JUNE 

Week #1

  • Fun with Balls- Using the plastic colored balls, place them in a bin in the middle of the floor, and put corresponding colored hula hoops around the floor, ask the kids to sort the balls by grabbing one at a time and placing it in the correct color hula hoop. Also assign a specific action/locomotion to each ball color, so as the kids are placing them in the hula hoops, they must complete a task such as donkey kicks, stork stand, v sit, etc.

 

Week #2

 

  • Red Light Green Light- Give athletes a hula hoop each as their (car), green lights means RUN, yellow light means WALK, red light means STOP, drop hula hoop and complete a balance/static activity in hula hoop, BUMPY ROAD means hop around the circle, REVERSE means go backward, CAR CRASH means fall on the floor, FLAT TIRE hop on one foot 

 

 

Week #3

  • Wizards and Fairies– One or two kids start as wizards, these wizards run around and cast spells to freeze their teammates. In order to get unfrozen, fairies come around and shake a pom in front of them and unfreeze them. Wizards get a noodle, fairies get bandanas. 
  • Musical Island– Set a blue mat in the middle of the floor, play some music and have the athletes complete different locomotions around the mat (see locomotions/actions list), once music is stopped, have all athletes run and “sit” on the island as fast as they can.

 

Week #4

  • Animal Actions Across floor-  Tell athletes that we are taking a trip to the zoo, and everyone gets to be the animals, complete the “animal actions” (refer to actions list) across the floor (it’s not a race)