PE with Ms. Anwender

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! Well we are on the home stretch of officially wrapping up the 2019/2020 school year! We have survived! I hope you continue to value the importance of how important it is to  STAY ACTIVE !  During these unprecedented and trying times physical activity that gets your heart pumping, lungs working double time and muscles moving is so incredibly important! As we part ways for the summer remember I am here to encourage you to embrace an active lifestyle... I would LOVE to leave you with my favorite movement  quote that is posted in our school gymnasium from a Sport Check commercial a couple of years back: "You were born to move. It doesn't matter how you move, as long as it gives you goosebumps, makes you feel alive, & clears your mind. Stay that way! What moves you?" Remember the benefits of 60 minutes of vigorous movement a day results in the following: Fitness pumps up your heart Exercise boosts your performance Movement melts away stress ...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! The sun is shining bright today so let's get our bodies moving! Remember 60 minutes of daily activity is a great way to maintain wellness! Today I would love to share another great resource for ideas on how to keep your family active this summer and maintaining a healthy lifestyle during these trying times.  Active For Life is a "Canadian non-profit social initiative created to help parents give their children the right start in life through the development of physical literacy".  This website has tonnes of ideas and articles for families to get active at home with minimal effort.  https://activeforlife.com/articles/ The following link includes several ideas to move, such as: Recipe for an active day Tips to keep active during the pandemic How to get kids more active at home DIY obstacle course outside 57 awesome family dance party jams Summer "day camp" at home 15 ways to keep kids cool this summer No backyard? Try bringing the ...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! It's another great day to get outside, move your body and get your heart and lungs pumping! Today I'd like to share a great resource for you and your family to use during the summer months to stay active and promote a holistic wellness approach for the mind, body and soul!  Today's resource is from BOKS Canada:  https://www.bokskids.ca/boks-at-home/ I have mentioned this resource several times as it has so many AWESOME   ideas to keep you and your family active, strong and healthy!  How it works: 1) Register your family with an email and receive the "Holiday Fun Pack"! (use the link above) What this includes: You will have BOKS BURSTS (5-10 minute activity breaks) BOKS lessons with 30 minute fun interactive lessons with warmups, skill work, games and video links Crafts Games Recipes Calendar template to track your "summer movement" Benefits of the program: Ideas for kids to play and have fun Gets kids meeting daily recomme...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! It's going to be a beautiful day today so let's get outside and enjoy the sunshine and move our bodies!!!  Please find attached the link to participate in our Canada themed playday. Check out a link or two and then head outside to play! There are a variety of activities that are sure to peek your interest! Let's Move! Enjoy! ** Virtual Play Day Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18qDQckx0fjmquTjTgPaANNhQ9g0NMchUb_tW8wJk5hY/edit?usp=sharing Stay Active! Stay Strong! Stay Positive! Sherri Anweder

