Exercise
Crafts
- Make barbells with paper towel tubes and paper plates
- Make sweat bands
- Make medals (if you are having an Olympics)
Science
- Muscle groups
- Body chart
Block Area
- Add mats to block area
Dramatic Play
- Add exercise clothes
- Make a gym or workout room
Circle Time
Songs:- Barney's Exercise Song
- Morning Stretch
- Bend and Stretch
- One finger, One thumb keep moving
- Hokey Pokey
- A little Bit Up
- Shake My Sillies Out
- My Swimming Pool
- Facing a Challenge
- Little Frog learns to Swim
- Indoor races
- Dance & exercise to music
Water & Sand Play
- Add boats and people for swimming/waterskiing
Outdoor Play
- Exercise class
- Different types of races
Field Trips / Special Days
- Have an Olympics
- Go skating
- Go tobogganing
Songs
Bend and Stretch
Bend and stretch
Reach for the sky
Bend and stretch
Stretching so high!
Swimming, Swimming
Swimming, swimming in my swimming pool
When days are hot, when days are cool
In my swimming pool
Breast stroke, side stroke
Fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish you never had anything else to do
But...
Repeat song replacing words with actions for first line, then repeat using actions for first two lines, etc until the whole song is done through actions only
Actions:
Swimming, swimming in my swimming pool (move arms as if doing the front crawl)
When days are hot (wipe forehead), when days are cold (hug self and shiver)
In my swimming pool (make a rectangle shape with hands)
Breast stroke (move arms as if doing the breast stroke), side stroke (move arms as if doing the side stroke)
Fancy diving too (put arms in front and pretend to dive)
Oh don't you wish you never had anything else to do! (said loudly and the "But" is omitted on the last verse)