Dance along with a few of these videos or dance to three of your favorite songs.

I Get Loose Don't Sit Down A Very Simply Dance MILK A Moose-Ta-Cha Pop See Ko Poppin' Bubbles Snow Ninjas Ski Chase I Want to Build a Snowman Penguin Dance The Freeze Game

We have 7 basic locomotor skills we work on at school. These skills represent the foundations of human movement. Working on them is important for developing coordination and a general awareness of how we can move our bodies. Danny from Prime Coaching does a great job of explaining the movements in this video. Think of creative ways to have your student practice these movements throughout the day.

For example:

• Gallop to the end of the driveway.

• Skip around the room.

• Hop while counting to 20.

• Run and touch that tree and walk back.

• Jump (with two feet) out of a hula hoop and into a hula hoop.

• Side-Step around the room until the music stops.

• Leap over obstacles (towels, pillows, ditches)

Click here for a video explanation.

You will need:

• Crepe Paper rolls

• Tape (Painters Tape is the best)

• A Hallway

Tape the crepe paper on the wall in a hallway in a zig zag pattern, back and forth, high and low, moving down the hallway. Don’t make it too challenging for kids to navigate, but also make sure your kids can’t crawl under the entire thing!

Challenge your kids to make it through the maze without touching the crepe paper. Try different routes, or time each other to see if you can do it quicker on round two or three!

Once your children are done going through the maze, they can toss a ball back and forth, trying to keep the ball from touching any of the “lasers.” Older kids can even create a new maze themselves! (Thanks C.S. Motts Children Hospital)

Click here for the video.

This book explores the different feelings of the main character and how she chooses to express those feelings. After sharing the book, emphasize that there are lots of different emotions that we feel. It is normal to feel a variety of emotions. Ask your child to describe the different feelings of the main character and how the character expressed those feelings. There are no good or bad feelings, though some feelings make us feel better than others. When we recognize what we are feeling we are able to express them in a positive way.

• • Click here to see the April calendar.

  • These are ideas to get you and your family moving.

  • Set a goal for how many of these can you do this month.

How to tie your shoe

Learning how to tie a shoe gives students confidence, independence,

and more time to participate in PE and other activities.

Click here for five different shoe tying methods. The first way is the traditional way

and will work with the most laces and the most shoes.

Help your student chose the one that works best for them and then practice at least four times a day.