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