Difficulty: Easy
There's no reason that physicaleducationcan't incorporate holiday-themed exercises and activities. Itfestively celebrates the season or the day, and shows kids that you can incorporatephysical fitnessinto nearly any event. It also helps in breaking up the monotony of the standard P.E. exercises, such asvolleyball, dodgeball and r unning laps, to name a few.

Valentine Exercise Hunt
Cut large hearts out of red construction paper. Divide the number of students in your class by two andmake that number of hearts. On each heart, write down anexercisesuch as "Do 10 push-ups." Cuteach heart in half, so for example, "Do 10 push-ups" now reads "Do 10 pu." Give each student a heart-half at random, and let them run around to find their match. When the students find their match, thepair has to do the exercise printed on the heart. When finished, you can collect the hearts and start allover again.

Groundhog Day Exercise
This activity is great because it focuses on a holiday that young children may not know that muchabout. Before you begin this activity, explain Groundhog Day to your students, and its meaning andsignificance. Pick three students from the group and tell them to stand at the front of the room with their eyes closed. These are the "guessers." Tell the rest of the students to find a partner. Once thestudents are partnered up, assign one of the them to be the groundhog and choose another child to bethe shadow. Explain that they will have to run, skip, gallop, hop, jump or cartwheel across the gym floor.The groundhogs lead the way, and the shadows follow close, but not too close. Explain that thegroundhogs must change their movements every 10 to 15 steps. In the middle of the exercise shout,"freeze!" and have everyone freeze mid-step. The three "guessers" at the front of the room have to tellwho they think the pairs of groundhogs and shadows are, based on how everyone looks. Repeat thisexercise again, with new guessers and new partners.

Halloween: Crossing the Graveyard
This activity is perfect for Halloween, especially if kids are rowdy with excitement about a night of trick-or-treating ahead of them. Divide your students into groups of four. Give each group a piece of largesports equipment that they can lift together, such as a hockey stick or a hockey goal. Cover the floor of the gym with small obstacles, such as bowling pins or tennis ball canisters. These are the graves. Telleach team that they need to make it across the gym floor without disrupting any of the graves. If theydo knock over a grave, they have to fix it and return back to the starting point with their team. Theteams' goal is to cross the gym floor, without dropping the equipment that they're carrying or knockingover any of the graves.