This lesson plan focuses on candlesticks, cartwheels, handstands and roundoffs.

Results Statement: By completing this lesson plan, you will effectively accomplish a 30-minute virtual session. All families should be notified in advance what materials they may need (a soft surface, a towel, etc.)

Begin the class by asking the children: “What is your favorite animal”

Make sure you know the names of each child. People can be renamed in Zoom if that helps you to remember.

Teach them how to do video and mute/unmute.

Warm Up:

50 jumping jacks

High knees

Bottom kickers

Kick in front

Kicks to the side

Inch Worms

Swim forward

Swim backward

Cherry pickers

Blinkers

Neck

Ankles

Tabletops/Bridges (need wall):

Bridge & hold up 5 seconds.

Bridge head taps x 6

Bridge leg lifts x 3

Rock n’ roll

Bridge chest to wall x 5

Candlesticks:

Demonstrate a candlestick and show what it should look like.

Sit roll back candlestick x 5

Hold candlestick 5 sec x 3 

Stand, back candlestick x 5 

Cartwheels:

-Hands on towel & jump over x 10

-cartwheel x 5

-one handed x 5

Handstands:

-Lunge T to kick up x 5

-handstands x 5

Roundoffs: 

Hand placement

Start in cartwheel, to handstand, and down

Introduce power hurdles

Conditioning:

Flamingos x 10 each side

Plank hold x 30 seconds

Flexibility:

Straddle each side & middle

Pike

Butterfly

Hip flexors (runners’ stretch)

Hamstrings

Splits

End the class with hands in to the camera counting 1-2-3 “Twisters!”