February Starfish Weeks 1 & 2

Warm Up Song: If You're Happy
​Cool Down/Ending Activity: Let’s Go Fly a Kite (with ribbon sticks)

Focus on BIG FINISHES this month. Say Ta-Da while feet stick like glue where they land. 
*Follow the written descriptions of the videos. We want the same skills being worked on. We're going to continue to add for higher levels as well. Starfish C-follow the Rec Level C lesson plan. If that's too difficult, follow Level B. 

**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.

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Circuit 1
Equipment Needed

• Cheese mat
  
• Bar
  
• P-bars with frogs or shapes under
  
• Barrel (can be on an opened panel mat)
  
• Beam with sharks under
  
• Slider on wheels
  
• Target mats with dominos in between for jumping
  
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Spot Station: Barrel
Circuit 1 Summary

• Cheese
  • Mini-hot dog rolls
  • Starfish-forward rolls
  • Starfish B-straddle forward rolls or backward rolls if they have it alone
• Bar
  • Mini-hang, pull feet up off ground and hold
  • Starfish-tuck hangs
  • Starfish B-Straddle hangs, can try to touch toes to bars
• P-Bars
  • Wigglers-Hands on bars and try to jump over frogs
  • Minis-Bear crawls forward
  • Starfish and Starfish B-Shimmy across sideways
• Barrel-All can put back on barrel, hands on floor first, then feet over one at a time, working kick over. Should finish in lunge. TA-DA! 
• Beam
  • Minis-kitty cat crawls
  • Starfish-Flamingo walks
  • Starfish B-Flamingo kick step. Develope'
• Slider-knees on slider and scoot across with hands. Working arm and core strength.
• Jumping between dominos on target mats (as shown in Solvang video)​​

Circuit 1 Video

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Circuit 2
Equipment Needed

• Bar
  
• Ladder
  
• Cheese
  
• Rings in SM
  
• Go dot
  
• One foot mat
  
• Springboard
  
• Spider mat
  
• Target mat and domino
  
• Turtles and alligators
  
• Mini round trampoline
  
• Beam
  
• Bouncy tumble trak mats
  

Spot Station: Bar
Circuit Summary

• Start on Go sign. Run, put one foot on foot mat, two feet on springboard and jump to spider and stick!
  • Starfish and B can start tuck and straddle jumps before stick
• Lunge on target mat, cartwheel over domino mat. Finish in lunge. 
  • minis, feet on targets and over to other side
• Apart togethers. Feet on target, jump to tumble trak air mats
• Walk on turtle and alligators
• Bar
  • Minis-toes to bar in pike or straddle
  • Starfish and SB-pull overs-focus on strong straight arms
• Ladder
  • Minis-remember hands on outside of ladder-safest way to teach climbing a ladder
  • Starfish and SB-hands can go on each rung-alternating hands and feet works the brain
• Rings in SM-Swing in different positions
  • SB-put "earrings" on and hold a pike
• Beam in Solvang-walking over flat cones​

Circuit 2 Video

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