Week 2 in Review

Hurrah for another beautifully sunny day! We warmed up, then tested our flexibility and agility on "Six Lines". We drew 6 lines on the sidewalk with about a foot between each of them. Then we jumped forward and backward, hopped on one foot, and bear-walked from line to line. We put our left foot on the first line and tested how far we could streeeeeeettttccccchhhhh our right foot forward. We stood on the first line and tested how far we could JUMP forward. They had a great time with a little friendly competition.

Next, we tried to play "Ants on a Log", lining up on the curb and trying to move one student from one end of the line to the other without knocking each other off. This turned out to be harder than any of us thought it would be! Huge shout out to Sadie and Sydney who were the only two who successfully switched places without any help! :)

With our last 10 minutes, we played a keep-it-from-touching-the-ground ball game (difficult with a beach ball and a breeze!) and "Octopus" again (back by popular demand).

Thank you, parents, for helping to make sure everyone had appropriate footwear! See you next week!

Week 1 in Review

What an awesome first week! I am so excited to be teaching PE this semester. We will be starting off each class with "The Warm-Up Wheel". Last week, after we were all limber, we played a game called "Switch Sides If..." to get to know each other better. The kids stood on two lines facing each other, and I called out things like "switch sides if you have a dog" or "switch sides if you like chocolate ice cream better than vanilla." If it applied to them, they would race to the other side. Next, we played a game called "Octopus" where one child was the Octopus, and s/he would try to tag other kids as they ran from one end of the play area to the other. Anyone s/he tags became seaweed, and while planted on the spot, the seaweed reached out and tried to tag kids as well. They had a blast with this game! 

With all that running around though, you can see how wearing flip flops would be a problem. Please make sure your kids wear good shoes every week and bring a jacket if it's chilly outside. Unless it's raining or terribly cold, I would like to have them outside getting some fresh air. 

Thanks for reading! It's going to be a fun semester!