Category: Capstone

Capstone 7

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Hello! I am so excited because I presented my capstone project! I presented to both my class and a kindergarten class so far. I am filming my capstone today and I am no longer nervous because I have experience from presenting to a crowd. I personally enjoy😀 presenting because I want people to know how hard I worked! I used a prop, I used a yoga ball. My favorite thing about presenting is that I teach someone something and they get to learn! I feel good and proud when I present because I feel very accomplished.

Im both very glad and sad that I have finished capstone. I am glad because I feel I have don

e very well in this project but I am sad because it was such an amazing experience and project, and because I have been looking forward to this project for 6 years and its now done! I hope in middle school we get to do a project similar to capstone.  fingers crossed 🙌!

Thanks,

Very Vanessa

Capstone 6

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Hello! So I know I have been talking about all my work and how I am going to present, but do you really know what meditation is? Meditation. Some people consider meditation as a sport. You probably think that meditation is sitting down and criss cross applesauce, closing your eyes, and putting your hands on your knees, but it really just is thinking carefully of both yourself and your surroundings. This may sound crazy but you can even be meditating while going on a run. Some strategies of meditation can be closing your eyes, taking ten deep breaths, going outside for fresh air. 

I have now finished both my script, and my slideshow! We are presenting to the parents on the 21, presenting to classes 18 and 19 and the moving up to show the kids is on the 20.

I will update you on how the presentation went!

Very Vanessa

Capstone #5

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In my interview with Alison Starr, she informed me on so much! She said that every single pose can be modified in at least one way. The easiest pose to teach is the child’s pose because its just the pose that’s very modified and everyone can do. I also had to learn how to interview people. For example you have to take it seriously but at the same time you should try to have fun as your doing it. I am family friends with the person I interviewed, so it was kind of awkward talking to her in an interview sort of way, but it ended up working out well! Here are the questions that I asked Ms.Starr:

Interview  (link to questions)

Thank you

-Very Vanessa

Capstone #4

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After my email with Alison Starr about the interview, I had to start thinking of a site visit. For my site visit I was going to visit the location Mrs.Starr worked at. Although Mrs.Starr only does privates, so unless I wanted to go to somebody else’s house I couldn’t do a site visit with Mrs.Starr. I then did research and asked my mom if she knew anywhere I could do a site visit at. She told me, Yoga Spark. I looked up “Yoga Spark”, and it is a yoga place (exactly what it sounds like). It is not hot yoga or any cool or different type of yoga, its just basic yoga. I’m very excited to go! I am going to figure out a date that I can go there.

-Very Vanessa

Capstone #3

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I have started doing research and trying to think of people I could possibly interview. I knew someone from a different Scarsdale elementary school whose mom is a yoga teacher. So I thought she would be a good person to interview. I reached out to her by sending her an email. She replied within 5-10 minutes saying how much she would love that! I was so excited because now I will not be stressed about finding someone to interview. Except, we have not discussed times/dates that she is available to do this. All I know is that I know who I’m going to interview, next step, writing the questions.

Best Regards,

Very Vanessa

Capstone #2

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I have started to find some resources and doing some presearch. As I was doing my work I remembered all the databases and books that there are in my school library! A very common database that I use is BrainPop, which is where you look up a topic and it shows you a video related to the topic, the characters are animated and one of them is a robot which makes kids more interested to watch the videos. I also have two books I found. One of the books is called “The Little Book of Mindfulness” the other one is called “Peaceful Piggy Meditation” both of the two books are instructions for when you meditate yourself/ a group.

thanks for reading,

Very Vanessa

Capstone #1

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One of the BIGGEST school projects that only 5th Graders do, which I have been looking for all of my years has started! Capstone! Capstone is a project that you do for 2 entire months! The only struggle that I currently know of is, choosing a topic… There are so many things that I can do it on, and it should be something I really want to study because of how long this project is! Well at the beginning of the year I wanted to do slime, except I don’t like it now and there is not much to study! Then, I thought of doing Jewelry but it’s not something I want to study for a chunk of time. Then I limited down to…. drum roll please…. meditation!