12 Days of FITMAS
This activity is based on the song “12 Days of Christmas”. The number of the day of FITMAS coordinates with how many repetitions are to be done for each activity.
Grades K-6
5-12 years old
15-minutes
Small or large groups
Open space
(indoor or outdoor)
Cones, polyspots
Skills in action:
Flamingo pose
- I look forward
- I rest the bottom of one foot on my standing leg
- I am still
- I hold the pose for 10 or more seconds
Bear crawl
- I get on my hands and feet
- My knees are close to the ground
- I step forward with my opposite hand and foot
- I breathe normally
Squatting
- I bend my knees
- My back is straight
- My toes and knees point forward
- I hold the pose 5 or more seconds
Two-foot pivot
- I look to where I’m turning to
- I pivot on the balls of my feet
- I turn my body as I pivot
- I put my heels down and keep my balance
How to play:
- This activity is based on the song “12 Days of Christmas”. The number of the day of FITMAS coordinates with how many repetitions are to be done for each activity.
- Using colourful markers (e.g. different coloured cones or poly spots) outline a large circle in the centre of the activity space.
- There should be 1 marker per child.
- Children stand near their own marker.
- On your command, children jog once around the circle and return to their marker.
- Once everyone is back at their marker they do 1 repetition of the first activity.
- They then do another lap around the circle, return to their marker and do 2 repetitions of the second activity on the list.
- This pattern continues until they have done all 12 FITMAS activities.
- Play the “12 Days of Christmas” song during the activity.
This is a suggested list of movements, however activities can be substituted for your own list:
- Flamingo Pos
- Bear Crawls
- Stationary Squats
- Two-Foot Pivots
- Horse’s Gallops
- Horizontal Jumps
- Forward Hops
- Side Shuffles
- Skips Forward
- Snowball Tosses (toss an imaginary snowball into the air and catch)
- Big Giraffe Steps
- High “5’s” to partner to the right
Variations:
- Substitute any activity.
- Have children come up with their own movements.
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