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Exercise ideas with Skillastics grade levels K-8

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Rain in the forecast? Get ready to have the BEST day ever with these fun, creative and unique rainy day activities for kids of all ages!

Does the rain get your kids down and unmotivated?

When it rains, and you find yourself searching online for the best ideas to keep the kids interested in learning, stop right here! Cabin fever is no longer a detriment to your day because I have brainstormed and rounded up over 44 ways you can keep your homeschool rockin' and rollin' even if the thunder is rumblin' with these rainy day activities.

So many choices for kids of all ages!

Get Moving Indoors

Have an indoor dance party. Turn the music up louder than you typically do, and dance in your socks and sweats. Or get competitive and challenge one another to a Disney Dance Party

Try some Youtube exercise videos. There are videos for kids for Zumba, yoga, pilates, cardio, calisthenics and more. Or try this ABC exercise.

Build an indoor obstacle course. Try a book maze, spider obstacle course, crepe paper fun, climb/crawl/do course, or an alphabet maze.

There's nothing wrong with playing IN the rain! Cover up from head to toe in your driest rain gear and have fun splashing in puddles. Exploring the mud with a mud slide, mud painting, or mud soup. Plus kids will love these rainy day bubble wands . A warm bath afterward will make everyone clean again! Or, if you don't want to get messy, take a short walk with the umbrella.

Rainy Day Arts and Crafts

Kids will love looking out the window as they may these craft foam window puzzles or make your own window sticker art.

Or you can bring the rain inside with this adorable umbrella rain craft, bubble wrap rain craft, or make your own rainsticks to hear the rain inside.

Or be the FUN MOM by letting your kids put on their rain coat and boots to try Painting with Rain. or Splatter Painting.

Prefer to paint indoors? Try this simple finger paint project, one of these 45 puffy paint recipes & projects, edible finger paint, foam bubble painting, or mess free painting for toddlers.

Allow your kids to play with your dry erase board, or keep some dry erase activity pads just for days like this.

Sensory bins are a great way to keep your littlest hands busy! Themed ones are such a hit, try something like The Preschool Toolbox's Sea Turtle Life Cycle Bags. Make them more fun by basing them on a favorite book.

Most kids enjoy coloring for pleasure. Provide them coloring sheets and a fresh box of crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Try these pretty bursting blossoms set or find a theme that interests your kids with 350+ FREE Coloring Sheets for Kids.

Keep a bag full of stamps in the art bin, and pull them out on rainy days. Kids can give their notebook covers a fresh look, or create patterns or designs on paper.

Indoor Rainy Day Activities

Create a scavenger hunt (or better yet have an older child do it). The prize can be anything you like, but the steps to follow to get to the prize is what is most motivating.Try this Shapes Treasure Hunt Geography Treasure Hunt, or this Landmarks of the World.

are the classic toy that provides hours of creative play. Dump the box and let 'em have at it! ( But put on your cushioned slippers in the meantime to protect your feet)

Hotwheels can stimulate the creative mind too. See how long or fast you can build your track, or create tunnels and turns, loops and hills for the cars to drive through. Create roads with chalk, paint rainbows with cars, or a masking tape car track.

Build an amazing fort like this pool noodle playhouse, cave of stars, easy-to-use princess tent with glow-in-the-dark stars, DIY teepee, wrapping paper fort, construct-a-fort, or cardboard box medieval castle

Playdoh sculpting and learning - with 20 amazing playdough recipes, Alphabet Playdough PLAY Mats, name recognition activity, playdough subtraction smash, shape playdough mats, Number Playdough PLAY Mats, or 100 more Playdough Mats

Create something new out of something old. Take crayon creations, melted crayon artwork, perler bead bowl craft, perler bead picture frame, junk drawer sculpture,

Toys! Don't over think it, you probably have a bazillion toys like we do that don't always get played with. Get on the floor pull out the trains, cars, jack-in-the-box, or dress up and have a tea party.

