Have the children make up a routine using the things they have learned in gymnastics that year.We talk about it first saying that a routine is like a book ( I have a giant book I made with gymnastics moves as the content )having a beginning , a middle and an end. They have to write down their routines, practice them and perform them ( they do not have to do it in front of the class and it is not graded ). Just like a book the routine can be simple or complex depending on what they have learned.

The classroom teachers love this especially around the fourth grade when they are working on geometry.

Find the words : Backward Roll, Bridge up, Cartwheel, Chasse, Forward Roll, Headstand, Kickover, Kneeling Roll, Roundoff, Scale, Straddle Roll, and Tripod

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