Curl-ups
Curl up and bring your shoulders off
the floor until your palms are on top
of your knees, then return to start.
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Can you do them slowly?
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Curl-ups with a Twist
Curl-up pulling your R shoulder blade
off the floor, return to start, then curl-up
with your L shoulder blade off the floor.
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Is one side easier than the other?
Can you use perfect form?
Forward Lunges
Lunge forward then return to start. Keep your
front foot slightly ahead of your front knee.
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Can you hold your balance each time you lunge?
Alternate forward leg each time.
Squats
Keep your feet wider than your shoulders.
Bend your knees as though sitting in a
chair, then return to start.
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Can you do them slowly?
Modified Push-ups
On hands and knees. Keep your back flat and
bend elbows deep, then return to start.
Can you make your elbows bend
like the corners of a square?
Is your back flat?
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Crab Dips
Bend your elbows to dip your body lower to the floor.
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How many can you do using perfect form?
Hamstrings Stretch
Keeping one knee straight, bend the other so that foot
touches the straight knee. Reach toward your toes. Hold.
Repeat to the other side.
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How far can you reach?
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Quadriceps Stretch
Grab your L ankle behind you.
Keep your L knee pointing down
and pull your ankle gently in
toward your backside. Hold.
Switch legs.
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Can you hold your balance on this stretch?
Calf Stretch
On your hands and feet in a big “V,” bend 1 knee while pressing
the opposite heel toward the floor. Hold. Repeat to the other side.
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Where do you feel the stretch?
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Upper Back Stretch
Give yourself a big hug. Hold.
Switch top hands.
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Can you feel the stretch?
Pectoral Stretch
Grab your hands behind
you and lean forward.
Gently pull your hands
upward. Hold.
Can you feel the stretch?
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Traveling in Different Ways
Travel on body parts other than just your feet.
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How many different combinations of
body parts can you come up with?
Hoop Moves
Move in and out of your hoop in different ways.
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Can you move in low space? High space?
Can you move forward? Backward?
Partner Follow the Leader
One of you is the Leader and the other follows. Copy your Leader’s pathway,
direction, and locomotor movement inside the activity area. Switch roles.
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Walk
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Power
Walk
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Jog
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Run
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Skip
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Gallop
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Hop
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Jump
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Side-Slide
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Leap
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Hopscotch
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High-Knee
Skip
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Creep
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Tiptoe
Walk
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Heel
Walk
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March
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Crawl
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Forward
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MOVEMENT CONCEPTS — DIRECTIONS
FORWARD
Backward
BACKWARD
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To the Right
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RIGHT
To the Left
LEFT
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Up
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UP
Down
DOWN
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Clockwise
11 12
1
2
10
9
3
4
8
7
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6
5
CLOCKWISE
Counterclockwise
11 12
1
2
10
9
3
4
8
7
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6
5
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
MOVEMENT CONCEPTS — DIRECTIONS
In high space
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In medium space
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In low space
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In a straight pathway
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STRAIGHT
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In a curved pathway
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CURVED
In a zigzag pathway
ZIGZAG
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Over
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OVER
Under
UNDER
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Around
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AROUND
Through
THROUGH
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On
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ON
Off
OFF
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Near
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NEAR
Far
FAR
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In front
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IN FRONT
Behind
BEHIND
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Together
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TOGETHER
Apart
APART
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Leading
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LEADING
Following
FOLLOWING
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Mirroring
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MIRRORING
Matching
MATCHING
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Wide
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WIDE
Narrow
NARROW
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Slowly
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SLOWLY
At medium speed
MEDIUM SPEED
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Quickly
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QUICKLY
Stamp
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Slither
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Spin
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Swing
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Bend
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Stretch
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Twist
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Turn
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