Watch your favorite movie with a big bowl of popcorn or in a DIY drive in theatre.
Read a Book - cuddle up on the couch, in your bed, on on a covered porch listening to the rain and read a great book like Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide. The Pout-Pout Fish, Bear Feels Scared, Jonathan Park (creation radio drama), or one of our book recommendations by grade level.

Bake Cookies - not only is it a wonderful bonding experience, home economics, and great for math practice, but you get to eat the yummy cookies like our favorite melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies or amazing monster cookies.

Board Game - While you are waiting for the cookies to bake (or afterward as you sample your hard work), play one of our favorite board games or try this dinosaur stomp printable board gam e

Rainy Day Science Experiments

Slime is the latest rage so why not whip up a batch of our two ingredient WOW Slime, gold slime , Monsters Inc Slime, color changing heat sensitive slime, or edible slime.

Do an experiment with the rain by making a rain gauge, find out how big is a raindrop with this easy to try science experiment, or try this investigation to find out how hard it rained, or make a rain catcher.

Make your own thunderstorm science experiment or rain in a jar to help kids understand the outdoor weather or print some free weather worksheets to take it farther.

Try this experiment that will amaze kids as they watch colorful candy science, homemade lava lamp, grow your own crystals, or make plastic from milk.

Go Out!

If all else fails, get out of the house. Try taking a trip to your local library and pick out some new books to bring home.

Go visit someone! If you know someone that would like some company, give them a call and see if you can drop by for a little bit. Take them a homemade treat or a craft the kids made. Or, take a trip to your local church, a nearby children's home or nursing home, food bank or just visit an elderly neighbor, and ask if there's any volunteer work you can do as a family.

If the wiggles have gotten the best of your children, sometimes facing the risk of germs is a necessity. Take an excursion to the mall play area or your local fast food restaurant that has a play place. Just bring along the hand sanitizer.

Rainy days are the perfect days to go visit your local art or history museum, or places like your local Children's museum or Science Center. I bet you'll find some other homeschool families who are remedying their own cases of cabin fever as well!

If the kids are really restless and you want to wear them out completely, take them to an indoor laser tag or trampoline park, or similar arena. They'll have a blast and you can guarantee they'll sleep well at bedtime - maybe even an early bedtime?!

Now that you've got plenty of ideas for your children to do when you're stuck indoors on a rainy day, pick a few and give them a try! When the sun comes back out again, you and your children will feel like you've had a small vacation indoors and will be ready to hit the books. Got any other ideas to add to this? Tell us in the comments below!

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Rain in the forecast? Get ready to have the BEST day ever with these fun, creative and unique rainy day activities for kids of all ages! Does the rain get your kids down and unmotivated? When it rains, and you find yourself searching online for the best ideas to keep the kids interested in learning, stop right here!

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EDiPhy: Professional Development website created to assist educators in navigating various exercise activities.

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This is an excellent resource available for any professional searching for ideas to engage students in physical activities. It links to various exercises based on criteria and grade level.

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ed·i·phy

To instruct especially so as to encourage physical, intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement through Physical Education.

Physical Education (PE) can teach lots more than just how to throw a ball. As you probably already know, there is a lot of social interaction in the typical PE class, and that offers a perfect opportunity for kids to grow in their ability to develop positive social skills. In addition, PE challenges kids to think differently; to make connections between what they have learned in the classroom and how it is applied in a real-life setting. For example: learning about balance and measurement in science takes on a whole new meaning when you are trying to create a perfectly balanced pyramid in your PE class!

More than just a listing of activities, this site also offers resources that can help you to be a better teacher, student or supporter of PE in your school. It also provides a way for you to connect with other educators to share stories, best practices and solutions. Just go to the area to join a conversation.

So that's what this site is all about...helping us all to make the very most out of the opportunities we have to educate in the physical, to EDiPHY our kids!

To help you find what you want most easily, EDiPHY makes a distinction between Activities and Resources, as follows:

Activity - records that involve exercise, whether physical or otherwise; e.g. various games, personal interactions, etc.

