Kid's Activity Flash Cards

I have been thinking of things to do for my classes that can engage my kids to exercise and still have fun. So I went to the dollar store and bought a package of blank name strips. I cut them in half and punch a hole near the edge and put them on a binder ring. I wrote things like skip, waddle, twirl, etc. You can write different things like chores or game ideas. It would be great for when the kids say they're bored!

 

 

Kid's Activity Wheel

 

I was looking through Pinterest and saw this pin to make a P.E. activity wheel.

 

 

So I set out to make my own for my classes.

 

I went to my local dollar store and I found a game spinning wheel in the teacher craft section.

 

Luckily I already had a foam poster board I got at the dollar store a while back and some fun scrapbook paper stashed in my craft room.  

 

 

I cut out a square out of the foam board and using Mod Podge I glued some scrapbook paper onto it. I then cut out the circle out of the spinning wheel and traced it on the foam board and cut it out.

 

Now I measured my circle and using Publisher I made a circle and using clip art I added some stretches. Although you can add whatever you'd like, you can use it for chores, homeschooling, etc.

 

Now that you printed out your circle. Glue it onto your cardboard circle and cut out the small hole in the center.

 

Take apart the spinner and using hot glue, glue down the base of the spinner onto the square base.

 

 

This way if I ever want to change out the circle for other activities I can simply take it apart.

 

And that's it now you have an activities wheel!

 

 

 

 

 

A Guide to Achieving Your Goals this Year

New Year’s Resolutions

· Be reasonable: set realistic goals, don’t expect to drop all the weight in one or two weeks. Make smaller “mini goals”. Maybe chose to loose 2 pounds by the end of each month, instead of choosing to loose 30 pounds by the end of the year.

· Make a plan: come up with a plan that fits into your current lifestyle. Whether it’s exercising twice a week or even once a week, make sure you make it a commitment .

· Find a workout that you enjoy. If you don’t enjoy it, the likelihood that you will stick with it is pretty minimal.

· Don’t be disappointed if the scale hasn’t budged after a while. Do you feel better? Do your clothes fit better/loser? It might just be that you have replaced some of the fat with muscle. Remember fat and muscle weigh the same….but muscle takes up less space!

· Too much cake, candy, and cookies over the holidays can drive anyone to want to swear off sugar for good. But going extreme with your New Year's resolution and trying to completely cut out certain types of food might be too much for you to handle. If you know you have a sweet tooth or can't stay away from the bread basket, make a resolution to cut back instead of eliminating.

· Deciding to eat healthier is one of the best New Year's resolution you can make. It's the broadness of the goal that is the issue. It's best to define that goal with smaller, more specific goals such as "to eat green veggies at least once a day," or "eat fruit instead of ice cream for my after-dinner treat." These defined goals will be easier to follow, making you more successful at your original goal of eating healthier.

 

Vacation Time!

Well we did it! We took our first vacation this last week! We flew down to San Diego and stayed for a week! It was so much fun! We tried new food, went to the beach (a REAL one, not like the "beaches" here in Oregon), visited a ton of museums and even went to the San Diego Zoo!! It was great to get away and be somewhere completely new. I don't know why, but I somehow didn't end up taking many pictures of our trip....I know what kind of person am I!!??? well I finally got some of the ones I did take off the camera, and here they are! So if you are ever in San Diego I highly recommend going to Balboa Park and seeing all of the awesome museums there, and of course the San Diego Zoo! As for food, well if you are vegan/vegetarian (although they do have some chicken and fish meals) and you are in Oceanside you MUST go to the Hill Street Cafe! OMG they are amazing! After we found this place I think we ate there three out of the 5 days we were there. If vegan/vegetarian food is not your thing and burgers are more your thing try the Burger Lounge my husband LOVED their burgers, as for me well they did have 1 thing on the menu that I could eat that was vegan, and that was their quinoa salad. Let me just say that it was absolutely delicious! and the portions where HUGE! So I would order half a salad unless you are completely ravenous ;) Oh and did I mention that It was partially a work trip for me too?? I am now licenced to teach Zumba Sentao! Woohoo!!

 

 

 

My Day in Pictures...

Phew! Today has been CRAZY!! Doing hair, Zumba, Folkloric Performance, lunch with 15 teenage girls (1teenage boy), and lastly being apart of a Zumba flashmob! It was such a fun day! But i'm so excited to relax and take a day off tomorrow. I actually woke up today and said to myself, "yes, I got to sleep in! it's 7:00am!" haha I couldn't help but start laughing at myself for that :D

Zumba Master Class with Abraham Hernandez!!!

OMG I was able to attend this Zumba class tonight and let me just say it was AMAZING!! I went with my best friend Megan and it was her first Zumba class ever and she loved it! Of course I had to get my picture taken with Abraham so here it is!!

sorry for the quality...

Zumba Basic 2 Training

Yup I did it I finished my basic 2 training! I LOVED IT!!! We learned the basic steps for Samba, Belly Dance, Tango and Flamenco! I LOVED LOVED flamenco and tango! Samba...it nearly killed me, and we were doing it in half time!