December Physical Activity Calendar

Congratulations to Gen and Keona for turning in their completed November Physical Activity Calendars. These two students received a free physical education 30-minute block. Keona chose to be creative with bean bags and exercise squares. Gen chose to play tag and practice dribbling a basketball. 

	~ December 2013 ~
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 Got Snow? Go outside and help your family shovel	2 Try 5 wall push-ups Remember to bring in your November Calendar for a prize!	3Dribble any ball with your dominant hand 50 times.	4Now try dribbling any ball with your non-dominant hand 50 times.	5 Tell an adult one of your site words at school	6Toss and Hit a balloon back and forth. Get creative and play a volleyball game.	7 Practice jumping far and practice jumping high – bend your knees, reach for the sky, and land softly.
8 Make a snowman outside!	9 Sit across from your child and practice rolling a ball back and forth. Count to 10 as you roll back and forth, and then move farther apart and try it again.	10 Can you build a tower out of pillows and practice your underhand throwing skills as you knock over the tower?	11 Visit every room in your home, but each time you get to a roomdo five jumps as high as you can and then move to the next room.	12 Family relaxation activity. Turn the lights off and you lay down on the floor. Squeeze and then relax your muscles. Breathe.	13 Turn on some upbeat music – wiggle, stretch, bend and shake together as a family.	14 Find items around your home that make noise. Use these “instruments” as you march through your home in a parade.
15 Get your sand toys out and make a snow castle	16 Get a laundry basket and practice throwing things into it – try tossing far away and try tossing when you are really close.	17 Walk like your favorite animals through your house. When you get to a new room change to a new animal(bear, cat, dog, snake).	18 Walking with Style … Go on a backwards walk. Now try a sideways walk. How about a spinning walk.	19 Jump over the river. Roll up a towel and put it on the floor. Can you jump over it? Make the towel just a little bit bigger – can you jump over? How big can you make it?	20Indoor snowball fight: Make a bunch of paper balls and have fun throwing them far, near, high, low. Pick them up and do it again.	21 Go sledding or snowmobiling
22Help your parent/caregiver clean off the driveway or sidewalk. Work your muscles and your heart	23 Balance fun. Try putting 4 parts of your body on the ground and balancing. How about 4 other body parts? Now try 3 body parts or even 5. How long can you balance for?	24 Draw a shape on a piece of paper and then try to put your body into that shape. Keep your body still as you hold the shape.	25 Color Find and Move. Have someone name a color and then your job is to move to something that is that color. Move in all different ways.	26 Make a big circle outside in the snow. Practice moving in relationship to the circle. Can you move around it? Can you move in and then out of it? Can you run across it?	27 Sit on a big t-shirt. Using only your arms try to move across the floor. Try it on your tummy. Try not to the touch the floor.	28 Work on your cutting skills and make some paper snowflakes. Hang the snowflakes somewhere in your home or bring them to school!
29 Help your parent/caregiver clean off the driveway or sidewalk. Work your muscles	30 Go to a pond or local ice rink and try ice skating	31Bring this calendar into school.	Notes: In order to get a P.E. prize the student must perform 3 activities a week that are on the calendar. Have an adult sign their initials on the day the activity is performed.  – Miss Shirey