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Walk About for All
 
 
Grade:
Intermediate
Facility:
Classroom, gymnasium or outdoors
Materials:
Audio equipment and music (optional)
Activity Description:
Celebrate International Walk to School Month with Walk About For All! Get your students walking in a fun and creative way while implementing DPA.
Overview:
  • Establish a route to move throughout the activity area. This route will be followed during the entire activity.
  • Starting at various points in the route, students begin walking briskly around the route.
  • The first student performs a specific movement for the entire group to imitate for one lap of the route.
  • After one lap, the next student in line performs a new movement for all to follow while continuously walking the route.
  • Each student takes a turn being the leader. If time allows, start over with the first student.
Movement Ideas

Fitness movements: jumps, lunges, arm rotations, biceps curls, high knees, skipping, galloping.

Sport movements: various swimming strokes, golf swings, hockey shots, volleyball jumps, basketball dribbles and shots, baseball fielding and throws.

Dance movements: disco strut, Highland kicks, can-can kicks, twist, limbo, chicken or Macarena, grapevine, hustle.

Unlimited possibilities: animal movements, vehicle movements, soldier’s march, crab-walk.

Source:
Ophea’s 2006/2007 DPA Support Services, April DPA Activity Card, 2007.
 
 
 

 
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