Resource - records meant for reference and information; e.g. PE funding resources, bibliographies, etc.

Both Activities and Resources are accessible using the horizontal navigation bar above, or the search box at the right of the screen (holding the Control Key down to allow multiple selections). Note that on other pages of this site, the search box is accessible at the top-right corner of the screen. The site also includes user-submitted links:

WWW Links - Since this site is meant to encourage ongoing growth, we encourage you to participate in one of the ongoing professional discussions that are available from our Links page
This site made possible through a generous donation by the Viginia Horne Henry fund.

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Year 1 Health Education, Lesson 1, Health - What is it?

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Rainy Day Indoor ACTIVITIES to do with your KIDS!

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Written by Cassie (Teach Starter)

Put simply, mindfulness is "to pay attention, on purpose, to the present moment" (Grossman, 2016).
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The positive benefits of teaching mindfulness to children have been proven across a number of studies. Incorporating mindfulness activities for kids into an everyday classroom context is becoming more and more common. A five or ten-minute daily mindfulness practice can help students reduce stress and anxiety, increase concentration and engagement, sleep better, improve social skills, and develop problem-solving and decision-making skills.

5-10 Minute Mindfulness Activities for Children

Here are 18 quick and effective mindfulness activities you can do with your class. These activities are also available as a printable teaching resource, Mindfulness Activity Task Cards.

If you have never practiced mindfulness activities before you may like to:

Breath Awareness Activities

These are the first stop on your students' journey to mindfulness. Their breath is the one thing that will always be with them.

Explicitly teaching mindful breathing is providing students with a skill that will be with them for life, in every situation they will ever encounter.

Is that not one of the most powerful lessons you can ever teach?

Students can stand or sit for this activity.

Ask students to put both hands on their belly.

Students should close their eyes, or look down to their hands.

Guide students in taking three slow deep breaths in and out to see if they can feel their hands being moved.

You may like to count "1, 2, 3" for each breath in and "1, 2, 3" for each breath out, pausing slightly at the end of each exhale.

Encourage students to think about how the breath feels, answering the following questions silently, in their mind.
- What is moving your hands? Is it the air filling your lungs?
- Can you feel the air moving in through your nose?
- Can you feel it moving out through your nose?
- Does the air feel a little colder on the way in and warmer on the way out?
- Can you hear your breath?
- What does it sound like?

If you'd prefer not to wing it, download and print our Mindful Breathing Guided Meditation Script.

#2 Pinwheel Breathing
(5 minutes)

Providing students with an object to focus on is a great way to encourage concentration during mindfulness activities for kids. Use pinwheels in conjunction with the mindful breathing exercise above, making the pinwheel spin with every exhale.

We have created a beautiful, pinwheel template that combines mindfulness coloring with this simple craft activity.

#3 Belly Buddies
(10 minutes)

Ask students to bring in a small stuffed toy, or provide a class set of small, light-weight objects such as small bean bags or wooden blocks.

Students lay on their backs and place the toy or object on top of their belly buttons.

Take students through the guided breathing activity above, asking them to watch the object as it moves up and down with their breath.

#4 Shark Fin
(2 minutes)

Coined by former Mindful Schools co-founder Laurie Gossman and Mr Musumeci's Grade 5 class of the book "Master of Mindfulness: How to Be Your Own Superhero in Times of Stress" fame, the Shark Fin is a fantastic tool that you can use during any quick moment in your day. It will help to calm your class, or individual students, when their minds and bodies may be fighting against them.

Place the side of your hand on your forehead, with your palm facing out to the side.

Close your eyes.

Slide your hand down your face, in front of your nose.

Say "shhh" as you slide your hand down your face

If you are sitting down, you do the 5 Ss while you move your hand: Sit up straight, sit still, sit silently, soft breathing, shut eyes.

