Scooter Day
Warm Up
Scooter Boards
Go over the safety rules—Never stand on the scooter on the
board. Keep your fingers off the
floor. Always make sure to look where
you are going.
Have students try holding the handles and just moving
themselves with their feet. After they
have the hang of it, break them into partners.
Send one partner and one scooter board to one side of the
room with a plunger. Tell them they have
to use just the plunger to make their way over to their partner. Once they do, have them switch who is on the
board and see if they can make it on the way back.
Give each team a hula hoop and see if they can pull each
other around like the reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh.
Cool Down—Do a piggy back version of Ring around the
Rosie. Change the ending so that it is
just not fall down. Here are the
lyrics: Ring around the Christmas tree,
pocket full of holly, presents, presents, we all sit down (hop up, turn around,
etc could be put in its place)
Parachute Day
Warm Up
Play a variety of parachute games—adapt as needed for each
class
Merry-Go-Round:
Children turn their bodies sideways and hold the chute with one hand. They then
walk around in a circle, making a "Merry-Go-Round." For variety,
children can hop, skip, jump, etc. You can stop music as a cue to reverse and
go the other direction.
Change
Up: Call out names, colors, ages, etc, and those children swap places under
the chute before it falls, and run to an empty space.
Snow
Storm: Place all the yarn balls in the center of the parachute and yell
“Snowball fight”. Have them shake as
hard as they can. When all the balls
have been shaken off, stop to “reload”
Shoe
Shuffle (Best for 4’s and 5’s): Have
some students take off one shoe and throw it under the parachute. On the count
of three, raise the chute, and the designated children have to run under and
find their shoe before the chute comes down.
Cool Down—Do a piggy back version of Ring around the
Rosie. Change the ending so that it is
just not fall down. Here are the
lyrics: Ring around the Christmas tree,
pocket full of holly, presents, presents, we all sit down (hop up, turn around,
etc could be put in its place)
Christmas Exercise Stations
Warm Up
Tell the kids that we are going to do different Christmas
exercise. We will do each one for a
minute while we listen to some music.
When the music stops, I will show them a new card and we will do that
exercise for 30 seconds. If needed you
can do some of the cards more than once.
Cool Down—Do a piggy back version of Ring around the
Rosie. Change the ending so that it is
just not fall down. Here are the
lyrics: Ring around the Christmas tree,
pocket full of holly, presents, presents, we all sit down (hop up, turn around,
etc could be put in its place)
