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Activity

NO MORE MONKEYS..

Class: LKG 
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills 
Sports: Locomotor skills
Technique: Jumping

Class: UKG 
Skill: Fundamental Movement Skills 
Sports: Locomotor skills
Technique: Jumping

NO MORE MONKEYS..

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrates two of the five critical elements for jumping and landing 

Description Of Activity

 

Activity Procedures: 

  • Raise your hand if you know the song 10 Little Monkeys. Its not safe to jump on a real bed like the monkeys in the song do. To be safe, were going to pretend that our poly spots are bedsand were monkeys!
  • On the start signal, everyone is going to skip to find a new bed to jump on. When you get to a new bed, jump with 2 feet onto the spot and sing, 10 little monkeys jumping on the bed
  • When youre done with the song, skip to another bed and sing, 9 little monkeys jumping on the bed
  • Continue skipping, jumping, and singing until you get all the way down to 1 little monkey.
  • After you finish singing for 1 little monkey, sit crisscross on the final bed that you jumped on and sing, No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.

Equipment/Material Required

Scatter poly spots throughout a large activity area.
Each student to a poly spot.


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