parachute juggling

(This looks just too happy not to share...)

"Hold on...lean down with your edge...1 -2 -3...explode UP!!"

a team of 16 four-year-olds and one teacher were able to make this gorgeous shot happen!

1. YOU can do mini-parachutes using scarves or blankets or beach towels! You can find light weight objects to "explode" together - ping pong balls, little stuffed animals, hats, sponges...you get the idea! 

2. IF you have a few extra people, you could use an old flat bed sheet...
and IF you have a few EXTRA EXTRA people, you could use TWO bed sheets for two teams and try to toss objects from one sheet to the other - Parachute Volleyball game :) (** water balloons are pretty fun to use for this game!!)

3. IF you really do have a parachute - or great big sheet -  you can do some SCRAMBLING UNDER the parachute when it is up in the air and try to get to the opposite side of the 'chute!

a boy in mid-scramble to get to the other side of the parachute!!

Have a
wonderful, outdoors,
laughter-filled weekend.

children in motion

Children MOVING is such a lovely sight...

Have you ever tried to RACE AND CATCH a parachute??!

Get your MOVE ON with your students!

Hoop ROLLING and a student trying to CATCH it to DIVE through!

This student is about to dive THROUGH the hoop IN MOTION! Very impressive!

We always have to TEST RUN our self-made kites right outside of our classroom to make sure that FLIGHT works!

Do you think this SHOT went THROUGH THE HOOP? ... Swish!

A favorite photo of a student TWISTING and SWIRLING with DOUBLE HOOPS!

And, sometimes, being on THE MOVE

means taking some quiet time with friends...

Taking a NATURE WALK with friends can be a wonderful ADVENTURE!

Get MOVING with colorful parachutes, hula hoops, kites, basketballs, nature and friends! 

 Get YOUR move on!

parachutes and hula hoops

what could be better?

What do YOU think of when you try to remember your own "outside time" or "recess" when you were 3 or 4 or 5 years old?

a yoga move? excellent balance, focus and effort.

teamwork, sand, shovels, tubes, water, buckets and a plan.

Do you remember what
your games
looked like?

can you feel that...? the cool sand on your feet...?

Do you remember
how the sand felt in your hands?

this boy LOVED to use the water hose everyday - on trucks, shoes, rivers, friends.

hands on, hands in, always in the pink hat.

Do you remember 
bikes and basketballs and chickens?

hard to choose to ride when there is such an amazing giant blue bouncy ball nearby.

the scooter and the boy's shadow....

I can make this...!

giving water to the chicken in the garden area.

Do you remember laughing and moving your body
and  - of course - trying to work a hula-hoop?

this 4yo KNEW how to do double hula hoops! practice, practice, practice.

get the children outside.
be outside.
go.