This can be done with any canned vegetable from the kitchen! Start at
a comfortable weight, whether it’s a single serve can of peas or a 16-ounce can
of beans, and work your way up to heavier weights. For members that
cannot grasp items well, slip the can into an ordinary sock, which has been knotted
at the open end. The sock provides an easy grip texture.
Breathing and posture exercise:
Making sure your students are sitting up straight, have them take deep
breaths, while raising and lowering their arms which each breathe. Do
this three times.
Facial Exercises:
Open and close your mouth five
times. Repeat.
Open and close your eyes five
times. Repeat.
Make a huge smile, or a giant
frown. Look angry or happy.
Lift eyebrows as high as
possible, and then relax. Repeat ten times.
Neck Exercise:
Lean your head to the right,
then lean it back to the left. Repeat five times.
Nod your head up and down for
fifteen seconds.
Shake your head back and forth
for fifteen seconds.
Shoulder Exercises:
Shrug both shoulders up and
down at a comfortable speed. Alternate shoulder shrugs. Do
these five times each.
Interlock fingers in front of
chest. Raise hands high, and then bring down behind the head.
Repeat five times.
Clap hands! Do this
twenty times.
Clap hands over your
head. Do this ten times.
Wrist Exercises:
Holding fingers out, rotate your
wrists in a circular pattern. Do this ten times. Reverse the
direction and repeat ten times.
Holding fingers straight, move
your hand up, and then back down. Repeat five times.