Week 6 – Thinking

Warm Up (Routine 2) – 5 Minutes
  • Shoulder Hops: Raise your shoulders up and down 10 times.
  • Butterflies: While sitting, place the bottom of your feet together and raise your knees up and down while counting to 10.
  • Stuck Buggies: While lying on your back, wiggle your feet and hands while counting to 10.
  • Busy Bee: While sitting, gently twists your shoulders while counting to 10.
Mat Chat – 3-minutes (Includes Water Break)
  • Today we are going to work on THINKING.
  • THINKING means to use your head.

Here are three THINKING tips that I want everyone to practice today:

1. Try to be correct. 2. Try not to be silly if you don’t know what to do. 3. Follow your guardian if you don’t know what to do.
Skill-Building Drills – 7 Minutes

Tower:

The students will work on their THINKING skills by trying to build a tower.

Which is Which:

Students will work on their THINKING by think about the difference between techniques.

Show Me:

The students will work on their THINKING skills by showing his/ her ninja moves.

Shapes:

Students will work on their THINKING by recognizing item shapes.
Milestone Assessments – 5 Minutes

Practice Milestones.

  • 18 – 22 months: Will stack three pads.
  • 22 – 28 months: Will walk across the room and stack three pads.
  • 28 – months and up: Will walk across the room and stack three pads, and then bring them back one at a time.

See Milestone Chart:

View Mini SKILLZ Milestone Chart
Cool Down (Routine 2) – 5 Minutes
  • Sleeping Butterfly: Sit with the bottom of your feet together and count to 10.
  • Dog: On your hands and knees, straighten your knees and count to 10.
  • Cobra: On your belly, reach forward placing one palm on top of the other hand and raise your hands off the ground while counting to 10.
  • Lion: Sitting on your heels, place your palms on the floor and raise your chin and count to 10.
Game – 3-minutes
  • Musical Chairs w/Out Taking Chairs Away
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End of Class Announcments:

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