Motor Skills and Movement Teacher Resources

First graders demonstrate knowledge of the difference between general and personal space, and ability to change speed on command. They demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.

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Students explore the human body by participating in physical activities. In this physical education lesson, students demonstrate their physical prowess and motor skills by performing tasks such as climbing and rope tying. Students collaborate in small groups to accomplish the physical tasks and discuss their favorite part about the activities after they are finished.

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Fourth graders control their body while demonstrating to the class non-loco motor, loco-motor skills, and movement concepts through the construction of two or three pathways using a number of different materials provided. They execute different skills they might have forgotten.

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Students use their bodies in daily activities, by promoting a regular routine of using large and small motor skills, personal space, and boundary awareness. They move a scarf to the rhythm of the different kinds of music the teacher provides.

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Students compare and their performance of a series of tasks using their thumb and fingers to their performance of the same tasks without the use of their thumb. The class discussion that follows the activity defines and discusses the role of fine and gross motor skills and speculates on the role of the opposable thumb in primate evolution.

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Pirate Knockdown is a basic game consisting of rolling a ball at a target. The game situation makes it fun to practice gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and teamwork. This game is easy to set up, easy to monitor, and easy to clean up. Just what a teacher likes!

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Students participate in activities in which they practice motor skills and personal space. They use videos to help them practice their skills. They also discuss the different parts of their body and how it moves.

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Students perform fundamental movement activities for flexibility and motor skills. In this movement lesson plan, students perform physical activity for all grade levels.

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Students explore ways to move creatively and demonstrate various gross motor skills. They observe a teacher-demonstration of various movements, move in different ways and stop when the teacher says freeze, and discuss the ways they liked moving.

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Students practice controlling their motion and reflexes by participating in different motor skill activities.  In this physical education lesson, students utilize bean bags and hula hoops to help create flexibility and coordination in their body.  Students complete these physical activities with the help of their classmates.

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