Locomotion is a fitting title for the first post on Sabot Moves. On this blog you can expect to catch many glimpses of how lower and middle school students at Sabot at Stony Point are exercising and moving.

kindergarten students drive their hula hoop cars

So far this year our youngest students have focused on moving in the simplest of terms. I asked them for examples of things that move and travel. They came up with a long list of things: cars, planes, trains… HUMANS! We explored some of the many ways we can move: running, walking, crawling, hopping, skipping and galloping. It was clear that each student preferred one method over the other. Several enjoyed crawling low and using their upper body, while others preferred running as fast as possible. I enjoyed watching them and thought about my goal for each student at Sabot this year: to find their way of moving. In middle school the students might find more complex movements enjoyable such as yoga or kickboxing. The important part is that they each find movement to be fun and that they want more of it.

dancing to the radio in the hoop car

hoop car speed limit increases to 45 mph!!

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