CatholicFIT Curriculum | Module 4
Please watch the video for an overview of Module 4. The primary worksheet is linked here and below with other resources.
This week’s principle is SLEEP, REST & RECOVERY. Are your students getting the recommended 8-10 hours of sleep most nights for their age group? Also, we have been blessed with Sundays, rather, the Sabbath, for our designated day of rest. How are you honoring this day of rest and reflection? Note these two Catechism references:
- a time for reflection, meditation, silence and relaxing our busy mind which helps us grow as Christians (CCC#2186)
- having the Sabbath helps us enjoy time with our families and friends or just be by ourselves. (CCC#2184)
Continual, weekly reminders about sleep and the Sabbath are never enough – again, please share with your students any stories you can about sleepless nights and the effect this may have had on you. Also note the effect of electronic blue light on health and sleep on the PDF linked below.
Activity Review & Learning Objectives
After this module, students should be able to:
- briefly describe what happens to the body when we sleep (basic growth, repair, restoration) and in our brain (psychological repair, memory and “organization” of learned information)
- discuss strategies for winding down before bed time (dim lights, turn off screens, read a book)
- discuss the meaning and purpose of the Sabbath – the day Christ rose from the dead, when a new life began and a new hope for all people was restored. Sunday is a day of rest for families and for physical, mental, and spiritual rejuvenation.
Reflection Questions
- How do you feel if you do not get enough sleep? How often do you try to stay up later than you probably should?
- What can you do to help wind down at night?
- What happens in your body when you sleep? What happens in your brain?
Week 4 Resources & Worksheets
Click on the link below to open up the PDF, and watch the videos for more.
- Click here for your Weekly Worksheet (PDF with 3rd and 6th Grade Version)
- Lesson Planning Sheet for Teachers and Parents (PDF)
- This Week in CatholicFIT (Opens as a PDF in another tab that can be printed to hang or sent out via email newsletter to families.)
- Exercise of the Week: Touching Toes, Picking Things Up and Bowing (Hinging) at the Hips
Cathletic/Advanced version of Toe Touches & Picking Things Up (the Deadlift) – bowing forward, or what we call “hinging” in the fitness/athletic performance coaching world is the most fundamental move for athletic power. The hips are the primary engine of the body, and the ability to bow or bend forward, and then to drive your hips up and forward in extension to generate power allows athletes to jump to dunk a basketball, swing to drive a golf ball or hit a baseball and more. Check out the advanced versions of the Week 4 exercises here as I demonstrate many sports where bowing and extending (“driving”) the hips are key, and where the deadlift can improve most athletic moves:.
Next Module | Family, Community, Push Ups & Planks
We practice our push ups and planks while reflecting on who we spend most of our time with. Our identity statement for next time is: I Am Who I Surround Myself With. The principle of Family & Community. We are reminded of the supernatural family we are blessed to be a part of as members of the Roman Catholic Christian family and more, next week.