, and difficult situations positively."
In order to help our emotions be healthy and well, we will be talking about a PAWsome word this week, empathy!
Our PAWsitive Action "word of the week" is: empathy And in Spanish: empatia Try to say "empatia"! (TRY THIS in Spanish, click here: empatia, then click the speaker! Watch here: Say Empatia!)
For Positive Actions, we are learning about wonderful words that build our Social and Emotional Wellness to help us all get along (at home, school, and in the community), raise our student assets, build confidence, and improve our academics!
For week's programming schedule, we will learn more about POSITIVE character values that help us all to follow the GOLDEN RULE! On the vlogcast this week, we will see some new friends; MoTo Mon.**Summer STEAM for a pawsome chalk activity; Talkin' Tue.**Brain Talk with Becca and Mandi; Value Vlog Ved.**PAWsome Parents with Ms. Nikki, our Assets Thurs. **MC After 3 Kid Counselors STOP, Fun Friday**PAWsome PrinciPALS** w/Mr. CABLE! Plus tomorrow is **National Pay It Forward Day! When we wash our hands, we "pay it forward" to help others stay healthy!
**NEW THIS WEEK**
Do you know a caregiver who may be struggling? Please share....NEW! Starting April 30th, Thursdays at 1:00, Ms Nikki will host a Parent Playdate Zoom Room for caregivers to gather and well, just chat and relax. We're all in this #AloneTogether! Email nccowles1@yahoo.com for Zoom link:
Positive Actions appear in our schools this year and begins today on a journey together to discover that starting with positive thoughts, we can choose positive actions, and help us to gain positive feelings! Take a look at our logo:
Get Ready for a POSITIVE school day...filled with super scholars with PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
On your feet, push in your chair, find a safe space, it's time to sing the Positive Action Theme Song! Go to this link: Positive Action Theme Song/Dance or try this:
Morgan County Scholars who have empathy/empatia can change the world!
STAY CONNECTED! Get our Morgan County Partnership APP! Apple Store: Apple App LINK to LOAD If you have an android, try our new Morgan County Partnership APP for great programs to help us stay POSITIVE! Here's the link: Morgan County Partnership
on student assets...where ALL students are UNIQUE and Wonderfully Made!
Welcome Morgan County FAMILIES to POSITIVE ACTIONS!
It's our SPRING BREAK!So, let's get together! "How?" you may ask? Well, for... SPIRIT WEEK STORY TIME
This week, Mrs. Hott and Mrs. Sheima have a PAWsome treat just for you! We have a special feature to get us all together virtually and celebrate Spring Break! Each day has a fun theme to dress up then, with Golden Rule books read by our Positive Action Super Scholars! And, Mrs. Sheima and I want to hear from YOU! Send us a selfie each day in your crazy clothes with your positive word! Post online or Email Mrs. Hott to angie@morganpartnership.org
Today is April 9, 2020, JERSEY DAY! Or SHOW SHIRT!
To honor of our favorite sports teams, show, movie, concert,...that aren’t able to play right now!
NOW GO GET DRESSED!!!!!
Are you dressed? Get ready to be inspired with a sweet fella from Warm Springs Intermediate School, Braylon Miller, reading"The World Collector"......watch this! Go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2APufRoFpA or watch below:
That.was.PAWsome!
LOOK! I made a jar! Did You? Join me and Itaca on the vlog for our SPRING BREAK Positive Action Activity: Making a Positive Word Jar! What word did you add today? I added this: beautiful
A cup, jar, anything will do! Grab your own special place to collect more Positive Words this week from each Story Time. Show us your Positive Jar!
To honor JERSEY DAY! Or SHOW SHIRT!,I'm wearing this all day! HAHAHAHAHA!:
What are YOU wearing?
Show us your favorite team, or maybe you have a movie shirt? I picked a Harry Potter shirt because the story started in a book, went to movies, and a Broadway show too! Share with us online or email angie@morganpartnership.org.
Our PAWsitive Action word(s) this week is: Spring Break!
And, in Spanish: Vacacione de Primavera!
Try to say "Vacacione de Primavera"! (To hear in Spanish, try this: Spring Break FOR THE PRONOUNCIATION, then click the speaker!) WAIT!!!!... THERE'S MORE!!!!! What's a SPRING BREAK without a certain bunny we all know? Positive Action's has a special guest today with some super sweet stories just for Easter! Watch Mrs. Ambrose read "The Perfect Nest"....she.is.PAWsome!
Morgan County Scholars that show THE GOLDEN RULE can change the world! EGG HUNT TOMORROW!!! Join us online with Widmyer Elementary staff...
STAY CONNECTED! If you have an android, try our new Morgan County Partnership APP for great programs to help us stay POSITIVE! Here's the link: Morgan County Partnership
MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS STYLE!
SPIRIT WEEK & STORY TIME
Mon 4/6 - SUPER HERO DAY! (In honor of the hospital workers, First Responders, Grocery employees, Gas stations, Truckers, and all other essential personnel!)
STORY TIME:“Do Unto Otters” by Laurie Keller w/Taylor and Cambria
Tue 4/7 - CRAZY HAIR/SCHOOL COLORS DAY! (In honor of our hair stylists and the schools we miss!)
STORY TIME:“Have You Filled a Bucket Today?” by Carol McCloud
Wed 4/8 - DRESS LIKE A SENIOR CITIZEN DAY! (In honor of the generation that is most at risk! Then call your grandparents!)
STORY TIME:“We Don’t Eat Our Classmate”
Thur 4/9 - JERSEY DAY! Or SHOW SHIRT! (In honor of our favorite sports teams, show, movie, concert,...that aren’t able to play right now!)
SPIRIT WEEK! Let's show our school spirit! Each day will feature a fun-filled theme to wear then share your selfie on social media and connect with your friends! Or email angie@morganpartnership.org
STORY TIME! April 6-10 on the Daily Vlogcast will feature Read-A-Longs on the morning segment to kick-off TUCKED-IN TUESDAYS, starting 4/14 nightly on YouTube at 7! Stay Tuned!
For more book ideas about great athletes from A Mighty Girl:
For an inspiring introduction to 50 incredible female athletes, we highly recommend the excellent illustrated biography "Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win" for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/women-in-sports
To inspire your children with the stories of girls and women who love sports, visit our “Sports & Games” book section at http://amgrl.co/2zIJnDi
For toys and gear of all sorts that are perfect for throwing, visit our "Catching & Throwing" outdoor play section at https://amgrl.co/2EcXwGF
And, for one of our favorite t-shirts for sports-loving Mighty Girls -- young and old - that proudly states "I'm not strong for a girl. I'm just strong.", visit https://www.amightygirl.com/strong-t-shirt