If you are standing do the same but you are standing straight, still, silently, using soft breathing, and shut eyes while you move your hand down your face.

"Master of Mindfulness" (Grossman & Alvarez, 2016)
This activity is similar to the first mindful breathing activity, however it uses visualizing colors as a means to increase focus and awareness. You may like to download our printable Breathing Colors Guided Meditation Script.

Ask students to think of a relaxing color. It can be any color they like, as long as it is one that makes them think of relaxation.

Ask students to think of a color that represents stress, sadness, or anger. Whichever of those emotions is most relevant or suitable for your class group to explore.

Students imagine breathing in the relaxing color and visualize it filling their lungs.

Students then imagine breathing out the stress, sadness, or anger color.

Your spoken instructions may be along these lines:

1. Imagine you are surrounded by the relaxing color. No longer is the air clear, it is the relaxing color.

2. You can still make out shapes, but your world is now a different color.

3. Imagine that as you breathe in, you breathe in this color too.

4. See the color filling up your lungs.

5. Imagine as you breathe out, that your breath is the color of stress.

6. See the stress color mix into the relaxing color around you. Watch the stress color slowly disappear.

7. Breath in your relaxing color.

8. Breath out the stress color.

#6 Breathing Hands
(2 minutes)

Spread one hand out like a star.

Use the index finger on your other hand to trace the outline of your star hand.

Take a deep breath in as you move to the top of your thumb.

Breathe out as you move down between your thumb and first finger.

Take another breath in as you move to the top of your first finger.

Breathe out as you move down between your first and second finger.

Repeat until you have taken five slow, deep breaths.

#7 Back-to-Back Breathing
(10 minutes)

Students work in pairs for this partnered breathing activity.

Sitting tall, with their back resting against their partner's back, begin the mindful breathing from activity #1.

Encourage students to notice their partner's breath.
- Is it shallow or deep?
- Fast or slow?
- Can they feel their partner's back moving as they breathe?

After a little while, students may find that their breath falls into sync with their partner.

Or it may not! These are all talking points for bringing awareness to the breath, in the present moment.

You could incorporate your Mindfulness Pinwheels into this activity too.

(Jennifer Cohen Harper, Little Flower Yoga)
This is a fantastic mindfulness activity that students can "take home" with them. It can be particularly useful to do a body scan to help relax before sleep. Download our printable Body Scan Guided Meditation Script to use with your class.

Students lay on the floor, with their eyes closed if they are comfortable (or they may prefer tolook at the ceiling).

Encourage students to pay attention to their feet for 5 or 10 seconds.
Questions to ask during a body scan:
- How does this body part feel?
- Is it cold or warm?
- Does it feel tight or relaxed?
- Is all or part of that body part touching the floor?
- Or clothing?
- What does that feel like?

Move on to their toes, then ankles, then calves and knees. Continue body part by body part until you reach the head.

Question how each part of the body feels to bring students' awareness to their body in the moment.

If there is tightness or stress, imagine breathing the stress out of that part of the body with each exhale.

Practicing Active Mindfulness

Mindful breathing is arguably the most important skill you can teach your students when it comes to mindfulness. However, being able to incorporate into everyday activities the calm and focused state of mind that the breathing activities practice can be viewed as a more tangible end-goal.

The following 'active' practices help to hone the skill of mindful action. Some students who struggle with the 'still' mindfulness activities for kids may be more likely to feel successful during active practices.

#9 Mindful Eats
(5 minutes)

This is a great activity to bring attention to how mindlessly we sometimes eat! Whether sitting in front of the TV, chatting to friends at lunch, or scrolling through something on the internet or social media, we often "switch off" when eating because it is such a familiar action.

Mindful eating can combat over-eating, it helps bring our attention to the flavors and tastes of different foods and helps us to realize what effects different foods have on how our bodies feel.

Students need something small to eat for this activity. Often a square of chocolate is a fun "challenge", although you could provide a piece of fruit or any food item that you feel will work with your class. Be sure to take any allergies into consideration!

Begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Direct students to take small nibbles or bites of the food.

Bring awareness to the sensations of eating.
- What is the taste like? Is it sweet or savory?
- What does the food feel like on your tongue?
- Do you need to crunch it between your teeth, or can you slowly dissolve it in your mouth?
- Try taking a slightly smaller or slightly larger bite.
- How does this change the way eating this food feels?
- Notice which muscles in your mouth, neck, and body move as you swallow the food.
- Pause between each bite and notice any changing sensations in your mouth or body.

#10 Mindful Steps
(10 minutes)

This activity is best completed outdoors and if suitable, students may like to walk barefoot.

Give students a clear boundary for where they can walk during this activity.

Each student selects a small area where they can walk in a line for about 5 or 6 steps and back then back to where they started without getting into another person's way.

Begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Take 5 or 6 steps in one direction, turn slowly and then take 5 or 6 steps back to where you started.

While walking, students bring their awareness to their breath and their body.
- What does the ground feel like under your feet?
- Which part of your foot touches the ground first when you take a step?
- Does your body feel heavy or light today?
- Are you slouching when you walk?
- Or, is your back up quite straight?
- Try not to change the way you walk, but instead just notice how your body naturally moves.

#11 Mindful Sounds
(2 minutes)

For this mindfulness activity, you will need something that makes a bell sound. There are some great meditation apps that have recorded bell, meditation cymbal, and singing bowl sounds, however, if you can have one of these small instruments in real life, the sound is much better!

Begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Give the following instructions before ringing the bell:
- When I ring the bell concentrate on the sound that you hear.
- Pay attention to whether you hear it louder in one ear than you do in the other.
- Keep your eyes closed until the sound is completely gone.
- If you notice your thoughts wandering, just bring your attention back to the sound of the bell.
- After you open your eyes, remain silent until you hear my voice again.

Students close their eyes, while the teacher rings the bell.

The activity is finished when the sound has completely dissipated.

#12 Spidey Senses
(5 minutes)

Karen Young from Hey Sigmund has a beautiful collection of mindfulness activities for kids on her blog. Spidey Senses is a fun way to frame this traditional mindfulness exercise. Our five senses poster and graphic organizer can be useful resources for teaching the senses to younger students.

Ask students to switch their senses up to a superpower level, just like Spiderman.

In this moment,
- What can they hear?
- What can they see?
- What can they taste?
- What can they smell?
- What can they feel?

Guide students as they stay in this Spidey state for 2-3 minutes.

#13 Gratitude Practice
(5-10 minutes)

Students use a notebook or a folder and paper to make a Gratitude Journal.

Practice gratitude journaling at a regular time each day, perhaps first thing in the morning, after lunch, or just before the end of the day.

Take five minutes to think of something that you feel grateful for today. Here are some topics or ideas you can use to guide your students:
- Something that someone else did for you that day.
- A person in your life that you appreciate.
- An activity or hobby you are grateful to be able to do.
- A positive quality of someone that can sometimes be hard to get along with.
- A skill or ability you have.
- A part of your body you are grateful for and why.
- An item that you love.
- Something that made you laugh.
- What you have learned from something that was hard.

Another beautiful idea is for each student to put their day's thanks into their own Gratitude Jar, or to create a Gratitude Tree, where each day's thanks is written onto a 'leaf'. This could either be on a notice-board or be hanging on a string from the limb of a real plant or tree branch. (Mayuri Gonzales, Little Flower Yoga)

#14 Glitter Bottle
(5 minutes)

Use this familiar sensory bottle concept as a mean to explicitly teach how mindfulness can help to calm us when we are feeling stressed, anxious, sad, or angry.
Preparation

Fill a bottle or jar with water, leaving a 1-inch space at the top.

Add a generous amount of glitter glue to the bottle (or a combination of Elmer's glue and regular glitter).

Seal the bottle well!

You may like to make one large bottle to use as an example for whole-class instruction, or a set of bottles that can be used by individuals or for small group rotations.

