How might we encourage sportsmanship and lifelong movement for 5-12 year olds with physical and intellectual disabilities?
In the Fall of 2020, the Everyone’s an Athlete team created a 3 week yoga experience in partnership with Game Changers Idaho for their Kinder-2nd grade athletes. Each session included both learning different yoga techniques, as well as doing fun games to help the kids work on mobility and balance.
The high school students worked with different yoga therapists in Boise to learn more about how to teach yoga to kids with mental and physical disabilities. After learning more about this, they created their own yoga flows to do with the kids that could be done by multiple different age groups. They also wanted to make sure the kids had time to connect with each other in high energy activities so the team planned times for the kids to play capture the flag together.
Fast Facts
Year(s): Fall 2020 - Summer 2021
Focus: Youth with physical and intellectual disabilities
Recipients: K-2nd
Community partner: Game Changers
Number of recipients: 15-20
Number of One Stone members involved in planning: 13
Number of weeks of planning: 10
How many hours it took to prepare for implementation: 10
How many hours it took to implement: 10
