Theme: Valentines + I Love Gymnastics Week!

Love is in the air!

We start Valentines Week themes tonight and also here in Canada it is “I Love Gymnastics Week” as well – so we are feeling the love everywhere!

The big thing we do at my gym this week is “I Love Gymnastics” necklaces. We do it for all classes from babies to teens. Here is the reminder poster and sample I posted up for my coaches so that you can get an idea.

One of the expectations I have for my coaches is that they include weekly themes in their warm up (for age 6 and younger, at least). I let them invent their own if they are feeling creative, but I always post a few ideas if they aren’t sure what to do.

Here are the Valentines Week suggestions:

If you are looking for some of the best Valentine’s Day kid songs on the net, we’ve got you! 😉 You can find the Top 10 Valentines Warm Up Songs here!

Lastly, I have a few props that I hold on to and re-use every year for this week. Check out all the props:

To point out a few things in the above photo:

Pink cups to be used as obstacles to step over on the beam or for games of Builder Vs. Bulldozers (change the name to Heart Builder + Heart Breaker – LOL)
The pink cardstock hearts cut in half are for “Matching Hearts” game (see above)
Felt hearts will be targets for feet/hands or for bean bag toss
Extra hearts (foam) are mostly for warm up activities (stand on, move around, etc) or for decoration
Balloons (we draw hearts on them!) for fun games like keep up, toss & spin or to hold/toss while crossing the beam!
Heart hand stamps (the real reason kids come to gymnastics)
Streamers for decoration, usually!
Hearts with skills on them are for the “Heart Flip” game (see above for rules and below for another photo of them – adjust the skills as you see fit!)