The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.
In this activity children will learn about reindeers through dramatic play.
Tell the children:
Option: Ring sleigh bells whenever the children are moving like reindeer.
The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.
In this activity children will follow musical cues and practice using hula hoops.
Choose upbeat music. Give each child a hoop and instruct children to stand in their own hoop, which is on the floor
When the music plays, children will dance in place within the border of their own hoop. When the music stops, children should pull the hoops up to their waists and try to hula.
Demonstrate to the children how to hula. Place the hoop around your waist, setting it into your back, and then spin it with your body. This will be very challenging for young children and adults. Encourage children to repeatedly try to hula even after the hoop repeatedly falls to the floor.
After 15–20 seconds of hula hoop, turn the music back on, instruct children to drop the hoops to the floor, and have the children dance in place to the music.
The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.
In this activity children will play cooperatively with one another.
Spread out beanbags and other soft objects around activity space
Place buckets in different locations in the room.
Instruct children to move in different ways (skipping, hopping, tip-toeing, etc.) and pick up the objects and put them back into the bucket.
Once children have retrieved all the objects, repeat the game by challenging children to carry objects in different ways, e.g., under chin, under arm, balanced on head, balanced on shoulder, balanced on elbow.
Play quiet and relaxing music and instruct children find their own space on the floor. Ask children to close their eyes and stay still.
Tell children you will be watching to see if anyone moves.
Ask children to think about all the different ways they moved and how they used all their muscles.
Ask them to relax their muscles and think about sinking into the ground – deeper and deeper.
Give the children 5 minutes to relax. Instruct children to slowly stand up and walk back to the classroom.
Read Who Hops, by Katie Davis, and invite children to jump around the room just like the main character in the story.
Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.
Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.