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Freedom

The absence of ties or obligations

  • This workout takes approximately 10 Minutes
  • This workout is for students in Grades 4-5
  • Teacher Resources

Move

  • Type:  Stretch
  • Excercise:  Core Stretch
  • Target:  Shoulders + Upper Back + Core
  • Equipment:  Chair
Workout guide

Steps

1. Start in seated NaliniKIDS posture
2. Interlace your fingers, turn your palms out, and extend your arms up toward the ceiling
3. Reach up tall as you tilt your body to the right side, imagining a rubber band in your left ribs
4. Hold and focus on your breath
5. Return to center, arms still extended up to the ceiling
6. Switch sides, tilting toward the left and feeling the stretch on your right side
7. Come back to center and tilt back, arching your back

Icon of a body with vibration lines on the sides of it.

How does your body feel after completing the workout?

Icon of a profile view of a person’s head with a speech bubble where the brain would be.

How does your mind feel after completing the workout?

Icon of a question mark.

What does Freedom mean to you in this moment?

Choose from the additional reflection prompts below to customize this lesson and meet the needs of your students and your time constraints. Create a unique workout experience every time you return to this lesson!

Self-Connection

Past

How has your freedom increased as you've gotten older?

Present

How do you like to spend your free time?

Future

If you had the freedom to do anything you wanted for a day, how would you spend it?

Real-World Connection

Family

Share a new freedom your family has given you as you’ve gotten older.

Learning Environment

Describe one part of the school day when you have freedom to choose your own activity.

Community

In your community, where do you feel the most free to be your true self, and why?

Academic Connection

ELA

Exercise your freedom by freewriting on a topic of your choice.

Social Studies

What does it mean that the United States is a “free country,” and do you agree or disagree?

STEM

Do people have the freedom to say whatever they want on the internet without consequences? Why or why not?

Fun Fact

A symbol of freedom, the current American flag was designed by a high school student.