Rainy Day Activities

Table Top Football Also known as “paper football,” table top football only requires a single sheet of plain paper and a cleared off kitchen table. The game requires a paper football folded into a triangle shape–see instructions in the resource link below–and two players sitting across the table from one another.
The game begins by one player laying the ball on its side in front of him on the table and flicking it toward the other player. This is where the player begins his set of downs. The player has four flicks of the ball to try and get the paper football to overhang the opponent’s edge of the table partially without falling off. If the player fails, the opponent takes over and tries to do the same. If he succeeds, then he scored six points and tries for an extra point by standing the ball on it’s point and thumping it through uprights made by the opponents fingers.

If one player slides the ball off the table, the other takes over. If this happens three times in a game, the opponent gets to try for a three-point field goal. Games are typically played to 35.

How To Make A Paper Football

Week 14 Dec 6th-10th Long Ropes

Jumping rope is synonymous with rhythmic movement. To be successful at jumping the long rope you need to be able to keep a rhythm. The success of the jumper is also dependant on the rope turners' rhythm. All three need to work as a team. The more you expose yourself to the long rope the better you get and the less intimidating it is. Jumping rope is great exercise and something kids can do with friends and family!! Jump Ropes are GREAT holiday gifts too ... they are small, Inexpensive and gender/age neutral! Happy Jumping!


Suggestions


Have the turners stand so the rope the length of an already established line (tape works great) also Tie a knot at the center of the rope marking the spot that touches the ground, emphasize staying in that spot as you jump or run in.

Great links


Jump ropes at Great prices here!

What size rope do YOU need here!

Jump Rope Institute Here!!

Nov 29th - Dec 3rd Nutrition

This week the students have learned about the food pyramid… per “Healthy Choices Healthy Me” Dairy Council Food Pyramid


Food groups

Servings per day

Serving sizes

Good fats and Bad fats

Good fats are usually liquid at room temp i.e. fats from veggies and nuts

Bad fats are usually solid at room temp i.e. animal fats and trans fats

The begining of the week we loaded up the kids with facts then played a tag game where the taggers were extras and trans fats if a healthy student was tagged twice they took three turns trying to throw healthy food into the buckets topped with lips and if the healthy food made it into the mouth then they went back to the game if not the ran a small lap and came back to the game, Thursday and Friday we'll wrap up the week with nutrition bingo and the movie from "Heart Power Game Show" visit HeartPower! Online  for more info.

Cupid Shuffle

For our rhythmic movement unit we taught 1st - 5th to do the Cupid Shuffle, it's a simple four count repetitive dance to a very cool song. Take a look at the instructional you-tube video by the dance's creator!

How To Cupid Shuffle

Music

As most of you can't miss we use music a lot to enhance the PE environment. For example the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving we have featured Native American music genres such as, bluegrass, American Indian, and folk. We make the connection to the fact that like Thanksgiving the music and a lot of the instruments used were started here in America. We also explore the natural instinct to move with the music’s beats per minuet or tempo and how we can use that to manipulate our activity level for fitness.

Week 12 11/15-11/19 Walking and Jogging

This week our curriculum takes us "walking/Jogging" We emphasize how lucky we are to live here in Marin. We have so many trails so close! The American Hiking Society has some great information about the benefits of walking/jogging on our wonderful hiking trails not to mention it's FREE and great activity for families, something you don't have to be a super athlete to enjoy!