Warm Up Gymnastics Activities for Year 3

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

Dynamic warm-up where students jog around mats and touch specific body parts to them on command

A cooperative chase game where paired students travel as connected cars and caravans, with bumper cars creating rescue challenges through bridge balances

A dynamic warm-up where followers must do the opposite of what the leader demonstrates

Students travel around mats and respond to shape calls, developing spatial awareness and body control

Educational activity teaching the difference between moving and still stretches through practical experience

Interactive warm-up where students alternate between support positions and moving around others

Dynamic warm-up where students alternate between being bridges in support positions and travellers moving over and under them

Dynamic warm-up where students clap and step to syllables in flower names, developing rhythm awareness and connecting language to movement patterns

Dynamic warm-up game where students travel around the space and quickly form groups in specific formations when called

Dynamic tag game where caught players freeze in plank position until rescued by crawling underneath

A dynamic warm-up where students jog around hoops and quickly form gymnastics shapes when called

Children become human ladder rungs while others leap over them in sequence

A calming warm-up focusing on breath coordination and gentle body activation

Dynamic warm-up where students respond to remote control commands (play, rewind, pause, fast forward, stop, eject, skip) with different movement patterns

Teams race around markers using different travelling movements when their numbers are called

Team-based warm-up where students travel around cone courses using different movement patterns when their number is called

Dynamic warm-up where students group on mats according to called numbers and body part challenges

Teams race in back support position when their category is called, with mathematical challenges added

A reaction-based warm-up where students make the opposite shape to the teacher's command

Children explore balancing on different body parts to understand points (small areas) versus patches (large areas)

Students travel around equipment creating balances using specific numbers of body points and patches on command

A building warm-up routine combining travelling movements, jumps, and flexibility work designed to be memorised over multiple lessons.

A dynamic warm-up teaching body tension control through contrasting floppy and controlled movements