But the school also engages students in hands-on science from the earliest grades. And every elementary student gets art lessons, drama or music class and library time with a specialist each week. Some even have regular yoga lessons to help them relax and feel successful.I'd be interested in knowing more about the yoga program - how many kids are in it, do they self-select, how often do they go, etc.
15 March 2010
Yoga at elementary school in Portland
Ran across this interesting tidbit in a cover story of the Oregonian today: "Portland's Lent School helps disadvantaged students soar" by Betsy Hammond, on the positive results at a local elementary school. Yoga is mentioned on the front page, but in the story itself there's just a bit more on it:
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