Energizers! These are by Dr. Brent Heidorn at the University of West Georgia. They’re mainly activities you can use when you’re rained in and don’t have a gym. Some you’d want to modify (e.g., substitute Louisiana references for Georgia references, change the names of people in the slides as time passes, to stay current with what’s meaningful to the kids).

PICK-IT-UP Elbow and elbow Foot and foot Knee and knee Forearm and elbow Foot and elbow Knee and elbow Forehead and back of hand Foot and finger

SPORTS GALORE Mimic the sport skills as they are called Shooting a jump shotJuggling a soccer ball Running through tiresShooting an arrow Batting a baseballShooting a hockey puck Serving a tennis ballSwimming underwater Downhill skiingFielding a grounder Spiking a volleyballDunking a basketball Swinging a golf clubThrowing a football

Dance Dance PowerPoint Arrows

Step in the direction of the arrow

Step to the corners

Both feet move at the same time in the direction of the arrows

Jump with both feet from side to side

Jump with both feet to the corners

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Congratulations You survived Dance Dance PowerPoint!

MORNING (AFTERNOON) ROUTINE Participate in a series of simple activities lasting 10 seconds each Jumping jacksReach for the sky Knee liftsRunner’s stretch Flap arms like a birdMarching in place Hopping on one footRotate ankles Scissor jumpsScratch your back

UNO FITNESS RED = JOG IN PLACE YELLOW = SWIM GREEN = SCISSOR JUMPS BLUE = CROSS CRAWLS

High Five Right High Five Left Low Five Right Low Five Left High Ten Low Ten Backwards High Ten Backwards Low Ten Sole of Shoe Right Sole of Shoe Left Elbow Right Elbow Left

Let’s Walk Using the Prepositions: OVER, UNDER, AROUND, and THROUGH OverUnderAroundThrough The Atlantic Ocean A tree branch Your deskA creaky door A wiggly bridge Your deskA chairA long tunnel A steep hillYour dogA circleA window A thorny bush WaterA dirty trash can A haunted house The bed of a sleeping giant A limbo stickA camp fireA swimming pool

Jump into Geography Create a scale relating movement to distances on a map –1 small step = 1 mile –1 giant step = 10 miles –1 jump = 100 miles Students use a map scale to measure the distance between two cities or countries Using movements on the map scale created, students identify which movements should be combined to travel between two points –If the distance between two cities is 121 miles, students take 1 jump, 2 giant steps, and 1 small step

AS IF… Act out each sentence for 10 seconds Participate enthusiastically! Jog in place AS IF a big scary bear is chasing you Walk AS IF you’re walking through chocolate pudding Jump in place AS IF you are popcorn popping Reach up AS IF grabbing balloons out of the air March in place AS IF you are in a marching band Paint AS IF the paint brush is attached to your head Swim AS IF you are in a giant pool of Jell-O Move your feet AS IF you are ice skating Shake your body AS IF you are a wet dog

Super Mario Tennis Can you volley your way to victory?

Tennis Practice Swings: –Forehand –Smash –Backhand

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Game 2 vs. Yoshi

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CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ March across the Golden Gate BridgeSurf in the Pacific Ocean Wave to your fans in HollywoodClimb up a Redwood tree Flex your muscles like the governorStomp the grapes Pick oranges in your yardIn-line skate on the boardwalk Ski on the Sierra NevadasCrawl through Death Valley Shoot a foul shot at the Staples CenterSwim in the backyard pool

Georgia on my Mind For 5 seconds each, pretend that you are… Rowing a boat in the Oconee River. Climbing up Stone Mountain. Swimming around Tybee Island. Flying like a bird out of Hartsfield Airport. Racing around the track at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Chopping down a Pine tree. Shooting baskets at Phillips Arena. Throwing a touchdown pass between the hedges at Sanford Stadium. Jogging around Centennial Park. Hitting a homerun at Turner Field. Hiking around the Georgia foothills. Waterskiing at Lake Lanier.

Lets take a walk through the Jungle and see what we can find…. Walking in place.. STEP OVER THE VINES (knees up)… Arms out and BALANCE on the LOG… Hop in and Wade through the RIVER… Use the ROPE LADDER to get out… Dry off… We found a forest fire; throw 3 buckets of WATER on it.. MONKEY in the TREE! SQUAT down and COVER your head!

We need to find our way out of HERE! Jog in place.. Move the VINES with your ARMS… STOP Now REACH up high… and GRAB a strong VINE! Use it like a ROPE and CLIMB up, up, up! Monkey in the TREE!!!! We made it!! BRUSH yourself off in case of BUGS!

Winter Olympics Jump and do a 360° spin like you are Shaun White Sweep like you are on the USA curling team Ski like Lindsey Vonn Balance and spin like Peter Lysacek on the ice Shoot a goal like Sydney Crosby

Summer Olympics Swim like Michael Phelps Shoot a basketball like the Dream Team Sprint in place like Usain Bolt Balance on one leg like Nastia Liukins Spike a volleyball like Kerri Walsh

Move Counter-Clockwise around the room –Flutter like a butterfly –Jump like a frog from lily pad to lily pad –Swim for a gold medal –Row a boat away from a storm –Run like a bear is chasing you –Skip down the yellow brick road, all the way back to your seats

Students are in a push-up position Students touch the opposite shoulder with their hand and state a multiple of a number called out by the teacher Number 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Number 3: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 Spelling words, ABC’s, etc.

Keep It Up! All students sit at their desks Teacher tosses a balloon in the air Objective: How many consecutive hits students can accumulate without the balloon touching the ceiling, floor, or desk Challenge: Add a second balloon

Jump and Jog Two teams are created; each team has one object assigned to it One person from each team leaves the room The team hides the object The person returns and attempts to find the object The team lets the person know if he/she is close to the object (jump/jog faster) or far away from the object (jump/jog slowly)

20 Questions One person leaves the room Object in the room is identified The person asks yes/no questions Students respond by jumping and nodding for “yes” or jumping and twisting for “no” Students continue jogging in place until the next question is asked

Partner Tipping Partners face each other about 2 feet apart; palms touching partner’s palms Objective: get your partner off balance to the point that he/she moves one of his/her feet Play again

Finger and Hand Wrestling Partners stand toe to toe Balance on one foot and hook index fingers (or hands open, arms extended, palms touching) Objective: Get your partner to lose balance and put his/her other foot down Play again

Paper Golf Partners, each with a wadded ball of paper Choose an object in the room as the first “hole” (trash can, desk, etc.) Underhand toss the object, keeping track of “strokes” Farthest away goes first Select another hole

Circle Buzz Class stands in a circle Ball is passed around the circle, each student touching it See how quickly the ball can go all the way around the circle Challenge: add a 2 nd, 3 rd, or 4 th ball

High Low Jackpot A number (1-100) is written on the board One student (does not know the number) faces the class Student guesses a number All students jump for the student to guess a higher number All students crouch down for the student to guess a lower number

Marching Mixer Students begin marching around the room Teacher calls out a number Students group with others into that number Teacher calls out “scatter” and students begin marching again

Rock, Paper, Scissors Rock: feet together Paper: feet and hands in straddle position Scissors: feet in lunge position “Jump, jump, show” Find another partner and play again

Shuffle Foot Face your partner (3 feet away) One partner is “Same” and one partner is “Different” Begin jumping On the tenth jump, put one foot forward If same, then “Same” gets the point If different, then “Different” gets the point

Dandy Dice Call out an action (hop, jump, jog, push-ups, etc.) Roll the dice Perform that many of the action Integrate addition, subtraction, multiplication, division