Directions

Shake the bottle well to mix the glitter, water, and glue.

Share the following words with your students:

"Imagine that the glitter is likeyour thoughts when youre stressed, mad, or upset. See how they whirl around and make itreally hard to see clearly? Thats why its so easy to make silly decisions when youre upset because youre not thinking clearly. Dont worry this is normal and ithappens in all of us (yep, grown-ups too).

[ Now put the jar down in front of them.]

Now watch what happens when you're still for a couple of moments. Keep watching. See how the glitter starts to settle and the water clears? Yourmind works the same way. When you're calm for a little while, your thoughts start to settle and you start to see things much clearer."
(by Karen Young of Hey Sigmund)
#15 Mindful Safari
(10-30 minutes)

Another beautiful child-friendly reframing of a traditional mindfulness practice is to take your students on a Mindful Safari.

Instruct students to remain quiet, calm their thoughts, and move slowly while on safari.

Ask students to turn their sense of sight, touch, and sound onto high.

Search for beautiful natural objects to explore.
- What does it look like?
- What color is it?
- What does it smell like?
- Can I touch it?
- What does it feel like?

Search for mini-beasts and other creatures that move.

When they find a creature, encourage students to watch the creature in silence for as long as they would like to.
- What does it look like?
- How does it move?
- What colors can you see on its body?

#16Sense Countdown
(5 minutes)

A great one for older students is an extension of the Spidey Senses activity. It can be used to help calm a busy mind and bring our awareness to the present moment.

Think of:

5 things you can see

4 things you can touch

3 things you can hear

2 things you can smell

1 thing you can taste

#17 Heartbeat
(5 minutes)

Our heartbeat is an amazing representation of our emotions. Like our breath, it is always with us. So, we can use our heartbeat to connect with the present moment in times of difficulty or stress.

You might like to begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Students place their fingers or hands over the part of their body where they can best feel their pulse.
- on the side of their neck, under their jaw
- inside their wrist
- or, over their heart

Ask students to close their eyes and notice how quickly or slowly their heart is beating.

Encourage them to think about their current state of emotion and consider if this might be connected to how quickly or slowly their heart is beating.

Direct students to stand and jump up and down on the spot ten times.

Students return to sitting and feel their heartbeat again, noticing any changes.

Students may like to close their eyes and focus on their heartbeat until it slows back down.

#18 Add a Touchy Feely Focus
(5 - 10 minutes)

Saving the best for last, Shakti Burke gives these great tips for helping wiggly kids begin to master mindfulness. Burke suggests:

Restless minds are magnetized by the sensation of touch: we cant think and feel at the same time. The stroking and feeling itself (when using a prop to help children focus) becomes the meditation, in place of the breath awareness focus.

You might like to begin your class journey toward mindfulness with some of these more tactile activities.
Provide students with a prop to hold, touch, balance, or focus their eyes on during one of the above activities.

small soft toys

small bean bags or beanie pillows

stress balls

pieces of furry fabric

There you go! 18 amazing activities to help teach mindfulness in your classroom. Mindfulness truly is a skill that will benefit your students as individuals, long after they leave your classroom for the final time.

Check out our beautifully illustrated Mindfulness Activity Task Cards that you can use to support mindfulness practice with your students.

Whole Class Daily Mindfulness Activity Tracker

Track your class' progress to superhero status with these beautiful Mindfulness Activity Tracker Charts that can be used to note each day of whole-class practice.

The charts are available in three formats:

Each download comes with a page of illustrated markers that can be stuck onto the chart. The black and white downloads of these trackers are also fantastic for students to use for their personal mindfulness practice.

If you are new to mindfulness for children, take a look at our post "Why You Should Be Teaching Mindfulness to Improve Student Learning" for practical tips and tricks to begin your class mindfulness practice routine. You can also download our Mindfulness Information Sheet for Teachers with eight succinct and actionable tips.
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