Class worlds to begin from.

Invite each child to show today's courage weather with one small body signal: a shoulder shrug, a strong foot, a tiny hand spark, a shy wave, a stormy shake, or a sunshine stretch. The group gently mirrors each signal once, then the teacher weaves them together into a living weather report.

The teacher starts a simple movement: Mountain sparks into Star, Star folds into Seed, Seed grows into Tree, Tree steps into Warrior, Warrior melts into Downward Dog tunnel, and the tunnel rolls back to standing. After one round, children pass an imaginary spark across the circle. Whoever receives it chooses the quality for the next round: slow motion, superhero quiet, giggly, underwater, moon gravity or bold parade.

Children choose Tree, Mountain or seated Tree. Everyone starts silently. When someone wobbles, the whole group makes a soft supportive sound on the exhale: 'whooo', 'mmm', 'haaa', or a gentle drum on the chest.

Each group must help an imaginary courage lantern cross a river. Round one: each child makes one self-supported bridge, rock, tunnel, boat or stepping-stone shape. Round two: everyone must have a role, but not everyone has to be a bridge; roles can include signal keeper, path designer, sound maker, lantern carrier, watcher or shape maker.

One child enters the space and makes a repeating movement with a sound, like a gear, wave, bell, lever, brave heart or opening door. One by one, children add a movement that connects to the machine without crashing into anyone. Halfway through, the teacher introduces a problem: the machine only works if every movement helps someone else's movement.

Guide children to imagine the courage lantern floating above the group. It visits the Wobble Choir, the bridge crossing and the Courage Machine, collecting one spark from each moment. Invite every child to choose one spark to carry home: asking for help, trying a tiny step, supporting a wobble, making room for a different role, or noticing someone else.