Let's go to the zoo!

I returned to work last week, with Term 1 of Kindergym at the gymnastics club.

One good thing about this job, I don't have work in the school holidays. I do know what teachers go through now though, with all the extra work and preparation that goes unnoticed.

This terms' theme I decided on was "Let's go to the zoo". Lots of amimal themed activities and locomotive movements-

• swinging on bars, like monkeys
• tip toes, reaching up tall like a giraffe on the beam
• Balancing like elephants on a piece of 'string', which will probably be a rope on the floor
• sliding like snakes
• kangaroo jumping in hoops
• leaping like frogs on felt lillipads
• galloping over jumps like horses
• feeding hungry alligators
• crawling through tunnels like a wombat
• bear, crab and spider walks
• rabbit bunny hops in hoops
• rolling down slopes like crocodiles rolling(log rolls)
• rolling down slopes like echidnas (egg rolls)
• penguin walks on double beams

We have a great gym here in Millicent, loads of fantastic equipment and space.

I do have to make a few things to go with the terms theme though, and thank goodness for google and the amazing crafters that share how to make stuff. I have found a wealth of ideas to help me.

Seahorse made out of pool noodle. I use this for an ocean theme too.

Elephants out of paper plates

Felt lilly pads for frog leaping, this was made by my predecessor who left at the end of last year.

Alligator made from a box. Beanbags for feeding. I also use this one for my Pete the Cat themed class. In the books, Pete the cat has an alligator friend who is always hungry. 

Jump over the snake

Rope ladder climbing between the parallel bars. Watch out for lions!

Weaving through cones and over jumps

I sat up last night and made some zebras to hang up. Some binoculars(not shown) from toilet rolls too, to find animals. This helps kids explore all of the gym, and maybe they might have a go on something they normally wouldn't.

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