Age Group (3 - 5 yrs old)
Created for children between 3 to 5 years old, L'enfant Fitness is a program that consists of games and activities adapted from ball sports, gymnastics and martial arts.
L'enfant Fitness programmes are fun and enables children to learn basic body control, awareness, coordination, agility and strength.
Summary of syllabus
Program 1 (3 – 4 years old)
- Body tension activities
- Strength conditioning and flexibility
- Introduction to jumps, take off, and landing
- Rotation and rolls
- Introduction to balance
- Toddler ball games
Program 2 (4 – 5 years old)
- Body tension activities
- Strength conditioning and flexibility
- Introduction to jumps, take off, and landing
- Rotation, rolls and cartwheel
- Introduction to balance
- Kids ball games
- Kids martial arts activities
Activities
Running
- Agility run (touch cones)
- Single leg hops
- Relay
Jumping
- Takeoff and landing
- Long jump
- Squats and jumps
- Jumping over beams
Crawls
- Alligator crawls
- Puppy dog run
- Rolling log
- Side rolls
- Forward rolls
- Back rolls
- Egg rolls
- Rolling on slanted beams or mats
Balance
- One leg balance with hands spread out
- Bean bag relay (Head balance)
- Knee lift balance (Wushu)
- Forward balance (Wushu)
- Tummy balance (tummy on mat, limbs stretch out)
- Tip toe balance
- Balance on beams
- Walking on slanted beams or mats
Games
- Ball throw and catch
- Obstacle crossing
- Bean bag relay (head balance)
Basic martial arts
- Punching (palm and fist)
- Kicking (straighten legs & bent legs)
- Stance
- Target punching
- Target throws (using bean bags)
