National Health Observances: 30 31 SHAPE America recommends school-age children 1 Pretzel Race Set up some empty Give your favorite accumulate at least 60 minutes and up to several • Safe Toys and Gifts Month Stand on your left leg, bottles or cans and try to activity this month hours of physical activity per day. Each bout of lift your right leg and knock them down. another try and write physical activity should be followed by cool-down Yoga Images from www.forteyoga.com cross it in front of your Can you get a spare? down 2-3 physical activity stretches that help reduce soreness and avoid injury. left knee, and cross Strike? goals you would like to your arms in front of accomplish in 2019. your body. Hop in your pretzel position to the finish line! 2 3 4 5 Hopscotch 6 7 Jump Rope 8 Clean Up It’s holiday season! 10 Chest passes Have your kids help you Use tape to make a game Make up a dance routine Try Single Side Swing Race 10 Bounce passes make a healthy dinner. on your floor or chalk to using 8-12 steps. and Jump! Twirl the rope Set a timer or put on a 10 Overhead passes Be sure to include fruits make a game on the to the left side, jump over Have your kids help you song and see how 10 Behind the back and vegetables! sidewalk. Practice the dance then rope; twirl the rope to the hang up lights and quickly you can clean passes teach it to someone else! right side, jump over decorations both indoors up a room in the house. rope. Repeat 10 times. and outdoors. Have a friend or sibling? Each pick a room to clean and race each other! 9 Community 10 Inch Worm 11 Mother May I 12 Animal Races 13 14 Boat Pose 15 Bundle up Service Stand up and bend at the Some suggestions Hop like a bunny, squat Practice your right leg Hold Go buy a safe toy(s) with hips. Walk your hands out include and waddle like a duck, split, left leg split, and Boat Take a night-time stroll your family and donate it. until you are in plank galloping three times, and slither like a snake. middle split. Hold each Pose with the family and look Discuss ways to prevent position. Walk your feet leaping twice, skipping Remember the bear one for 30 seconds. three at all the amazing blindness. forward to meet your four times, sliding three walks and walrus crawls times holiday lights and hands and stand back up. times, and running for from last month? Do for 15 decorations! Repeat 8-10 times. three seconds. those, too! seconds. Practice a pose from last month, too! 16 Cardio and 17 Push over 18 10 arm circles 19 Pretend you’re a big 20 21 22 Pillow Fight! Abs Mom and Dad! (forward and backward) league pitcher! Put a Watch a holiday movie Enjoy a day sledding or 5 burpees Have your parent plant 10 shoulder shrugs target on a wall and with the family! building a snowman. No No explanation 10 frog jumps their feet and see if you (forward and backward) practice throwing at it. Be snow? Be creative and needed. 15 Russian twists (each can budge them. If you 10 standing trunk sure and transfer your Jog in place during the make up a game! side) move a foot, you win! rotations (hands on hips weight towards your commercials. 20 second plank or straight out to side). target!

23 Dolphin Pose 24 Popcorn Push- 25 26 27 28 29 Like downward dog, but ups Dribble a 100 How many times can Gather up some friends or Kick a soccer ball or Pretend you’re the on your forearms. Hold Put a small bowl of times with your right then you keep a balloon up family members and play back and forth fastest sprinter in the Dolphin Pose three times popcorn on the floor. 100 times with your left without it hitting the floor? a ! with a partner. world! Challenge a for 15 Each time you lower hand. Keep your head Try and beat your score Soccer, basketball, friend or family member seconds. yourself down in a push- up and use your each time you play! tennis, street , Practice using both feet. to a race. up, stick out your tongue fingertips! kickball, it’s up to you! and take a bite!

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