SOUTH SCHOOL Physical Education
"AN ACTIVE MIND CANNOT EXIST IN AN INACTIVE BODY"
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON
Hi Everyone! Since we cannot be at school together, we thought you could come here to find links to some fun activities you can do at home to stay active inside and outside!
This is all new for us too, so we are all gonna do this together:)
Mrs. Matson - meghan.matson@andoverma.us
Mr. Giribaldi- david.giribaldi@andoverma.us
Mr. Sudak- michael.sudak@andoverma.us
The best thing you can do when you are at home is get outside! Endless fun!
RIDE YOUR BIKE / SKATEBOARD / SCOOTER
PLAY CATCH
JUMP ROPE
WALK THE DOG
GO FOR A HIKE
SHOOT SOME HOOPS
WHAT KIND OF IDEAS CAN YOU THINK OF ?!?!?!?
BE SAFE!!!!!
Technology can be your friend! YouTube has a number of resources you can use to stay active inside when the weather outside is not cooperating.
GO NOODLE:
JUST DANCE: WAKA WAKA
POPSUGAR FITNESS
Monday June 8

Lesson K-5
Monday June 1

Thursday May 28

K-5 Lesson
Thursday May 21
Try the Toilet Paper Fitness Challenge!
Monday May 18

Thursday May 14

Monday May 11

K-5 Warm Up and Activities
Thursday May 7
Warm up: Use the warm up template that you did not use on Monday
Lesson: Choose 2 of the games you played from Monday's lesson to play again. Play those activities until you beat you best scores from Monday!
Monday May 4
Choose one of these playing cards activities for today's warm up


LESSON
Kicking K-2 (week 2)

Kicking 3-5 (week 2)

Thursday April 30
Try your own soccer trick shot!
Monday April 27th
WARM UP
For this weeks warm up we have attached a PDF. Follow the exercises! Its a great warm up for the rainy weather we have ahead of us.

LESSON
KICKING K-2 Lesson 1

KICKING 3-5 Lesson 1

Thursday April 16th:

Week of April 13th - 17th Lessons:


3-5 Jump Rope Lesson
K-2 Jump Rope Lesson
Week of April 6th - 10th Lessons:
HEART HEALTH CHALLENGE:
Hello students!!!! Since we will not be in school for our Heart Health Challenge (Jump Rope for Heart) we wanted to provide you all with a Heart Health Challenge you could do at home! It is a 10 day fitness challenge for you and your family, it includes activities, info on physical fitness, and even some healthy recipes to try out at home. Enjoy!
We will be providing you with two days at a time!
DAY 1:
- Daily Activity: Get the Whole Family Moving at Home , Dance it out
- Recipe: Berry Nuts Granola Bars and Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup
- Fitness Challenge: 10 Push Ups
25 Jumping Jacks
10 Star Jumps
10 Crab Kicks
- Parent Tip of the Day: Physical Activity Recommendations for Kids
DAY 2:
- Youth Market Story Link: Kids Heart Challenge Promo
- Daily Activity: Heart Hero Moves
- Recipe: Ranch Chive Popcorn
- Fitness Challenge: Jump Rope 10 minutes
or
Jog 10 minutes
- Parent Tip of the Day: Limit Screen Time
HOW TO DO A PROPER PUSH UP
Here is a video to help you do a proper push up!
HEART HEALTH CHALLENGE
DAY 3
- Character Video Intro : Check out the characters of the Heart Health Challenge
- Daily Activity: Heart Facts
- Recipe: Chunky Marinara with Pasta and Tropical Fruit Smoothie
- Fitness Challenge: 10 Push ups
25 Jumping Jacks
10 Star Jumps
10 Crab Kicks
- Parent Tip of the Day: Take Action to Control Stress
DAY 4
- Daily Activity: Jumping Rope Skills
*This is a great way to learn some new jump rope skills and review some old ones!
- Recipe: Vegetarian 3-bean Chili and Sweet and Spicy Veggie Dip
- Fitness Challenge: Jump Rope 15 min
Try some of the skills found in the daily activity!
- Parent Tip of the Day: When is the best time of day to exercise?
HEART HEALTH CHALLENGE
DAY 5
- Daily Activity: Homework with Heart
- Recipe: Slow Cooker Barbeque Chicken and Frozen Yogurt Pops
- Fitness Challenge: Deck of Cards Workout
Get a deck of cards. You can use a whole deck, or a half, up to you. Assign each suit with a different exercise. Each number on the card represents how many reps you do.
For example: Hearts = jumping jacks
Clubs = push ups
Spades = crab kicks
Diamonds = star jumps
- Parent Tip of the Day: How to Boost Willpower
DAY 6
- Daily Activity: Wacky Word Games
- Recipe: Peanut Butter Banana Protein Bars and Tuscan Bean Soup
- Fitness Challenge: Jump Rope 15 minutes
- Parent Tip of the Day: Better Your Sleep Routine
MOVING into the next phase of learning at home!

As Physical Educators in Andover Public Schools, it is our mission to promote activity and healthy habits to our students, while fostering lifelong health and fitness in a safe environment.