BLACKSBURG — By the fifth grade, you’d expect students to be beyond the basic “meow like a cat” or “moo with the cows” instructions of kindergarten.

But teacher Jenna Swann says the onomatopoeia is a fun way to teach students more than vocabulary. She said her cow and cat sounds can help them learn relaxation, balance, confidence and discipline.

Swann has been teaching yoga, along with its “cat” and “cow” poses, to fifth-graders at Price’s Fork Elementary School this semester, bringing a growing trend in physical education to Montgomery County.

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