Activity: Active Living Stations
Supplies:
Poster for each station. Post these on the walls.
A leader or Spark helper with each group of Sparks
To Play:
Girls go from station to station performing the activities:
Active Brain
- Count the number of Sparks in group
- Count number of fingers in the group
- Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Active Body
- Do eight jumping jacks
- Crouch then jump in the air six times
- Sing Auntie Monica (Jubilee Song Book p. 46) or some other song with actions.
Active Feet
- Stand on one foot and count to eight
- Repeat with other foot
- Run on spot and count to 16.
- Sing and play the Dutch Shoe game.
Active Hands
- Clap 6 times
- Shake hands in air five times
- Make a fist and open fingers quickly 4 times.
- Sing My Aunt Grete
Active Imagination
- Pretend you are a seed sprouting from the earth
- Pretend you are a tornado
- Pretend you are a snake
- Sing Tinga Layo
Active Play
- Let's pretend we are... typing on a computer
- ...washing a car
- ...walking a dog
- ...throwing a frisbee
- ...swimming
- Sing The Frogs
Active Wind Down
- In centre of room, gather girls together at the end
- Slowly lift arms over head then sway from side to side
- Stand on tiptoes and stretch then curl down until you are sitting
- Sing The Chinese Fan (Jubilee Song Book p. 44).