Elephants Curriculum

Boys & Girls, Ages 3-4

Cognitive

• Number Recognition (1-15)
• Positions: Tuck, Pike, Straddle, Table Top, Seal Stretch, Candlestick, Bridge, and Lunge
• Independently Move Through an Obstacle course
• Equipment Recognition: Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor

Locomotor

• Chassé Left & Right
• Skipping
• Bear Crawls
• Crab Walks
• Open Close
• Frog Jumps
• Bunny Hops
• Hopping/Jumping Forward & Backward, Left & Right

Playground

• Climb Up & Down
• Climb Side to Side (stall bars)
• Climb Over, Under, & Through Obstacles
• Skin-the-Cat
• Hang on the Bar
• Go Down the Slide
• Monkey Bars
• Throw & Catch

Gymnastics

• Floor
• Forward & Backward Rolls (on wedge mat w/spot)
• Cartwheel
• Shoelace Handstand (block)
• Donkey Kicks
• Tuck & Straddle Jumps (floor)
• Trampoline/Tumble Track
• Seat Drop, Straddle, Pike, & Jump Full Turn
• Beam
• Forward, Backward, Sideways, & Flamingo Walks
• Arabesque (hold for 3 sec)
• Jump to stick: Straight, Tuck, & Straddle
• Bars
• Swing in Tuck or Pike Position (trapeze)
• Bat Hang
• Tuck Hold (5 sec)
• Kickover (spot)
• Monkey Walks Left & Right
• Bear Walks Across P-Bars
• Vault
• Jump from Block, Punch, Stick
• Run, Hurdle, Punch, Stick
• Forward Roll from Board to Wedge