Holiday Lesson Ideas

Have students line up in groups of 2-3 at one end of the playing area. Place the containers of puzzle pieces at the opposite end of the playing area with one container for each group of students. The puzzle pieces should be about 30-40 feet away from the students in line. Inform the students of how you would like them to travel to the puzzle pieces (walk, jog, skip, hop, gallop, crab walk, etc.) When the music starts they can begin. The first student of each group will go down and pick up a puzzle piece and bring it back to their group placing it behind their group. The next student in line will then go and pick up another puzzle piece, relay style. When all of the puzzle pieces have been picked up, the whole group may then begin to put the puzzle together. When a puzzle is completed, the group will together do 10 jumping jacks or another fitness activity to show they have completed the puzzle. When every group has put their puzzles together, the first person in each group will return all of the puzzle pieces back to the container. The first person in line will then become the last person in line. Before starting the next relay, the teacher will switch the puzzle containers around so each group has a different puzzle.