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Mar 17

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Jenga Jumps”

By Chris | Blog, Ignite! At Home, Math, wod | No Comments

Note: This game is a ‘hopper-style’ random draw. While students love the suspense of “Jenga,” teachers can incorporate any randomization, like a deck of cards, to determine movements.

Cut 2×4″ blocks to 10″ each. Stack in “jenga-style,” 3 in one direction, and 3 on top in another, until it reaches 15 rows tall.

Each child draws one block, and performs the exercise written on it. Number of reps is equal to the total number of blocks drawn (first draw is 1, second is two, third is three reps, etc.)

Incorporate addition, skip counting, and memory challenges as you like.

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) The above can be used on its own for a fun challenge, or incorporated into the 7 Steps for optimal benefit.

This activity would be proceeded by a lesson about number sequencing.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Mar 14

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Pi Day!”

By Chris | Enrichment, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Math, Memory, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

Create a number journey with your phone number.

3 rounds

10 mountain climbers

10 hollow rocks

10 walking lunges

10 sit ups

Then, recall your number journey of your phone number.

Focus:

March 20 steps, tapping right hand to left knee and vice versa.

WOD:

Every minute, on the minute memorize digits of pi and then complete 1 round of the WOD, and then recall the digits of pi.

Round 1, memorize 3 digits of pi. Round 2, memorize 4 digits of pi. Round 3, memorize 5 digits of pi. Continue in this pattern.

Complete 1 round of:

5 pull ups

5 push ups

5 squats

5 situps

Recall the digits of pi that you learned before the round.

Continue until you can no longer recall the digits of pi that you learn at the beginning of the round.

Post highest number of digits that were successfully recalled.

Jan 17

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Perfect Squares”

By Chris | Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Math, wod | No Comments

Focus Drill: trace an infinity symbol for 30 seconds each: a) dominant eye, dominant hand; b) nondominant eye, dominant hand; c) dominant eye, nondominant hand; d) nondominant eye, nondominant hand.

Lesson: Square roots, multiplication

Challenge:

With a square drawn on a wall, the student performs two wall balls for each corner (ball strikes each corner) and the center of the square. If the ball misses a corner or the center, they repeat the throw.

Then they solve one column, and return to the wall ball square. They repeat until the worksheet below is complete.

Jan 15

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Brain Gone Bad”

By Chris | Enrichment, Enrichment for Adults, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Interventions, Math, Memory, Reading, Weekly Challenges, wod | No Comments

Warmup: 20 reps for time of:

Burpee/Push-up/Jumping-Jack/Sit-up/Handstand

Then, “Brain Gone Bad”:

Spend exactly one minute at each station before moving to the next.

Rest exactly one minute between rounds.

Perform 3 rounds for maximum points.

Station 1: Memory Cards (one minute to memorize)

Station 2: Addition Worksheet

Station 3: Subtraction Worksheet

Station 4: Word Search Worksheet

Station 5: Memory Cards – one minute to recall cards (any order.)

Worksheets can be drawn from anywhere. This is one good resource.

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Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) The above can be used on its own for a fun challenge, or incorporated into the 7 Steps for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Dec 24

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Make The Hundred”

By Chris | Enrichment for Adults, Games, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Math, wod | No Comments

Warmup: 4 X
10 Side to Side hop over small barrier =>10 Sprawls => 25 M Sprint => 25 M Back pedal

Recite 1-10 multiplication tables as far as possible without interruption

In any order, perform:

100 squats

100 situps

100 pushups

100 lunges

without rest, complete:

1 a.	____ + 83 = 100

1 b.	11 + ____ = 100

2 a.	1 + ____ = 100

2 b.	____ + 15 = 100

3 a.	____ + 40 = 100

3 b.	____ + 50 = 100

4 a.	71 + ____ = 100

4 b.	____ + 95 = 100

5 a.	54 + ____ = 100

5 b.	____ + 71 = 100

6 a.	____ + 52 = 100

6 b.	64 + ____ = 100

7 a.	75 + ____ = 100

7 b.	83 + ____ = 100

8 a.	32 + ____ = 100

8 b.	____ + 44 = 100

9 a.	62 + ____ = 100

9 b.	____ + 29 = 100

10 a.

12 + ____ = 100

10 b.

