{"id":14489,"date":"2018-10-04T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T13:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=14489"},"modified":"2021-03-11T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:32:09","slug":"hula-hoop-car-road-trip-movement-activity-for-grades-k-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/hula-hoop-car-road-trip-movement-activity-for-grades-k-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Hula Hoop Car Road Trip – Movement Activity for Grades K-1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

My name is Tyler Staup and I am currently teaching a Lincoln Elementary in Brownsburg, Indiana. The activity I am going to be writing about is called: \u201cHula Hoop Car Road Trip.\u201d This activity is great for teaching kindergarten and 1st<\/sup> grade students how to move safely, at different levels, speeds, pathways, and directions. It also is a great activity to incorporate locomotor skills. My cooperating teacher from student teaching taught me this activity and I have loved incorporating it in my classes.<\/p>\n

Equipment:<\/strong>\u00a01 hula hoop per student.<\/p>\n

Set Up:\u00a0<\/strong>Each student sits crisscross inside of a hula-hoop on the floor around the gym.<\/p>\n

Activity Instructions: <\/strong><\/p>\n

When playing this game with students, I start by telling them to imagine the gym is a giant road. I ask the students questions about driving in a vehicle. I always talk about the importance of not crashing your car because real cars don\u2019t crash into each other on purpose. I then explain to the students all of the things they may have to do when I call out certain things. After I explain each possible direction, I tell students to stand up and hold their hula-hoop around their body. When I call out high way, students run as fast as possible in their car. When I call out bumpy road, students skip. When I call out curvy road or zigzag road, students show me what that looks like. When I call out stuck in the mud, students jog in place. When I call out turn up the radio, they drop their hoop and dance inside of it. When I call out school zone, students walk in slow motion. Lastly, when I call out \u201cout of gas,\u201d students sit back down criss cross in their hoop.<\/p>\n

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Kindergarten learning to move safely and at different levels, speeds, pathways, and directions by doing Hula Hoop Car Road Trip… I love their imagination! My favorite is when I tell them to turn up the radio.. awesome dance moves \ud83d\ude0e #Physed<\/a> @LifeAtLincoln<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Gy64bYZzGW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mr. Staup (@MrStaupsPE) August 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n