Activity Calender Sunday
Monday
Play "I Spy"
Forward punches
Tuesday
Stretch
One person will say " I Use breathing to reach and Spy..." and pick an object Ask your children to show bend as you stretch. then the other person will you how to do this run to it!
Dance While doing chores, making dinner, or during commercials -- DANCE to your kids' fav song!
Try Lunges
Practice outside Work on walking, galloping, skipping, jumping, and hopping.
Jumping Jacks
Do lunges throughout the Ask your children to show you how to do this. house with your kids.
Go Silly Walking
Play animal follow the leader
Walk all around home or outside act like a duck or like you're on hot lava.
The leader acts like an animal and everyone else follows.
Play Run and touch Challenge your child by choosing a body part and saying a number then see how many objects they can touch with that body part.
Grow BIG and small Play "big" and "small" like take big steps and small steps then big jumps and small jumps outside.
Each month add new dates Be active as a family for 10 - 15 minutes a day
Wednesday Play mirror, mirror Have your c children mimic your moves. Th mimic your Then ch child. Take turns.
Cloud Watching
Nature Color Hunt
Look at the clouds and see what creative shapes you both see.
Take a walk and look for different colors while walking like finding yellow items.
Pretend to grow like a flower Have a picnic outside
Jogging in Place Ask your children to show you how to do this.
Balance l
Thursday
Grapevine
Ask your children to show you how to do this.
Saturday
Set up an Explore a new obstacle course
park
Ask your children to show Use things to climb around, you how to do this jump over, go around, and Try a new park in your area, under. Time each other.
Pretend to Vertical Jumps move like foods Melt like a popsicle or pop like a popcorn.
Toss and Catch
Put 4 body parts on the Use rolled up socks or a ground and balance. Try foam ball inside play toss 3 body parts then 2 body and catch with your child. parts.
Marching
Friday
Wake up and move As soon as you wake up do 10 jumps, 10 reaches, 10 twists, and 10 silly moves.
Ask your children to show you how to do this.
March in Place
if possible, walk to the park.
Visit the Farmers Market Play Superhero
Ask your children to show Imagine you are a superhero: you how to do this. run, stomp, swing, fly, melt, march, and tip toe.
Move around like Animals
Circle Movements Arms & Body Ask your children to show you how to do this.
*Activities are from the warm-up curriculum Wisercise at school Resources: https://www.shapeamerica.org/publications/resources/teachingtools/teachertoolbox/Activity_Calendars_English.aspx https://www.shapeamerica.org/uploads/teachersToolbox/earlyChildhood/15_Simple_Ways_to_Get_MovingRev.pdf https://activeforlife.com/activities/