At Springs School (East Hampton NY), Susan Blacklocke presented a dynamic nutrition unit in 5th grade Health classes. In this particular module students learn how to make healthy snacks. They also learn the importance of reading a food label and the process of branding, packaging and distributing food products. This video features: Springs School 5th Graders, …
At Springs School, Sag Harbor Middle School, East Hampton and Pierson High Schools a yoga curriculum has been brought into gym classes by Heather Hartstein. Classes include yoga postures, instruction on anatomy and physiology, mindfulness of breath. Early on in the yoga practice students learn to use it for concentration and relaxation. They’re encouraged to …
At the Springs School, Susan Blacklocke presented a dynamic nutrition unit in 4th and 5th grade Health classes. There were three sessions for each grade.
Yoga instructors, Ashlynn Manning, Linda Muse and Jenna Minardi, taught a series of yoga classes to over 1200 students from K-8 grade at Springs School, East Hampton NY. Meghan Cereola, the Physical Education instructor supervised this series. Yoga games helped her students focus their attention and improve their kinetic awareness. The students also learned breathing and relaxation …
Poi artist, Susan Blacklocke, presented a demonstration and instruction of Poi dancing to Meghan Cereola’s Adaptive Physical Education class at Springs Elementary School in East Hampton, NY. The students learned basic skills , creative dance moves, intuitive expression and a new way to tell their story. Default Gallery Type Template This is the default gallery …
Food for Thought is an Anna Mirabai Lytton Foundation wellness education program made possible by a grant from The Balm Foundation. Meghan Cereola’s 5th and 6th grade health classes at Springs Elementary School (East Hampton NY) learned how to make healthy snacks with nutrition experts, Susan Blacklocke and Kate Rabinowitz. They used seeds, dried fruit, cacao powder and …
November saw an introduction to mindfulness at a teachers enrichment day at Springs School. Liz Slade, a teacher from Larchmont, NY who has been actively training for some years with the Inner Resilience Program of New York, gave two introductory sessions to thirty interested Springs teachers. She spoke of the benefits of mindfulness and other …
In October nine teens and two counselors spent a long weekend on Martha’s Vineyard. All of them have experienced recent loss in their lives and the weekend was a way to explore grief and loss in a supportive environment with peers. The weekend was organized and led by Laraine Gordon (at right in photo), founder …
In November Springs School announced the start of yoga classes as part of Physical Education on its web site (springsschool.org) : “The Springs School Physical Education program launched yoga classes this week for grades kindergarten, second, third, fourth, and sixth. The yoga program is funded by the Anna Lytton Foundation for Arts and Wellness. A …
On November 12th Anna Mirabai Lytton Foundation brought master teacher Robin Appel to lead a workshop at East Hampton High School. Robin specializes in yoga for young people and has developed wonderful techniques to involve kids through games and child friendly poses. Workshop participants were teachers from local schools and yoga teachers with an interest …
