Keeping Kids in Motion
Building a community where fitness and play are the foundation for all families.
Category: Physical Education
The PUMPKIN DICE LATTE Challenge for OCTOBER
It’s time to Flourish with Fitness by taking the Pumpkin Dice Latte fitness challenge. In order to take this sweet challenge students, parents, teachers, and staff will need the following: Pumpkin – With the help of an adult, find a pumpkin you can safely lift off the ground and over your head. You… Continue Reading “The PUMPKIN DICE LATTE Challenge for OCTOBER”
CYLINDERCISING – Instant activity promoting teamwork, creativity, and exercise
I use cylindercising as an instant activity. Students enter the gym and on the screen they see the following: I’ll match up partners as they enter and off they go to retrieve one foam cylinder and an open space. As I filter throughout the… Continue Reading “CYLINDERCISING – Instant activity promoting teamwork, creativity, and exercise”
FEED THE FROGS/SWAT THE FLIES – Game of the Week
Feed the Frogs is another fun throwing game which includes throwing, striking, strategy, shooting, and fun. I play this game with 1st-5th grades. It’s based off the game Oscar the Grouch where students attempt to throw balls into the opposing team’s garbage can. In… Continue Reading “FEED THE FROGS/SWAT THE FLIES – Game of the Week”