Elephants

Elephants Curriculum

Boys & Girls, Ages 3-4

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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