How to Improve In and Out of Class

Some of the stretches students can work on at home (with their parents) is the extension exercise. This is where students gradually go from a laying down position, to propping themselves up on their elbows, to finally propping themselves up on their hands (with their head and eyes facing forward). You want to make sure you keep your hips down on the floor and hold the position a couple of seconds before gently lowering yourself down. You can do this stretch 8-10 times.
There are a number of other stretches students have been given on their hand out, such as the quadruped arm/leg raise, pelvic tilt, lumbar rotation, cat and camel, and the mid-back stretch. There are also a number of abdominal exercises that can be worked on at home as well, including various crunches (described with proper form on the handout), toe touches, leg lifts and oblique movements.