MIMETICS

I do this with first and second grades. I say the name of the animal or object and they mimick it.

• Rowboat
• Lame Dog
• Crab
• Log
• Bear
• Snake
• Frog
• Kangaroo
• Alligator
• Cat
• Mouse
• Rabbit
• Eagle
• Penguin
• Seal
• Donkey
• Gorilla
• Inchworm
• Horse
• Antelope
• Elephant
• Tightrope Walk
• Pogo Stick
• Cricket: Squat, spread the knees. Put the arms between the knees and grasp the outside of the ankles with the hands. In this position, walk forward or backward. Chirp like a cricket. Turn around right and left.
• Elbow Crawl:Reverse Seal Crawl: Turn over and attempt the crawl dragging the heels.
• Walrus Walk: Like the seal crawl, begin with a front leaning rest position with fingers pointed outward. Make progress by moving both hands forward at the same time. Some children may be able to clap hands as they take each step.
• Mule Kick with a Scooter: Sit with legs stretched out, arms crossed on chest. Pull seat toward the heels, using the heel pressure and lifting the seat slightly. Then extend legs forward again, and repeat the process.
• Hip Walk: Sit with legs extended and arms out. Alternate leg movements.
• Long Bridge: Begin in a crouched position with the hands on the floor, knees between the arms. Push the hands forward a little at a time until you are in an extended push-up position. Return to position.
• Knee Walk: Kneel, reach back and hold both feet up from the floor.
• Wicket Walk: Bend over and touch the floor with the weight evenly distributed on hands and feet. By keeping the knees straight, a wicket can be formed. Walk the wicket forward, backward and sideward. Keep arms and legs as near vertical as possible.

Read the following story and have the students act it out.

On a rainy day, the students went on a water trip in their ROWBOAT with their LAME DOG. It barked all day because a CRAB was pinching its tail. Lightning struck a tree and a LOG hit the boat. The students ran for cover ashore but a BEAR blocked the way to the woods. It didn't help that a slimy SNAKE slithered in the grass nearby. Even the FROGS had to jump for cover. Suddenly a KANGAROO hopped to the rescue but stopped short when an ALLIGATOR came into sight. It was only sunning itself but soon a CAT chased a MOUSE across the path. This frightened a RABBIT and it hopped quickly behind a bush. The gate to the zoo was nearby and was guarded by statues of EAGLES but the students ran passed them into the PENGUIN house and saw the SEALS as they slid off the ice and into the cold water. The DONKEYS were around the corner next to the cage of the GORILLAS but when the INCHWORM crossed the path of the frightened students they decided to gallop like the HORSES and leap like the ANTELOPE back to the bus for safety. They decided they had had a very adventurous day!

GYMNASTICS OBSTACLE COURSE

A Teach each station after assigning students to each one.

B. Explain that each station must be accomplished safely.

1) Crawl under board balanced on buckets.

2) Balance, with partner spotting you, on balance board to count of 10

3) Jump over board, using hands, balanced on buckets.

4) Buddy walk with partner to cone and back.

5) Swing across mats on rope.

6) Scoot in tandem on scooter board around cone and back with partner.

7) Roll some way full length of mat.

8) Travel on stilts around cone and back.

9) Crawl over un-evens, with mat over it, using chair and/or rope attached to top bar.

10) Travel over beam and use one balance somewhere on it.

11) Jump off mats using a shape in the air-twisted, curved, wide, narrow and land in different way-twisted, curved, wide, narrow

12) Travel down wedge any way.

13) Jump back and forth over beam with or without hands.

14) Jump, balance, jump on mat.

C. Continue again and do something different at each station. Find something you like best so to remember to teach a partner for next time.

D. A Choose a partner and play follow the leader- go through course and then switch, teaching your partner what you did.

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