Pompom blowing
Using mini pompoms give one each per parent and toddler, reminding parents not to let toddlers place them into their mouths. Parents can sit facing their child placing the pompom onto the centre of their hand. Parent puts their hand in front of their face and blows the pompom off their hand. Encourage the toddler to copy blowing it off their own hand parents. It can also be put onto the floor and blown that way.

Pompoms and Straws
In yogance sessions, a lovely way to calm the atmosphere down after a session before moving into relaxation. Giving each toddler a straw and pompom place the pompoms onto the floor ask the toddlers to use the straw to blow the ball across the floor. Parents may need to demonstrate this helping the toddler.

Ball Rolling
In partners or threes share a ball with parents sitting wide leg stretch toddlers spine to tummy in parents legs one by one they roll the ball to each other. Encourage the toddlers to take it in turns rolling to each other.

Big Blue Boat
Parents sit in butterfly pose and place a cushion on their legs. Sit the toddler on top of the cushion and encourage them to sit in butterfly pose too. Using the song ‘Big Blue Boat’, rock back and forth, side to side, round and round, use rocket arms for sails and gently lift along with the lyrics.

Special Place
Done as parent and child use some background music relating to the visualisation. Ask parent too get comfortable holding or cuddling toddler. Ask them sit back close their eyes and focus on their breath, breathing deep and slow. Imagining a place special to them.

Massage
Using some of the dry massage techniques from our baby manual these can still be applied in a cool down, encouragement should be given to the toddlers to lie down or sit in a parents lap. A favourite is massage to the toes/feet and hands and fingers. This can be done whilst slow music is on signing a slow song

Relaxation with bubbles

Lay with parent/carer relaxing with music and bubble