Warm Up Gymnastics Activities for Year 4

Dynamic warm-up using animal movements to prepare muscles and joints for gymnastics

Dynamic warm-up combining travelling movements with quick shape formation responses

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

Progressive warm-up combining movement exploration with specific gymnastics preparation

Dynamic warm-up focusing on bridge positions and travelling movements to prepare for gymnastics

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

Dynamic warm-up game where students move in crab position and rescue tagged teammates

Dynamic tag game developing core strength through back support and commando crawling movements

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

Dynamic warm-up where teacher acts as a remote control for students' movements

High-energy relay using different locomotion patterns to warm up the body and develop core strength.

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 support positions and crawling under partners

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

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

Dynamic tag game where students freeze in one-footed balance positions when caught

Dynamic warm-up combining jogging with quick formation of gymnastic shapes on command

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