March 2017

Secondary Physical Activity Calendar

Sunday
National Health
Observances
- National Nutrition
Month
- March 6-10: National
School Breakfast Week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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SHAPE America recommends school-age Jab, Jab, Cross Grass-Cutters Clap and Catch
children accumulate at least 60 minutes and Jab twice with your Practice running Be creative and see
up to several hours of physical activity per right fist then punch backwards. Stay low, Throw a soft object up how many different
day. Each bout of physical activity should be across your body with and stay on the balls of into the air. See how ways you can jump
followed by cool-down stretches that help your left. Complete 10 your feet. many times you can rope. Can you keep
reduce soreness and avoid injury. Happy times then switch sides. clap before you catch it. jump roping while doing
exercising! all the different ways?

5 6 7 8 9 Sugarcane Pose 10 Limbo 11 Crazy 8s

5 walking lunges National School
5 jumping split squats Breakfast Week begins!
5 jump squats
Partner Challenge
3 times through Sit back to back with a
friend and link arms.
Try to stand up without
unlinking arms.
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Between the Knees Happy Baby Pose
Gather rounded objects
of varying size. Starting
with the largest try
walking around your
house keeping the
object between your Straighten your legs for
knees. an added challenge.
19 20 Pretend!
Pretend to:
Try and sprint from one -Sit in a chair for 10
end of your street to seconds
the other. Have a family -Shoot a basketball 10
member time you. times
- Ride a horse
-Be a frog
-Lift a car
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Fitness Intervals Do this:
10 squats -Hop on one leg 30
10 broad jumps times, switch legs
10 second sprints -Take 10 giant steps
10 pushups -Walk on your knees
10 sit-ups -Do a silly dance
-Sprint for 10 seconds
Reproduced with permission from the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) http://www.shapeamerica.org/publications/resources/teachingtools/teachertoolbox/activity-calendars.cfm
Fitness Intervals Wild Arms Hold Sugarcane Pose Grab a broom stick and 8 jumping jacks
10 squats As fast as you can for 30 seconds on each have 2 people hold it. 8 leaps
10 broad jumps complete: side. Take turns going under 8 frog jumps
10 second sprints 10 Arm Circles front & the stick arching 8 vertical jumps (as
10 pushups back backwards. Lower the high as you can)
10 sit-ups 10 Forward punches stick after each Repeat 3 times
10 Raise the Roofs successful pass. How
Repeat 3x low can you go?
14 15 16 17 18 Catch with a Catch
Toe Fencing Chest Pass Put a piece of tape on Code Words Toss a ball in the air,
With a partner, hold Practice your chest the ground and jump While watching TV any try each challenge
each others shoulders. passes against a brick back and forth as quick time you hear the code before catching the
Try to tap the other wall. Remember to step as you can for 30 words complete 10 ball:
persons toe without towards your target. seconds. jumping jacks. 1.Touch your nose
having yours tapped. Code words: green, St. 2. Clap twice
Patricks Day, lucky, 3.High-five someone
leprechaun 4. Spin around
21 Commercial Stroll 22 23 24 25
During a commercial Walking Race Dance, Dance Complete 25 of the Squat with Kicks
break take a walk Pick a distance and Put on your favorite following: Complete a squat when
around your entire challenge a friend to a song or turn on the High Skip standing kick one leg
house. Still a speed walking race. No radio. Dance however Squat Jumps forward. Be sure to
commercial? Go again running! you like during the High Knees alternate legs on each
this time speed walking entire song! Walk backwards squat. Complete 10.
so you dont miss a
thing!
28 29 30 Ragdoll Pose 31
Set the Menu Vertical Jump Hold Ragdoll Pose for Pick your favorite
Talk with who takes Jump as high as you 30 seconds. Repeat. activity from this month
care of you about can for 30 seconds. and do it again!
choosing the dinner Repeat.
menu. Pick whole
grains and veggies.
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