Partner Balances

All pictures are 2nd grade students

No wiggles!  Students practice balancing on their hands, feet, knees, elbows, head and multiple combinations of these body parts.  We practice holding our balance for 10 seconds without wiggling or falling over.  Once we have mastered this alone, we practice making different balance statutes with a partner.  

Students are told to balance on a specific number of body parts with their partner.  If the number is 4, the total number of body parts touching the ground between them and their partner must = 4.  This is a good way for students to integrate math by practicing number partners.  Once students have their balance, they hold it together for 10 seconds.  Students come up with as many balances as they can using that number before I give them a new one.