Keeping Kids in Motion
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2 Fitness Challenges PERFECT for MARCH!
I’ve bundled up two March fitness challenges.
– Embrace the Strides of March encourages students to get out and move. Whether it’s walking, running, playing tag, or jumping rope, all movement is beneficial to the body. On a calendar, students will log the type of movement they did as well as the duration of time.
-Lucky Leprechaun’s March Fitness Challenge consists of three different workouts (green, yellow, and white) focusing on endurance, upper body, and lower body strength. As the month progresses, the time and/or number of repetitions for each exercise gradually increases. There is a built-in rest day every fourth day. Each rest day includes an additional non-fitness-related challenge.
CLICK MARCH FITNESS CHALLENGES for access to them both.
18 GOOGLE SLIDE WORKOUTS WITH GIFS – BUNDLED UP FOR YOUR PE CLASSES
I created several exercise GIFs as a visual for our students. So now, along with the name of the exercise on a Google slide presentation, I add a GIF as well. This has been extremely helpful, especially for our younger classes. I’ve bundled up several slide presentations I use with my classes that you may find helpful. They include 18 different workouts. They include:
Click here for access to the 18-workout bundle.
- 5 TABATA workouts – each exercise is completed for 20 seconds with high intensity or intensity that works best for the student followed by a 10-second rest. Each routine can be repeated up to four times depending on the level of fitness.
- AROUND THE HORN DICE FITNESS – 4 workouts
- Place four cones numbered 1-4 in each of the four corners
- Partners begin at one of the 4 corners
- Partner one rolls the dice
- Partners run around that number of corners (cones)
- Perform 10 repetitions of the exercise assigned to the corner
- Partner two rolls the dice
- Repeat steps 4 and 5
- Continue for 3-5 minutes
- How many times can partners run AROUND THE HORN?
Click here for access to the 18-workout bundle.
- AROUND THE HORN MUSIC FITNESS – 4 workouts – Around the Horn Music Fitness uses the same exercises. Instead of rolling dice, students run around the perimeter until the music stops. They report to the closest corner and perform the associated exercise.
- FITNESS BLAST – 4 Workouts – another cool way for your students to pace themselves by running laps around the gym or outdoor space while performing 10 repetitions of one of four exercises. Each exercise uses a GIF for students to visually use as guidance. Fitness Blast includes 4 separate workouts. Here’s how it works:
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 1
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 2
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 3
- Run a Lap
- Complete 10 repetitions of exercise number 4
- REPEAT if time allows
- ROLLING FOR BALANCE – 1 workout – I use the virtual dice on the slide or actual dice for each student. Roll the dice, then add them together. The sum of the two dice determines the balance students will perform. I usually have the students hold the balance for a count of ten or more.
Click here for access to the 18-workout bundle.
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Race to 3 – The Sportsmanship Game
Sportsmanship is defined as conduct (such as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, n.d.).
Integrity is defined as the adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
The Race to 3 is a deliberate way for students to enhance their sportsmanship and integrity. The game is less about the skill and more about what happens before and after each round.
While playing Race to 3, it is imperative for the instructor to filter around the room, seeking out and sharing positive examples of good sportsmanship and problem-solving. Equally important is helping students who may be having difficulty dealing with adversity.
Race to 3 – The SPORTSMANSHIP Game
I’ve been playing this game for years with coffee cans. However, I learned that it was much more age-appropriate for my younger students when I used laundry baskets instead of coffee cans. However, I’ve shared a video of each version.
How to play:
- Spread out half as many laundry baskets as there are students.
- Place two, 4-6 inch gator skin balls in each basket.
- Two students begin at each basket.
- On the signal to begin, the two students reach across the basket to give each other knuckles or shake hands, then compete to see who can bounce the ball three times into the basket first.
- After each round, the pair shakes hands to reinforce good sportsmanship.
- The winner takes a victory lap around the perimeter. The loser immediately searches for another available player to challenge.