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Posted: April 21, 2020

K-2 Daily PE/Wellness Activity April 21

I want to share a resource for you for today's daily activity suggestion. This resource is a monthly at home activity guide put out by BOKS Canada. BOKS is a school based activity program with tons of quick hitting activities and games, as well as structured fitness activities focused on keeping the attention of students. I have attended a couple of sessions at national conferences put on by BOKS, and they are extremely passionate and resourceful.
In this monthly activity guide, each day's activities are broken down into 3 parts. You begin with a quick BOKS burst warm-up activity in the morning. Then, each day at noon EST, 1pm AST they go live on their facebook page to do a live fitness class (I will post the link). Then, after each live class they finish off with a yoga and mindfulness activity. Each day as a whole give you a fun warm-up, a slightly more intense session to get your heart rate up, and finishes with some mindfulness to reconnect yourself! I will post the package with the monthly fitness calendar, as well as descriptions of all of the bursts, and yoga/mindfulness activities. This is a great resource, and while my daily suggestions may not always be from BOKS, you can always have it as a resource for your students to use instead of my daily suggestions.
So, today's daily PE/Wellness activity suggestion will be today's BOKS activities! For today, the BOKS burst is the "Colors in the room" burst, and the yoga/mindfulness activity is the "Warrior 2 pose". I recommend you tune into the page at 1pm to check out the live session, and I believe you can also access the live session after it is finished throughout the day.
https://www.facebook.com/BOKSKidsCanada/
 
For your outdoor option, I am going to share a quick video put out by one of our Phys. Ed Leads, Paul McKinnon. He is recommending we get outside, reconnect with nature and simply climb a tree! Of course, while climbing we are also following all of the PE guidelines for safety, which he outlines in the video... have a look!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq0bY62h3rg&feature=youtu.be
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Posted: April 20, 2020

Monday - Weekly Wellness Challenge April 20

Good Morning Everyone!
 
Congrats to Lainey Hallihan Ashley Hallihan on winning last weeks "Weekly Wellness Challenge"!
 
As mentioned in the video a few minutes ago, this weeks challenge is going to be....
 
Learning how to JUGGLE! Sounds crazy, and hard, and complicated I know. But the process for learning how to juggle is a great exercise in hand-eye coordination, and perseverance! The video I am going to post is a great and simple step by step tutorial to learning how to complete a 3 ball juggle. You will quickly learn that in order to learn to juggle, you will need to learn how to deal with failure. You are going to drop the balls, you are going to mess up, and that's ok! Learning to fail is almost as important as learning the skill. Stick with it, focus, practice, and you will get it!
 
This is a fun one, I'm really looking forward to seeing you all give this a try!
 
Be creative, stay safe, and HAVE FUN everyone!!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYDZDlcO6g

Posted: April 20, 2020

Grade 9 Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 20

Here is a suggested workout for your daily PE/Wellness activity. As you know, you can also be performing your own method of PE/Wellness, as long as you are keeping a daily journal of what your activity was, and how it is effecting you, positively or negatively.

Today's workout suggestion is called "Monday Mayhem". There are 6 exercises listed. Your goal is to complete 20 reps of each exercise, and perform a total of 3 sets of each in a circuit style. This is a timed exercise, so you can take longer, or shorter breaks in between exercises. But the lower the time, the more intense your workout will be!

Enjoy!

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Posted: April 20, 2020

Middle School Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 20

Good Morning everyone,
Today's PE/Wellness theme is to DANCE as well!! There is no better way to start off the week than to get your body moving to your favorite tunes! I am going to post a link to the "Just Dance" youtube channel. On there you can find tons of simple choreographed dances to you favorite songs. Also, you can just make up your own movements! Cut loose and have some fun, while getting your heart rate up and breaking a sweat!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-3tkqR92QINQyCrVocb1Q

Posted: April 20, 2020

3-5 Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 20

Good Morning everyone,
Today's PE/Wellness theme is to DANCE!! There is no better way to start off the week than to get your body moving to your favorite tunes! I am going to post a link to the "Just Dance" youtube channel. On there you can find tons of simple choreographed dances to you favorite songs. Also, you can just make up your own movements! Cut loose and have some fun, while getting your heart rate up and breaking a sweat!
 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-3tkqR92QINQyCrVocb1Q
 

Posted: April 20, 2020

K-2 Daily PE/Wellness Activity April 20

Good Morning everyone,
 
Today's theme for our PE/Wellness activities is going to be to DANCE!! It's going to be a beautiful day, and there's no better way to start the week than to get moving to your favorite tunes! I am going to post a link to a cool dance called the "Trolls Happy Dance". It is a mix of dance moves, as well as some basic fitness movements like push ups, mountain climbers, and planks. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_swUGtEpazY
 
You can also replace today's suggestions with some outdoor activity of your choice, just make sure you get moving, and get that heart rate up!

