Mini Home Workout: Exercise Break for Elementary School Children

The mini home workout is a short movement break for primary school children that requires neither equipment nor much space. During short study breaks or after an intensive study session, children can burn off their pent-up energy with just a few exercises – the entire workout takes only a few minutes.

What is included in the material

• Instructions explaining how the mini workout works and how each exercise is presented with its name, an illustration, and the number of repetitions
• Workout overview featuring jumping jacks, high knees, high knees with bent knees, bicycle crunches, squats, push-ups, and sit-ups, each with an illustration – once without and once with repetition counts
• Overview of additional exercises such as shoulder circles, star jumps, reaching & stretching, hands to the floor, heel stands, standing balance, and flamingo, also with illustrations

Tips for using the material

• By time: Each exercise can be performed for 30 to 45 seconds.
• By repetitions: Alternatively, a specific number of repetitions can be set for each exercise; the overview with repetition counts provides them directly.

These skills are promoted

• Strength through squats, push-ups, and sit-ups
• Endurance through jumping jacks, high knees, and high knees with bent knees
• Balance during heel stands, standing balance, and flamingo
• Flexibility during shoulder circles, reaching & stretching, and hands to the floor

You can find more movement breaks with the movement cards for breaks, class and home, the movement dice for home, and the fitness advent calendar for class.