Daily Idea #284: Hula Hoop Movement

We are going in search of hula hoops today. You know that I am all for using what you have on hand to create activities at home, but since we don’t have any hula hoops (and I am assuming most of you don’t either) we are getting a few to keep on hand; hula hoop games are so much fun and can take up a lot of time (two great things in my book).

Once we get our hula hoops today, the first thing we are going to do with them is set up some hula hoop movements. Now, if you are going to order some hula hoops and have them delivered, you can do this activity without said hoop.

4 “stations” will do it— if you can do this outside, lay each hula hoop down on the ground about 4 paces apart from each other. Label with chalk, each hoop with a different movement (stork stand, jumping jacks, burpee, and a bridge for example). In a round robin fashion, have each child go from hoop to hoop doing each activity. Go in one direction on the hoops, then go in the opposite direction. If you are inside, you can still do this but with writing your activities on a piece of paper and placing the paper inside the hoops.

Have fun with it and see how long the kids will go from station to station.