Warm Up Gymnastics Activities for Year 2

Children form letter shapes with their bodies on mats, developing body awareness and letter recognition

Dynamic warm-up where students move like different forest animals to prepare bodies for jumping

An engaging warm-up using animal movements to prepare body for physical activity

A movement warm-up where students travel as different animals at varying levels

Students explore different ways to move on, over, under and around gymnastics apparatus in small groups

A fun warm-up game using hoops to prepare children for ground-level gymnastics work

A themed warm-up where children move like different fairground rides to explore spinning, turning and level changes

A magical zoo journey where students transform into different animals and practice various movement patterns

Calm performance opportunity with peer observation and vocabulary reflection

An active warm-up game where tagged students must balance on different body parts until rescued

A listening and reaction game where students jump across a line following commands

Students move in bear crawl position and react quickly to signal by lying on backs with limbs up

Students systematically explore movement using the four big body parts: tummy, back, side, and bottom

Dynamic warm-up game where students move around the space and quickly form pairs or groups by touching specific body parts together in response to teacher calls

A listening and movement game where students travel around and touch different body parts to the ground on command

Children explore balancing on different large body parts (patches) with control and pointed toes

High-energy warm-up game where students respond to different movement commands

Active tag game where tagged players create bridges that others crawl under to rescue them

Dynamic warm-up exploring contrasting big and small movements with champion posture

Students explore balancing on different body parts while maintaining champion posture and control

Dynamic warm-up using hoops to practice champion body positions and spatial awareness

Dynamic warm-up activity where students move silently with pointed fingers and toes, exploring different body shapes

A movement assessment warm-up where students demonstrate champion qualities while moving and making shapes

Children explore different ways of moving while following 'champion gymnast' rules