January Starfish Weeks 3 & 4

Warm Up Song: The Wiggle Dance
​Cool Down/Ending Activity: The Parachute Dance

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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.
Circuit 1
Equipment Needed
  • Block or folded cheese, spring board for vaulting
  • Small sting mat or panel mat
  • French fries
  • Balance Beam
  • Ninja wall or just wall space
  • Tunnel​​
Spot Station: Vault
Circuit 1 Summary
  • Crawl through the tunnel
  • Vault-Start at Go...Hands go on vault mat FIRST...then squat on or straddle on. 
    • Minis-3 jumps to squat on
    • Starfish and SB-Run 1 jump squat on
  • Forward roll on floor
    • Try to get minis to a sit, not just a roll to flat back (core strength)
    • Starfish and SB-Forward roll stand up, TA-DA!
  • Jump over the french fries. Have them say the color
  • Inverted walks or just inverted holds. Hands on floor, feet walk up mat or wall.

Circuit 1 Video
Circuit 2
Equipment Needed
  • Mushroom with small rings or dots around it
  • Bar
  • Cheese with panel mat at bottom
  • Balance beam with a block or stuffed animal on it
  • Bullseye dot with a domino
Spot Station: Bar
Circuit Summary
  • Foot on the bullseye target, big lunge, arms up, hands on white dots and handstand
    • Minis can donkey kick
  • Hands on mushroom or ninja block and kick around feet to hoops or dots
  • Spot straddle swings-Arms and legs straight, bottom down, eyes forward
    • SB-work swinging in the straddle for shooting star dismounds
  • Forward roll down the cheese into another forward roll across the panel mat
  • Hold block or animal above head and walk across beam. Can do teeter totters with block above head for higher levels.​

Circuit 2 Video