Newfield Elementary School - Physical Education & Health - KINDERGARTEN

Dear Kindergarten Families,

Please make sure your child is choosing healthy foods and eating a rainbow of colors. Remember, five fruits or vegetables per day, 60 minutes of exercise per day, and water is the best beverage. Get plenty of rest, and wash your hands with soap and water to keep your body healthy.

Please have your child choose three of the following activities to complete as their P.E. requirement on a weekly basis. Remember to wear sneakers that zip, tie or Velcro when exercising. Please help your child to find a safe space in your home to perform these exercises. Try checking your heart rate before, during and after each activity. Check your heart rate by placing a hand over your heart. Use the other hand to show how fast your heart is beating. Listen to your body, take breaks, and drink lots of water.

• Practice you "good morning and goodnight" core strengthening exercise (lie down on your back on the floor. Bend your knees, keeping your feet on the floor. When you say "good morning!" sit up while trying to keep your heels on the floor. To really challenge yourself, try not to use your elbows to help you sit up. When you say "goodnight!" lie back down on your back and rest.
• Jog in place. Challenge a family member in your home to see who can jog the longest. Remember to keep a good pace while you jog in place, so that you can sustain your jog and keep good stamina.
• Practice your ABC push-ups (hands directly under your shoulders, feet together, touching your opposite shoulder without swaying your body side to side).
• Practice wall push-ups (start at a wall with your hands directly under your shoulders, feet together, straight body and straight elbows. The only part of your body that moves are your elbows).
• If you have a jump rope, practice jumping rope in good personal space. If you don't have a jump rope, do invisible jump rope. Challenge yourself and see how long you can jump without stopping. If you have a jump rope at home, you can also make a line or a circle shape with your jump rope on the ground. Practice jumping in and out of the circle, or side to side if you've made a line with your jump rope. If you have a large hula hoop at home, you can use a hula hoop the same as a jump rope (holding the hula hoop with two hands at the top, swinging it over your body and jumping as it moves toward the ground). Remember the jumping cues we have learned: straight body (like a lollipop), low jumps, and soft landing (like you're landing on a cloud).
• Put some music on and dance. Play freeze dance with a family member in your home.
• If you have access to the internet, go to Go Noodle and challenge yourself to some dances.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again soon!

-Mrs. Spinner & Mrs. Iacono