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Maximo has found all sorts of things on his island! See if you can help him pick them up!
Stretching with emphasis on touching toes and reaching with upper extremities

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Time to stretch with our friend the monkey!
​Stretching with emphasis on both standing and seated stretching including side to side movements, arm circles, trunk rotation, spinal stretching, abdominal stretching, touching toes, butterfly stretch, and multiple hamstring stretches

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It's Elmo and Grover! See what they are doing in their garden today!
Stretching with emphasis on squatting to the ground and growing tall

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Let's spend some time with our friend the monkey on his island!
Calming with emphasis on sitting with upper extremity motion, trunk rotation, and lower extremity movements laying down

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Good morning!  It's time for our morning stretches with our friend the monkey!
Calming with emphasis on standing with upper extremity motion, spinal stretching, abdominal stretching, touching toes, and lunging 

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Freezing and melting!
Calming with emphasis on patterns of contracting and relaxing one body part at a time from top to bottom

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Night and day, on and off!
Calming with emphasis on breathing and contracting and relaxing lower extremities, upper extremities, and whole body

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Victory!
Calming with emphasis on breath and upper extremity movement

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Our friend the monkey is getting ready for bed.  Let's join him on his nighttime routine!
Calming with emphasis on full body stretching, quadruped, cat-dog, kneeling, and long-seated stretching

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  • Stretching & Calming