Weekly Challenges
These challenges are designed to be posted at the beginning of each week in order to help to give your kids a fitness goal for their 5 days at school. Some challenges are individual, and some are about team work. A neat idea is to challenge other classes each week to see who can get the highest score or fastest time! Most of these challenges will work in the classroom, although some will need a little more space, such as a studio or outdoor area. Don’t be afraid to get creative with a challenge and alter it so that it works for your space and classroom dynamic!
Shape Shifter – How Fast?
Equipment: NONE Description: Everyone starts by facing the teacher at the front of the playing area. The teacher tells the student that she/he will be giving the students a word, and the students must then spell that word using the bodies of everyone in the class (no...
Shoe Toss – How Fast?
Equipment: NONE Description: Split the class into 2 groups and have them sit with their backs to the wall, at either end of the playing area, and their feet out in front of them. Then, have them undo their laces, take their shoes off, and carefully throw them into the...
Hoop Scramble – How Fast?
Equipment: 6 hula hoops. Description: Select 6 students to hold 6 hula hoops around the playing area as shown in the diagram. Make a line of the rest of the students at one end of the playing area. When the teacher says “Go”, he/she starts the timer and the first...
Ball Challenge – How Fast?
Equipment: Tennis balls. A large bin, box or container. Description: Everyone must start by lying on their stomachs with their feet flat against the same wall. The teacher dumps the tennis balls from the middle of the playing area down to the other end, sets the bin...