Posted: April 17, 2020

Grade 9 Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 17

Good morning everyone,

 

I think its really important during this time to focus on mental wellness, as well as physical. I have found over the last little while that students have been particularly receptive to yoga and meditation practices. While sometimes met with some skepticism, most of the time once students are finished, they appreciate the experience. So, after over a month of this state of isolation, students may be feeling some new anxiety and stress that they have never dealt with before. Especially middle and high school students. Take some time and give this yoga practice a try. It is a flow specifically target towards releasing feeling of stress and anxiety. Parents, you are welcome to give this one a shot with your young one! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJbRpHZr_d0

 

Stay safe, stay calm, and have fun today!

Posted: April 17, 2020

Middle School Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 17

Good morning everyone,
 
I think its really important during this time to focus on mental wellness, as well as physical. I have found over the last little while that students have been particularly receptive to yoga and meditation practices. While sometimes met with some skepticism, most of the time once students are finished, they appreciate the experience. So, after over a month of this state of isolation, students may be feeling some new anxiety and stress that they have never dealt with before. Especially middle and high school students. Take some time and give this yoga practice a try. It is a flow specifically target towards releasing feeling of stress and anxiety. Parents, you are welcome to give this one a shot with your young one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJbRpHZr_d0
 
Stay safe, stay calm, and have fun today!

Posted: April 17, 2020

K-5 Daily PE/Wellness Activity April 17

Here are today's suggestions for daily PE/Wellness activities. It's looking like another beautiful day, so these suggestions can also be replaced with some outdoor activity of your choice!
 
K-5:
This is a weekly tossing and catching challenge that extends on some of the activity cards posted earlier this week. You can do these activities with a partner, or you can try striking and catching off of a wall to yourself for practice. You can use any type of ball you have around the house, and you can adjust the difficulty by changing the ball that you use. A larger, lighter, or softer ball to make it more difficult, or a smaller, bouncier, or more firm ball to make it more difficult.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF67gJv0VnM

Posted: April 16, 2020

Grade 9 Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 16

Grade 9:

I hope you guys are committing to your journals, as they are a great way to reflect on daily activities, and to track your progress as well. As always, you can participate in any type of activity that you like, as long as you take the time to journal the experience. For today, I suggest the "Countdown Craziness" activity. This is a circuit style with 5 exercises that will decrease in the number of reps throughout the workout. It starts with 50 reps and decreases down to 10 reps. Try and go through the 5 exercises with minimal rest between exercises. I suggest you do at least 3 rounds, with some rest between each round. You can certainly do more if you like!



 

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Posted: April 16, 2020

Middle School Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 16

Middle School:

This is another great workout posted by our PE Lead called "Countdown Craziness" This is a circuit style with 5 exercises that will decrease in the number of reps throughout the workout. It starts with 50 reps and decreases down to 10 reps. Try and go through the 5 exercises with minimal rest between exercises. I suggest you do at least 3 rounds, with some rest between each round. You can certainly do more if you like!

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Posted: April 16, 2020

3-5 Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 16

3-5:

Here is the daily workout from "PE with Joe". The workouts from this channel have been great, and are all done within 30 min. The focus in today's workout is core muscles and cardio fitness, so it will get your heart pumping, and give you a great sweat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABsHbhqv7Q

Posted: April 16, 2020

K-2 Daily PE/Wellness Activity April 16

K-2:

Today's suggested activity will be working on our individual tossing and catching skills. I will attach a set of activity cards that go through some simple progressions for tossing and catching that can be done inside or out, and with very simple and modifiable materials. This skills that are practiced in these cards are also a great fit with this week weekly challenge! My suggestion is to focus on the first 2 activity cards for Bowling and Basketball for today!

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Posted: April 15, 2020

Grade 9 Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April. 15

Grade 9:
As always you can complete any form of physical activity that is fulfilling for you, as long as you take the opportunity to journal about your experience.
This is today's suggested workout from "Workout with Joe" on youtube. I watched the workout at its grade for students of all ages, but it challenging enough to gave grade 9 students a good workout. Today's focus was core and lower body strength.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyBelN_EgS8

Posted: April 15, 2020

Middle School Daily PE/Wellness Activity - April 6

Middle School:
This is a cool and easy game suggested by our Phys. Ed. lead Jim Watters for all of you sports fans out there. It's called "Push-up Hockey" and its super easy and adaptable to any age. It does require a partner so challenge you brother, sister, mother or father to a game! Here is the link for a demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpKN0RSnxl8

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