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 borrowed this game from The Many Little Joys.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• a floor (or the ground) - that is the lava!

• placemats (or sheets of paper, pillows, etc.) to be stepping stones through the lava

• cards/papers with numbers, letters or words written on them (whatever academic skill you want to practice) to “rescue”

DIRECTIONS:

1. First, scatter your “stepping” stones around on the floor.

2. Designate a safe starting spot to be “home”. You could choose the couch.

3. Scatter your learning cards around the floor, preferably on the opposite side of your lava river from your “home”.

4. Explain to your child that you’re going to pretend that the floor is lava, and their job is to rescue the cards from the lava one by one.

5. Call out a word/number/letter for your child to rescue. They can only step on the stepping stones. If they successfully get to the card, pick it up, and return to “home” without touching the floor, they get to keep the card and get a point.

6. If they touch the “lava” at any time, they must put the card down (if they have already gotten it), and return to “home” to try again. (You can decide how strict to be on this rule.)

7. Continue calling out cards for your child to rescue (taking turns if you have multiple children playing) until all the cards have been recovered. Then celebrate your triumph over the lava!

Demonstration Video

• Have student place small plastic cones or plastic cups in a line in front of him or her.

• Have student stand behind the row of cups with toes pointing to the cups

• Have student jump forward over the cups

  • Great time to teach and reinforce the words forward and over

• Have student jump backwards over the cups

  • Great time to teach and reinforce the words forward and over

  • Repeat several times. Keep jumping until music stops or for a certain time.

• Have student hop over on one foot

  • Repeat several times. Keep jumping until music stops or for a certain time.

• Have student stand beside the row of cups

  • Have student jump sideways over the cones or cups

• Here is another video showing this and other movements.

Summer is coming! Don't fall out of a routine of movement and activity and become a Couch Potato!

Watch this read aloud of The Couch Potato.

Reflection Questions:

1. What is a couch potato?

2. How did The Couch Potato character change from the beginning of the book to the end of the book? Use evidence to support your answer.

3. What happened that made The Couch Potato go outside?

4. How can we keep a healthy balance between time spent on our devices and time spent playing outside?

5. What do you think The Couch Potato learned?

6. What are three fitness activities that The Couch Potato enjoyed?

7. What are three fitness activities that you enjoy?

8. Should The Couch Potato change his name?

9. How can your family play outside together?

10. The Couch Potato said he was amusing, smart and kind. Which of these words best describes you and why?

• • Click here to see the May 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.