Nursery Gymnastics

2 Units · 12 Lessons · 43 Activities

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Controlled stepping practice with extended arms and pointed toes to develop balance and body awareness
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Children explore and create movements inspired by different animals
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Children travel safely around a circuit of gymnastics apparatus developing spatial awareness and movement control
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Children move through gymnastics apparatus stations while creating letter shapes during balance points
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Children explore gymnastics apparatus using various travelling skills, moving around, under, over and through different equipment stations
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Children create sequences combining asymmetric travel, balance, and spinning movements
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Partners take turns showing different balances without repeating previous ones
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Exploring different ways to travel using large body parts (patches) like bottom, back, and tummy
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Children explore balancing on different large body parts (patches) with control and pointed toes
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Partner activity where one child balances while the other carefully places equipment on them, like the classic Buckaroo game
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Flowing spinal movement activity alternating between Cat Pose (rounded spine) and Cow Pose (arched spine) coordinated with breathing to improve flexibility and body awareness
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Children create and perform their own 3-movement jumping sequences incorporating different types of jumps
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Focused practice of animal movements that travel close to the ground, developing strength and coordination
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Children explore different ways to travel along the floor using various body parts and directions
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Exploration of travelling at different levels using various pathways to develop spatial awareness and movement quality
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Children practice different gymnastics positions and stretches at high, medium, and low levels
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Children use their bodies to create clear letter shapes, learning symmetrical and asymmetrical concepts
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Partners face each other and mirror movements exactly like looking in a magic mirror
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Storytelling warm-up using Mr Men characters to practice different movement patterns and body positions
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Children move to music in different ways and freeze like statues when music stops
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Children move to music and freeze as different community helpers when music stops
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Children move to music using different locomotion patterns and freeze as community helpers when music stops
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Children move around in different ways to music and freeze like statues when it stops
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Children listen to items and move forward if they belong in their nursery classroom
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