April Starfish Weeks 1 & 2

Warm Up Song:
Head Shoulders Knees & Toes

​Cool Down/Ending Activity:
Ribbons w/ sticks-Freeze Dance

April Focus: Know your students' names. Make sure they know yours.

​Say, "What's my name?!" And have them say "Coach ________" 
Use your children's names when praising them!

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Circuit 1
Equipment Needed

• ​Bullseye and domino
• Beam with 3 blocks on it
  
• Bar
  
• One foot mat, spring board and mat or hoop to land in/on
  
• Cheese mat with mats set with a french fry
  
• 2 colors of dots and balls or bean bags

 Spot Station: Cheese Mat
Circuit 1 Summary

• ​Everyone working on lunge before handstand/donkey kick on bullseye and domino
• ​Walk across beam
  • ​Mini step over blocks
  • Starfish/SB Flamingo kick step over block
• Hold tuck or straddle
  • ​SB straddle or pike
• Vault-Run-stretch jump STICK
  • ​SB-Straddle jump STICK
• Roll down the hill, grab french fry when standing up
• ​Video explanation of colored dots with balls or bean bags below

Circuit 1 Video

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Circuit 2
Equipment Needed

• ​Rock or turtle to balance on
• Bar
• Ladder incline
• Tunnel
• Mushroom or ninja circle
• Beam with 6 bullseyes
• Half donut or trapezoid with bullseyes and squeaky dot

Spot Station: Bar
Circuit 2 Summary

• ​Feet on squeaky dot, hands on mat, jump to straddle
• Flamingo hold on rock or turtle
• Bar-Spot
  • Minis-chin to bar lift toes
  • Starfish, SB-chin to bar, pullover finish in front support and hold (don't let them finish on the floor
• Crawl up ladder
  • Minis have hands on outside like train tracks
  • Starfish/SB hands on the rungs
• Through tunnel
• Balance on mushroom
  • Mini-flamingo
  • S/SB-arabesque
• See video for beam-jumping and touching feet to bullseyes

Circuit 2 Video

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**Always remember to be on outside of the circuit circle so you can keep your eyes on ALL kids in the class. Never turn your back to your class. 

With different shapes of the preschool areas, the order is ok to be changed.