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Friday

June 5

Hooray We Did it!

Mr. Sarubbi Goodbye Video

Wishing everybody a safe and active summer!

THURSDAY

June 4

SUMMER STRENGTH CHALLENGE:

Push-Ups & Squats EVERYDAY!

WHO'S UP FOR A CHALLENGE?????

Can you complete ONE set of as many push-ups and as many squats that you can do in-a-row EACH DAY of the summer? Can you beat MR. SHORT?

You will add one rep to each movement each week.

TEST YOURSELF

How many push-ups can you do in-a-row using perfect form?

  • Your body should be completely straight ("Head-to-Heal, Straight-as-Steel")

  • Your shoulders should be in front of your finger tips

  • Your chest should touch the surface your hands are on.

      • If you can't go all the way to the floor, place your hands on a higher surface than your feet like a coffee table or the arm of a couch to make the difficulty appropriate for you

How many squats can you do in-a-row using perfect form?

  • Hold your arms straight out in front of your body for balance

  • Place your feet a little wider than your shoulders (imagine you are holding a beach ball between your knees)

  • Keeping your hands pointed straight ahead, squat down like you are going to sit on a beam right behind your feet.

  • Your hips should go as low as your knees.

HOW TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE

Let's pretend that I was able to do 3 push-ups and 14 squats in-a-row. Those are the numbers that I will start with the first week, and I will add one rep each week.

Pick one day to rest each week. Every other day you will complete one set of push-ups and one set of squats.

In the first week, I will do 3 push-ups and 14 squats on each day except my day of rest.

In the second week, I will do 4 push-ups and 14 squats in a row.

Keep adding one rep each week.

As weeks go on, if I can't complete all of the reps in-a-row anymore then break them up into smaller sets. (For example: If I am up to 12 push-ups and I can't do that many in-a-row, then I can do a set of 6, rest, and then complete another set of 6)

Summer Goodbye.mov

"SUMMER GOODBYE" from Mr. Short

Push-Ups.mov

PUSH-UP FORM

Squats.mov

SQUAT FORM

Wednesday

June 3

GAME: Four Square

Click link above to see video. Classic West School recess activity!

Equipment Needed:

Sidewalk chalk and any kind of bouncy ball.

How to Play:

Player in square 1 starts with the ball.

Serves the ball to another square by bouncing the ball and hitting it underhand so it bounces into another square.

The ball may only bounce once in your square before you hit it.

Ways to get out:

  1. If you hit the ball outside the lines which would be out of bounds.

  2. If the ball hits twice in your square.

  3. If you hit an overhand hit.

  4. If you catch or hold the ball.

  5. If you hit the ball out of the air.

If you don't like these rules be creative and make your own. As long as everyone plays by the same rules it's a lot of fun.

Have Fun!

FITNESS ACTIVITY: Find time in the day to exercise 20 minutes.

Suggestions:

  1. Go for a walk/run

  2. Ride your bike

  3. Play in the yard

TUESDAY

June 2

FITNESS ACTIVITY: Build Your Own Obstacle Course

Create your own obstacle course today. Work on your SPEED and AGILITY, JUMPING and LANDING, and BALANCE and COORDINATION.

This can be done inside or outside!

Be creative with obstacles (PLEASE ASK YOUR PARENTS BEFORE USING ANYTHING)

HERE ARE A FEW IDEAS...

  • Use different locomotor movement patterns (Skipping, hopping, jumping, running, crawling, etc.)

  • Use obstacles that you can crawl under or over, run around or through, jump onto or over, walk across on your feet or crawl across on your hands and feet.

  • Push, pull or carry something heavy

  • Use a pillow case for a sack race part of the course

  • Time yourself with a stopwatch. Set your own personal record. Challenge other family members.

Monday

June 1

GAME: Hopscotch

Equipment needed:

Sidewalk Chalk and a rock.

How to play:

  1. First player starts behind the 1 Square and tosses the rock onto square 1.

  2. If it rolls out of square your turn is done.

  3. If it lands in the square then hop over square one and on to square two and three and continue hoping to you get to 10.

  4. Once a Ten keep your balance on 1 foot and return back to the beginning and when you get back to your rock pick it up without ever touching Square 1.

  5. If any foot lands outside a square then your turn is done.

  6. If you make it back successfully then you turn is done and next time you toss your rock onto Square 2 and repeat the same sequence.

  7. Play solo or with a family member.

Have Fun!


Hopscotch image

Bone of the Week

Ulna Bone (forearm pinky side)

Ulna Image

Ulna Fact:Together with the radius, the ulna enables the wrist joint to rotate.