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! It's a beautiful morning and the sun is shining! With today being the last day of Google Classroom, please include a movement break to start your day off right! Today is our last official physical activity lesson ... finishing with another partner skipping trick! Are you ready to sweat? ** Please note that I will continue to post all of next week with several fun activities to keep you and your family moving this summer to maintain physical, mental, social and emotional well being through the summer months! So please stay tuned!  Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you la...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! Looks like the weather is going to perk up so it will be a great day to get outside and move our bodies and get our hearts pumping with some jump rope!  Today our challenge is trying to skip with a partner attempting the following tricks below. Remember good communication always makes working with others enjoyable for everyone! Let's do it! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. Challenge yourself to do 50 or up to 100 skips in a row without stopping! ...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! Well it's a bit windy today but still a great day to get outside and move your body! Today is our last day for individual skipping tricks! Tomorrow we will introduce partner tricks! So let's get our hearts pumping and muscles moving! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. Challenge yourself to do 50 or up to 100 skips in a row without stopping! You can do it!! 2) Our new jump rope skill today is "TWISTER" skipping. So give it a try! Set a...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! Well the weather looks questionable today, so let's get outside early to enjoy some fresh air and move our bodies before the rain begins! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. Challenge yourself to do 50 or up to 100 skips in a row without stopping! You can do it!! 2) Our new jump rope skill today is "SIDE SWING " skipping. So give it a try! Set a goal for yourself that you can reach. For example, if you are in grade 3, try 3 walking skips i...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! I hope you had a restful weekend and survived the weekend storm! The sun is shining brightly this morning so let's get our bodies moving! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. Challenge yourself to try 20 or more skips in a row with no mistakes. Can you make 50 or 100? Try it!  JUMP ROPE IS EXCELLENT EXERCISE FOR THE HEART & LUNGS!! 2) Our new jump rope skill today is "STRADDLE" skipping. So give it a try! ** Check this skill out in acti...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! It's Friday! The weekend is here so let's move our bodies and get some fresh air to kick it off! Today we are going to add some more great jump rope tricks! Hope you are ready to get your heart pumping and muscles moving! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. 2) Our new jump rope skill today is "BELL" skipping. So give it a try! ** Check this skill out in action: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! It's a gorgeous day out today! Let's get outside and feel the sun on our face and breeze in our hair! We are continuing our unit on jump rope challenging ourselves daily to increase the number of skips in a row and trying some of the new tricks I am sharing daily! So let's get our hearts pumping and muscles moving with our ropes!!! 😉 Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. 2) Our new jump rope skill today i...

Good Morning Everyone! Well the rain has passed yet again so let's get outside and smell the fresh air and get active together! Today we are continuing on with our jump rope unit! Continue practicing your basic skipping skills and today challenge yourself to try some of these skipping challenges! LET'S JUMP ROPE!!! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to warm up with jumping over rope while walking or basic jump rope on the spot. 2) Our new jump rope skill today is "BACKWARDS" skipping. Many skippers actua...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! Well the rain has stopped and the sun looks like it wants to shine so let's enjoy some fresh air with jump rope! Jump rope is a fabulous way to keep your body strong! It exercises your leg muscles and skipping for a few minutes is a great way to get the blood pumping through your heart and your lungs breathing hard! LET'S MOVE! Materials: - a skipping rope - any rope that is the correct height to jump with ** To find the right size rope, hold the handles in both hands, step on the center with both feet and pull until the rope is tight at your chest. (If it is too long simply wrap it around your hands to shorten.) Key Skills for Jump Rope: 1) Keep your elbows at your sides. 2) Use your wrist to turn the rope. 3) Bend your knees slightly when you land. Activity: 1) Today I would like you to get comfortable with the rope and just work on jumping over it while walking. 2) Set a goal for yourself that you c...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! The sun is shining bright - it's going to be a fabulous day! Let's get outside and MOVE those bodies! Getting your heart pumping and muscles moving isn't just good for your heart and body, it's also a great way to keep your brain strong and healthy too! Key Skills of Striking: - Eye on the ball. - Hold racket with dominant hand (usually hand you write with). - Ready position with knees slightly bent. - Shift weight from back to front. - Swing the arm forward to make contact with the ball. - Follow through with hand towards target and upward to opposite shoulder. Materials: - badminton or tennis racket or homemade racket with paper plate or frisbee - small ball that bounces well or tennis ball - garage door or fence to hit ball off of Game: 1) The game can start off as a single player using an underhand strike to send a ball to the wall about knee high. 2) Players must continuously move forward and back...

Good Morning St. Clare Friends! Let's get outside and get our bodies moving before the weather turns on us! Today we are going to use our batting skills from yesterday to play a mini game of baseball with a partner! Key Skills of Striking When Batting: - Eyes are focussed on the object - Stand sideways to the target with knees slightly bent shoulder width apart - Grip bat with two hands and have bat pulled back to shoulder ready to swing - As you swing follow through to target with straight arms making contact and then continuing swing upward to opposite shoulder Materials: -  batting stand made of toilet paper rolls and empty roll to craddle ball or large pylon on stool - small ball to hit off of stand - bat to swing with that can be pool noodle or taped together empty paper towel rolls - 2 objects to use as make shift bases, such as sand pail or pylon Game: 1) Set up batting stand and have partner play the "field" to catch your hit. Use...