Kindergarten Gymnastics

Hello families!
Among lots of other fun activities the Kindergarteners here at Palouse Prairie School have been working on gymnastics!  The primary focus is to facilitate psychomotor development.  We accomplish this by working on new and challenging movements that build coordination and physical stamina.

-Mr. Greg 

Swarm Tag!

Greetings families,

For the past few weeks 1st grade and kindergarten have been working on a game called 'Swarm Tag.'  Swarm tag is a really fun game that is designed to maintain an elevated heart rate and at the same time be fun for the students.  In addition, this game allows students to focus on different movement patterns, such as grapevining, that will assist with psycho-motor development.  

Hockey Baseball

                            Greetings families!

Hockey Baseball in action

Warm up exercises that focus on core body strength.

For the past few weeks our 1st through 4th grade students  have been learning how to play baseball.  Well, almost baseball.  Instead of a baseball or softball we use a dodgeball, and instead of a bat we use a hockey stick.  This may sound strange, but it has two very important functions.  This first is that the dodgeball/hockey stick combo allows every single player to at the very least hit the ball and make a dash toward first base.  The second reason is due to the fact that our gym ceiling is only about ten feet high, and dodgeballs hit by hockey sticks tend to stay lower to the ground.  Our main focus with this unit is for the batting team to learn the basics of running bases, and the fielding team to learn the basics of fielding a ball and trying to get the runners out.  In addition, to our PE games, we spend almost half of our PE time working on our cardiovascular fitness and our core body strength.  


-Mr. Greg