KIDS FITNESS

MINI MOVES PROGRAM

Mini Moves is a physical activity program for children aged between 6-11 years focusing on fun and movement, the program provides a fun way for children to be physical active without fear of the negative aspects of sports.

Mini Moves sessions are pre-choreographed addressing all areas of fitness. Each session plan is delivered for a period of 2-3 weeks and then replaced by another exciting program. This means that during a typical 10 week school term, 3-5 Mini Moves programs are delivered. By repeating the session more than once, children will gain a sense of progression, control and mastery over the activities and skills involved. The Mini Moves programs follow the format below:

• Warm up activities and ice breakers
• Cardiovascular fitness and strength
• Sport skills
• Fun games
• Balance and stretch
• Food and nutrition

All of the above is based on fun. The nature of the activities is such that children do not realise it is exercise.  Once a term children participating receive a health handout to give to the family. This ensures that the concepts of Mini Moves go beyond the session to the home.

KINDER MOVES PROGRAM

Kinder Moves is a series of fun themed physical activity sessions specifically designed for 3-5 year olds. The sessions are 30-40 minutes and involve various activities to assist children to:

• Participate in structured physical activity
• Experience being a member of a group
• Socially interact with their peers
• Practice hand eye coordination based skills
• Learn and practice ball handling skills like throwing, catching, rolling
• Gain experience at using a wide range of activity equipment
• Practice listening and concentration skills
• Express their imagination through participation in physical activities
• Practice balance skills
• Experience new bodily movements through stretching
• Each session concludes with the children eating a healthy snack of fruit

Kinder Moves Themes

Each Kinder Moves session follows a specific theme that is repeated for 2-3 weeks in a row to provide children with a sense of familiarity and confidence before introducing new activities. The Kinder Moves themes are:

• Nursery Rhymes Program
• Magical Circus Program
• Stop and Go Program
• Colours Program
• Animal Program
• Alphabet Program
• Numbers Program
• Fishy Business Program
• Winter Time Program
• Summer Fun Program

Kinder Moves Activities

Each Kinder Moves session includes the following format of activities:

• Warm Up activity – a fun activity to introduce the theme and warm up the bodies in preparation for the session
• Cardiovascular activity – involving gross motor/locomotor movements
• Skill Based activity – involving hand/eye coordination, throwing, catching, kicking, and/or general ball handling skills
• Fun game – a fun game for the children involving physical activity often incorporating the play parachute, balloons or other fun equipment
• Balance/Stretch – a few movements that introduce the idea of stretching and/or allow an opportunity to practice balancing

Our Mini & Kinder Moves instructors have completed the Mini and Kinder Moves Accreditation course which involves learning about early childhood development (physical, social and emotional), communication skills, principles of physical activity for 3-11 year old, and management requirements for conducting the program.  All our instructors working with children have gone through police checks and hold at least a Certificate III in Fitness and current  senior first aid qualification. 

Ora Health & Fitness is currently registering interest for the Mini & Kinder Moves programs in Richmond.  Please contact Madeline via email madeline@orafitness.com.au or on 0400 353 958 for Term 3 dates and times.