____ + 35 = 100

Scaling Options: Decrease the number of reps (“Make The Twenty” or “Make The Fifty”)

Change addition to multiplication

Dec 10

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Estimating Percentages”

By Chris | Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Math, wod | No Comments

Lesson: Percentages

Skill: double-unders (scale to skipping for younger students)

Challenge: max double-unders in 2:00

BrainWOD: Without a calculator, estimate the number according to the percentages to one decimal point:

55 % of 91

= ______

65 % of 18

= ______

49 % of 15

= ______

2 % of 33

= ______

95 % of 50

= ______

89 % of 45

= ______

94 % of 37

= ______

92 % of 66

= ______

48 % of 10

= ______

98 % of 17

= ______

57 % of 5

= ______

58 % of 16

= ______

66 % of 83

= ______

31 % of 9

= ______

47 % of 81

= ______

49 % of 55

= ______

59 % of 29

= ______

86 % of 68

= ______

82 % of 3

= ______

52 % of 28

= ______

37 % of 64

= ______

95 % of 14

= ______

93 % of 51

= ______

85 % of 12

= ______

3 % of 30

= ______

Max double-unders in two minutes (repeat.)

Calculate the number of double-unders completed in the first attempt, the second, and the two together. Older students: forecast the number of double-unders likely to occur in another two-minute attempt if increasing/decreasing trends continued.

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) Warmups, focus drills, pre-CrossFit Kids workouts and anchoring activities precede and follow this challenge for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Nov 24

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Today’s BrainWOD: Mental Calculation

By Chris | Games, Ignite! At Home, Math, Memory, wod | No Comments

Warmup:

Older students: 3x or 5:00
Handstand walk or bear crawl => 5 perfect squats => 5 perfect push-ups => 5 strict pull-ups => 10 one-legged hop on a low box or curb, each leg => 50-meter high-knee skip => 50-meter back pedal

Younger students: 3x or 5:00
Bear crawl => 3-5 super-slow squats => 3-5 push-ups => 2-4 monkey hangs => 5-10 one-legged hops, each leg => 25-meter skip => 25-meter side shuffle

Challenge: AMRAP in 10:00 (ages 5-8,) 15:00 (ages 9-12,) or 20:00 (13+)

10 “Man On Fire” Burpees

Army Crawl 30 feet

Add random numbers*

Wheelbarrow walk to start

*in the first round, add two randomly-drawn numbers. In the second round, add three. In the third round, add four, continuing as high as possible.

Number range: up to student’s age. For example, an eight-year-old would use the numbers from 1 to 8.

Bonus: The Chemistry of Cookies.

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) Warmups, focus drills, pre-lesson challenges and anchoring activities should precede and follow this challenge for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Jan 30

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Daily Challenge: Product Squares

By Chris | Math, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

3x
5 burpees => 2 cartwheels => precision jump => basic dot drill x 10 => agility ladder => 50-meter sprint => 50-meter jog

Then, recite multiplication tables for 3, 4, and 6.

Focus:

Bear crawl 10m

Frankenstein Walk 10 steps

Trace 10 figure 8 patterns

WOD:

12:00 AMRAP
4 shoulder press with dumbells
40-meter shuttle farmer’s carry (10-meter lengths) w/dumbbells
40 double-unders

then,

Fill in each empty cell of the grid with a number between 1 and 9. The product (multiplication) of the numbers in each row must be the value to the right of that row in the grid, and the product of each column must be the value below that column of the grid. The number 1 can only be used once in any row or column; other numbers can be repeated. Some numbers may not be used at all.

Post rounds of WOD and total time to complete puzzle to comments.

				72
				42
				50
				81
112	135	27	30

Jan 18

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Daily Challenge: Fran-a-Matics

By Chris | Math, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

3 rounds:

1 minute of double unders

30 seconds of jumping jacks

30 seconds of mountain climbers

30 seconds of squats

Add up all of your reps for each round

Focus:

Trace 5 figure 8 patterns, each direction, with each hand.

WOD:

This WOD was featured in our Ignite Online Challenge:

Franamatics:

21-15-9

Thrusters

Pull ups

Math Questions

Subtract 2 seconds from your total time for each correct math question.

Post time to comments.

Challenge 2 – Franamatics Ages 12 plus Questions

Jan 04

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Daily Challenge: Money Counting

By Chris | Math, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

5x
5 burpees => bear crawl => forward roll => balance beam walk => basic dot drill x 10

Then, list three ways to make $3.45.

Focus:

Trace an “x” pattern 5 times with each hand.

WOD:

3 rounds of:

20 walking lunges

20 squats

200m run

Then, write out 3 ways to make each of the following amounts of money:

1) $12.31

2) $8.57

3) $9.00

4) $18.25

5) $21.84

Post total time to comments.