Would you like to pick some peppers or put
the fire out? Try leading the
class in one of these movements today between your small groups.
Picking Peppers
– Stand with feet stretched. Bend to the left and pretend to pull
something beyond your left foot with your right hand. Stand. Bend
to the right and pretend to pull something with your left hand.
*Pick apples or
oranges by stretching up in the air from left to right.
Put the Fire Out
– Pretend to get a pail and scoop up water on the floor by your right
foot. Throw that pail of water over your left shoulder. After ten
times in this direction scoop water from the left and throw it over your right
shoulder.
Shopping –
Pretend to steer a grocery cart and then reach to the left with your right hand
and take something off the shelf and put it in your cart. Reach with the
left hand to the right and put something in the cart.
Chop Wood -
Hands together as if holding an ax. Place hands on your right shoulder
and then cross over your body to your left foot as you pretend to chop wood.
Place hands on the left shoulder and then chop to the right foot.
Car Wash - Extend arms loosely to your
sides and then move your body back and forth as you swing your arms around.
Climbing – Act like you are climbing
a ladder as you reach up with your right hand and lift your left knee. Reach with your left hand and lift your
right knee.
More? Challenge your students to come up with other movements that
require crossing the midline. One
at a time they can play follow the leader as classmates mimic their actions.