August Starfish Weeks 1 & 2

Warm Up Song:
The Marching Stick Song- march in for the olympics

​Cool Down/Ending Activity:
Podium and give everyone medals!
Picture

August Focus: Lunge & Big Olympic finish
Example: " We are going to start and finish our cartwheel in a lunge, and show me a big Olympic finish before you go to the next station"





Circuit 1
Equipment Needed
  • Bar
  • Donut mat
  • Spring board and cheese mat
  • Low beam and target dots
  • Beam and blocks
  • Small block with cones and ball
  • Gators and squeaky dots 
 Spot Station: Vault
Circuit 1 Summary
  • ​​Green mat. Feet up switching hands placing the ball from one cone to the next 
  • Beam with 2 blocks. Lunge lift up block put it back finish in a lunge. (teeter totter) Minis no leg lift. Starfish and Bs lift up leg 
  • Bars lay on back move rings from one side to the next with feet 
  • Purple beam. Jump off and on 
  • Vault. 3 jumps to knees/ feet/ handstand ( spotting station)
  • Get inside donut and spin around in 3-5 circles. Stay in donut until not dizzy.
  • balance on alligators​
Circuit 2
Equipment Needed
  • Bar and slider
  • P bars or french fries with dots
  • Rock and block
  • Beam with bean bags
  • Cheese mat
  • Domino and puzzle piece 
  • Pannel mat
  • Stop and go signs
Spot Station: Glide swing on bars
Circuit 2 Summary
  • Zigzag through the cones, back and forth​
  • Start with arms up to the sky, forward roll or cartwheel, finish big Ta-Da!
  • Lunge-cartwheel over domino-lunge
  • Hands on floor, walk feet up cheese on wall to handstand or half handstand for minis
  • Step over bean bags.
  • Balance on rock, hold block above head, in flamingo position
  • Run over "hurdles"
  • Glide swing with feet on slider, straight arms, straight legs. Tell them to keep looking at their toes
**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.