August Starfish Weeks 3 & 4

Warm Up Song:
Tap your Sticks

​Cool Down/Ending Activity:
​Parachute
Picture

August 3/4 Focus: Getting BACKWARDS to school!


Lots of backwards skills this week. Walk backwards to stations if safe, talk about back to school, ask who's in school. Who their teachers are. 





Circuit 1
Equipment Needed
  • Bar
  • Barrel
  • yellow velcro beam
  • small cheese
  • p-bars
  • hop scotch mats
  • air dots with squeaky dot in between
  • ​beam
 Spot Station: Barrel
Circuit 1 Summary
  • ​​Backwards hop scotch​
  • Apart togethers on squeaky dot and air dots
  • Backwards walks on beam. (tippy toes for SB)
  • Bar
  • Back on barrel, coach hand on belly, roll barrel back, hands touch floor, arms stay straight, toes over nose.Stand up TA-DA
  • Backwards on yellow beam
  • Backwards roll down cheese. If they can't roll alone, can do egg or hotdog roll or forward roll.
  • Backwards bear crawls on p-bars. (ok to simplify for less advanced) 
Circuit 2
Equipment Needed
  • Beam
  • ladder to mat
  • balance rocks
  • bar with cheese against wall, beach ball attached to string on cheese
  • domino
  • squeaky dots in hop scotch pattern
Spot Station: Pull over bars
Circuit 2 Summary
  • Jump on squeaky dots, apart togethers
  • Lunge handstand lunge
  • Spot pull over on bar-kick beach ball with toes
  • Balance on rocks
  • Climb up ladder
  • Beam-ice cream scoops
**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.