Transition Song: Wake Up Daily Routines
Materials: 2 tents, 2 tunnels, 3 hula hoops, 6 chairs, stairs, Let's Get Moving Activity Mats (These are all items that were paid for through my latest Donors Choose project!)
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: hop, jump, touch toes, circle arms, balance, squat, jumping jacks, crawl, step, over/under, through, yes/no
Pre-Literacy: (We skipped this step in favor of more time for the remainder of the activity.
Everyone noticed this week that there were hula hoops placed over chairs to be horizontal to the ground. They also noticed that there were stairs and exercise mats. Then Miss Carrie explained that we were going to exercise. We could go over the stairs with walking feet (no jumping). We could step over the hula hoops or crawl under the hula hoops. Then Miss Carrie pulled out another package. Inside, everything was flat. When she pulled it open, they were two tents and tunnels! She tied the tunnels to the tents and everyone could crawl through them! The exercise mats told everyone through pictures to hop, balance on one foot, stretch, jump, do jumping jacks, tiptoe, circle their arms, or squat. (What the kids didn't know was that, along with providing a lot of opportunities to express action words, concepts, pronouns, -ing endings, -ed endings, and yes/no, we were also looking at milestones such as balancing on one foot, jumping, and walking alternate feet on stairs.)
When were were all done, everyone had a chance to tell the class what was their favorite section. Some kids chose the hula hoops, some the tents and tunnels, and some the stairs.
DO THIS AT HOME: Make up your own obstacle course. Draw pictures of exercises, provide items to crawl over and under safely. The whole family can participate in this. Use boxes for tunnels, or create blanket forts. Let your child show you how to crawl over/under, step up/down, and perform exercises. Follow their lead. Narrate all of your actions.
