Activities for Gr. 4 - 7

Yoga & Mindfulness

Jump Rope

Jump Rope Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK8XUaAfmSs&feature=youtu.be&t=37

Jump Rope Task Cards (this is an app and will need to be downloaded): Jump It App

Jump Rope Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Jump Rope Partner Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Skill Development & Fundamental Movement

PE Specialist - Follow along with Ben as he models a variety of different skills

Underhand Throwing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-4O1vpM0ZI&feature=youtu.be

Overhand Throwing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdAbRz62tCQ&feature=youtu.be

Throwing a Frisbee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgbdXAqppM&feature=youtu.be

Striking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-S1w0xxWXI&feature=youtu.be

Ball Handling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVcugE_QRG8&feature=youtu.be&t=9

Ball Handling Follow-Along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?....

Four Square: If you have a playground ball and a garage or driveway you can play a game of 2 Square with a family member, draw a court with some chalk and check out this post if you don’t have the rules to play the game

Get Outside!

  1. Go for a bike ride, scoot, rollerblade, skateboard.

  2. Go for a jog/run. Don't forget to pace yourself!

  3. Go for a family walk. (To add a bit of variety to your daily neighbourhood walks, take a look at the suggestions below from educator Gillian Judson.)

  4. Create your own hopscotch pattern using sidewalk chalk (Don't have sidewalk chalk? Click here to learn how to make sidewalk chalk at home.)

  5. Create your own 4-Square Court: https://www.thepespecialist.com/foursquare/

5 Focused Walks by Gillian Judson

  1. Shapes Walk—What geometric shapes (circles, squares, rectangles, triangles etc.) can you find outside? Collect & Organize: Do a tally of the shapes you find. How many of each kind?

  2. (Sur)Faces Walk—Look for “faces” of all kinds. What (sur)faces do you encounter on the walk? What do you notice about the (sur)faces? Senses: What do the surfaces feel like? How do they feel different to the touch of a finger? How do they feel to the touch of your forearm instead of your finger?

  3. Motion Walk—Employ as many of your senses as possible to complete this challenge. What is moving around you? What is on the move? Besides seeing movement, how else can you tell something is moving? Gesture & Intention: Try to repeat using your body the movements you discovered. Are the movements easy or hard to do/represent? Why?

  4. Texture Walk: How Place Feels (or Feeling Place). For this activity begin in the classroom with a class brainstorm about ways to describe how things feel to the touch—smooth, bumpy, prickly, hot, cold etc. In groups students might be challenged to come up with as many adjectives as they can. (Perhaps assign this task ahead of time—kudos to the student who comes up with the most unusual adjective!) Once a master list has been created you can ask students to head outside to explore. Their challenge is to find something that matches each descriptor on the list. They can record what they find that matches the adjective. Following the walk give students an opportunity to debrief and share what they found. Encourage them to classify some of the textures—which were, for example, Pleasing? Surprising? Curious? Unusual? (They can identify additional categories).

  5. Where Is Here? For this activity begin by simply asking students the following question: Where are we? Students will likely respond with “At school!”, “In Class!”. Tell students that you want them to be more specific—and more thorough in their answer. Students can be asked to find the following information:

  • Actual geographical coordinates for the school (Latitude/Longitude)

  • Street Address.

  • Neighbourhood.

  • City, Province, Country.

  • Planet & Galaxy.*

Downloadable Fitness Apps

Run Keeper: track the time, speed and map your run as well as much more (apple / android)

Active Globe: turn your Physical Activity into a real world travel experience, taking you around the globe to complete your fitness goals (apple / android - connects with Run Keeper)

Zombies, Run!: get fit, escape zombies, become a hero! (apple / android)

The Walk: turn your everyday walks into a world saving adventure (apple / android)

Home Court: analyzes your basketball skills (apple)

Slo Pro: record yourself performing a new skill and then slow it down (apple / android)

Img Play: turn a skill into an animated GIF and share it with your friends (apple / android)

Smiling Mind: get calm and focussed - 10 minutes a day is all you need (apple / android)