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It is impossible to get kids to exercise these days, thanks to the plethora of gaming gadgets that have made our kids a hopeless victim of the sedentary predator that would not leave at any expense. You need to have something really thrilling to get kids to their feet and to make that happen here are the 2 cheery exercise songs for kids with the Warm up routine.
Warming up
Chorus
I'm warming up warming up getting warm (Encourage kids to raise their arms and sway back and forth)
I'm warming up I'm warming up so I can perform (Perform the arm routine again)
Warming up warming up getting warm (Now ask kids to raise one leg as up as they can and place it down and go about the same routine with second routine. )
Warming up warming up so I can perform (Repeat the leg routine again for the complete leg warm up)
Kids can also jog around to this song for a full body warm up. Whatever works best for the kids. To keep things interesting, encourage the kids to sing along.
Get ready to exercise get your muscles warm (Encourage kids to do jumping jacks)
Before you workout then you'll do no harm
Nice and slow is the way to start
I know you'll do it ‘cause you're smart
Continue with the jump jacks with the above 4 verses.
Try a jog keep it nice and slow (As the lyric suggests, this part asks for a little jog)
Muscles will have increased blood flow
Jog a little faster keep a steady pace
Swing your arms but it's not a race
For the above part of the song, the focus should be on the lower body workout.
Try knee lifts but not too high (Encourage kids to lift their knees so that they touch their chest before they go down on the ground)
Lift them up toward the sky (Encourage kids to lift their legs up as described in the lyric)
Move your arms warm them too (Encourage kids to move their arms in different motion)
Touch your knees right on cue (Bend and touch knees)
Warm Up Time
The next song focuses on an extensive form of warm up for kids. It's simple and can easily be performed with an outdoor playground equipment. This is especially good for athletic kids.
Lights, camera, action! (clap your hands)
Roll, roll, roll with the Kinderman (bend to the right)
Rock, rock, rock with the Kinderman (bend to the left)
Dance, dance, dance with the Kinderman (bend from right to left)
Learn, learn, learn with the Kinderman (bend from left to right)
It's warm up, warm up, warm up time (wave arms in the air)
Let's get together and let's unwind (clap and wave arms in the air)
It's warm up, warm up, warm up time (Bend from right to left, clap and, wave your arms in the air)
Let's get together and let's unwind (Bend from left to right, clap and, wave your arms in the air)
Body talk is lots of fun (bend to the right and touch the knee)
Lots of fun for everyone (bend to the left and touch the knee)
It's warm up, warm up, warm up time (bend and touch both knees)
Let's get together and let's unwind (bend again and touch both knees)
Shoulders, shoulders (move your shoulders, up and down)
Arms, arms (swing your arms)
Wrist, wrist (twist and turn your wrists)
Fingers, fingers (move fingers as if you are grabbing and letting go of something)
Elbow, elbow (do the elbow robot swing)
Head, head (make your head go around)
cabeza, cabeza (clap, bend and touch knees)
That's Spanish, that's Spanish (clap, come back up)
Ears (touch your ears)
Nose (touch your nose)
Chin up, chin up (clap and chin up)
Neck, neck, neck (bend neck from right to left)
Knee, knee (touch your knees)
leg, leg (touch your legs)
Shoe, shoe (touch your shoes)
zapato, zapato (clap and get back up)
That's Spanish, that's Spanish (clap and bend again and touch your shoes)
It's warm up, warm up, warm up time
Let's get together and let's unwind
It's warm up, warm up, warm up time
Let's get together and let's unwind
For the above verses, do quick hand and leg motion.
Dig, dig , dig (bend and pantomime digging)
There's right, there's left (dig to the right and to the left)
There's up and down (dig up and then down)
There's front, there's back (dig in the back and then in the front)
Right and left and up and down and front and back and all around
We lean to the right (lean your body to the right)
We lean to the left (lean your body to the left)
We lean to front (lean your body to the front)
We lean to the back (lean your body to the back)
Do it real fast (do the above-mentioned routine in a quick motion)
Right and left and up and down and front and back and all around
We lean to the right
We lean to the left
We lean to front
We lean to the back
And one more time, do it again and you are done with the warm up. Get children something to drink after a couple of minutes rest. Repeat before every athletic activity, playground activity (such as playing on a commercial playground equipment) or exercise to make sure that kids are properly warmed up; without the proper warm up, our muscles prone to exercise injury.
I am getting the sweat just by writing the thing, imagine the amount of warm up your kids will get with 20 minutes of this! Share your experience with us through the tiny box below and let us know how it went.
