A Flaming Gypsy that is! The last PE Day that we had for the
homeschoolers was a blast! Kiki and her
band of flaming gypsy girls came and showed our kids how to move and groove
with hula hoops. Kiki, LaurelLee, and Kelly were there to work their stuff. The ladies, got all
the kids out on the basket ball court and pretty quickly the kids were doing
some fun hula hoop moves, using the Poi and basically having fun while
exploring a new skill.
At first the boys and older high schoolers were resistant to
hooping in front of others, but Kiki got them into a big circle and they learned
how to make circles with their bodies and then they played a quick game of ball
juggling where each child had to toss a ball to someone else while calling out
their name. Once the first ball was halfway through the circle, another ball
was thrown into the mix until there were 3 or 4 balls going at the same
time. After a while, the groups
switched, and even the “I’m too cool for this” boys were hula hooping. I call that success – don’t you?
At first the boys and older high schoolers were resistant to
hooping in front of others, but Kiki got them into a big circle and they learned
how to make circles with their bodies and then they played a quick game of ball
juggling where each child had to toss a ball to someone else while calling out
their name. Once the first ball was halfway through the circle, another ball
was thrown into the mix until there were 3 or 4 balls going at the same
time. After a while, the groups
switched, and even the “I’m too cool for this” boys were hula hooping. I call that success – don’t you?
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