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19. Physical Activity- Strength

Small and Tall

  • Formation: Children form a circle around one person who is “it”.
  • The person in the middle closes his/her eyes (no peeking!). Those around the circle sing and move, to this chant:
  • “I’m very, very small. I’m very, very tall. Sometimes small. Sometimes tall. Guess what we are now?<><>
  • And of the change you get small (sink down and curl up into a ball or crouch down very close to the floor/ground) or tall (slowly stand up, rise with your whole body and stretching tall} without saying a word. The children around the circle copy your movement. The person in the middle (with eyes closed) must guess whether the circle is small or tall. Continue so that everyone gets a chance to be it “it”.
  • Concepts: Small and tall, leg strength

Shoulder Touches
  • The children are positioned like they are going to do regular push-ups, except with their knees on the floor. Instead of bending the elbows to do push-ups, the right hand touches the left shoulder while the left hand is supporting the body in a push-up fashion. Then the left hand touches the right shoulder while the right hand is on the floor supporting the body. Continue until the children can no longer support themselves.
  • Concept: arm strength.

Tight Ball
  • To help make the children’s stomach stronger, have them practice rocking forward and backward while staying in a tight ball lying down on the floor. Then stretch out and repeat.
  • Concept: stomach strength.

Cat Walk/Crab Walk

  • Have children pretend to walk like cats on all fours while you count to 20. Remember to do this each day. The children are practicing pushing and holding weight on the arms. (You can also have the children walk on all fours from a sitting position- like a crab)
  • Concept: leg and arms strength

Easy Elbows
  • Have children stand slightly away from a wall with their hands against the wall. Have them slowly straighten their arms and them slowly bend their arms. When they bend, they are “giving” in their elbows. As they straighten their arms, they are pushing. Try this three times or more each day and keep a chart to see how many more each child can do everyday.
  • Concept:  arm strength