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Moon Pushes: Knee-Supported Push-Ups Brain Break

Moon Pushes is a 2-minute Brain Break for kids: knee-supported push-ups.

Difficulty
Advanced
Energy
Medium energy
Length
1 minute 46 seconds
Category
Balance / Body Control
Ages
Ages 4–6

How to do Moon Pushes

From the belly, place hands by the shoulders and press the chest up with knees down.

Why it helps

Builds upper-body strength and trunk stability for safe floor transitions.

What the coach says

The words of this video, from its captions.

And finally, moon pushes. To dodge a meteor, our belly has to touch the floor. But we have to know how to push ourselves back up safely. Lie completely flat on your belly. Put your hands flat on the floor right next to your shoulders. When we push up, we have to make sure our eyes are looking right in front of us so we do not get knocked down again. Do not look down. at your feet leave your knees on the ground look forward and push your chest to the sky as hard as you can then lower back down to your belly let's do five moon pushes to warm up ready belly flat look forward and push up that is one lower down look forward push up two keep your eyes up and down and push three down and push four last one here we go back down and push five awesome now jump all the way back up to your feet round two drop back to your belly let's make it a challenge and push a little bit faster hands are ready eyes forward And down, push. That's one. Down, push. Two. Fast arms down, push. Three. Down, push. Four. Down, push. Five. Jump back up to your feet. Your flying muscles are totally warm and ready.

Framework alignment

  • PLAYfun: Balance, Stability & Body Control
  • SHAPE: Standard 1 — Develops a variety of motor skills
  • Indicator: 1.2.3

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