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Astronaut Training: Dexterity
How do astronauts do anything with those gloves on? Learners mimic what astronauts need to overcome as they complete puzzles while wearing multiple gloves. They time themselves and use the information to draw conclusions about the...
Special Olympics
Review of Skills as Sports
Young athletes put together the athletic skills they need to play different sports in the eighth week of this physical education unit. First they work on basic skills like running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching. Next, children...
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March Madness
Get those boys dancing! Here's a dance activity that is choreographed around the use of a basketball. Teach them this line dance and see how they do. Watch the provided video yourself, or better yet, use the video to teach this dance....
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Doodles
Here is a fun drawing activity that is sure to develop listening, shape recognition, drawing, skills and eye-hand coordination. The class doodles over an entire page based on the instructions they are given. This resource includes...
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Bocce Ball - Lesson 2
Bocce ball is a lifelong sport that many different age levels can learn. Lesson 2 is about the underhand throw and the different shooting techniques involved. This lesson is only one lesson in a comprehensive Bocce Ball unit. There are...
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Apple At Dinner
Students explore motor skills by creating art projects from apples. In this hand-eye coordination lesson, students utilize a knife, red apple, and different art supplies to create a person's face on the fruit. Students work slowly with...
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Scarf Juggling
Young scholars participate in an activity that promotes self-confidence, concentration and improves hand-eye coordination. They choose a scarf to throw up into the air and catch with one hand and then the other hand. Stimulation of the...
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2 Ball Bop
Use this creative activity to get your young athletes moving! Many baseball and softball coaches use this type of skill drill at practice. It improves hand-eye coordination and timing. If you are planning to use it in your PE class, use...
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Floor Pong
Set up small courts and use ping pong paddles to practice hand-eye coordination. Use the same rules as if you were playing on a ping pong table or mix up the rules and allow the ball to bounce twice. Sounds like a fun way to practice...
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Ping Pong Soccer
I know, you are wondering what Ping Pong Soccer might be. It's a soccer type strategy game and the players use ping pong paddles to hit a ping pong ball to score in a goal. Think player safety if you are going to try this activity. This...
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Bean Bag Challenge
Students explore the human body by participating in a physical education activity. In this bean bag instructional activity, students identify the hand eye coordination skills necessary to throw and catch a bean bag with a partner....
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Tracing Exercise
In this tracing instructional activity, students prepare to learn to print by tracing 20 straight dotted lines from left to right. Students then color a picture of a bus.
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Developing Coordination Skills and Pencil Control Using Mouse Hockey
Students explore motor skills by participating in a drawing activity. In this hand coordination lesson, students utilize activity sheets in which they drag their pencil in a specific direction quickly and efficiently. Students utilize...
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Trace the Slanted Lines
In this tracing activity, students trace 3 slanted lines in a picture of children sledding down a hill. Students are instructed to trace from top to bottom.
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Trace the Slanted Lines
In this tracing lines worksheet, students trace 3 slanted lines from bottom to top. This will complete a picture of wagons going up a hill.
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Practice Tracing Lines (Straight)
In this tracing worksheet, students trace 3 dotted straight lines from top to bottom. The lines will complete a picture of falling leaves.
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Practice Tracing Lines (Small Straight Lines)
In this tracing lines worksheet, students practice tracing small straight lines. Students trace 14 lines from top to bottom. Students then draw straight lines of their own.
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Tracing Three Shapes
In this tracing worksheet, learners trace a heart, star, and pentagon four times each. The shapes are on standard primary lines.
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Water Paintings
Students use water to paint pictures outdoors. In this water painting activity, students paint pavement and observe how water evaporates. They compare painting in sunny versus shady locations. They also use sponges to observe the...
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Dolphin Maze
In this dolphin maze worksheet, students trace a path from start to finish in a challenging maze that is in the shape of a dolphin.
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Butterfly Maze
For this maze worksheet, students follow a path from the start to the end point in a butterfly shaped maze. The maze is of medium difficulty.
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Tracer Pages: Train Locomotive
For this hand eye coordination worksheet, students trace the dotted lines to create a picture of a train locomotive. Students color the picture.
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Mountain Maze
In this mountain maze learning exercise, students challenge themselves to complete the puzzle as they employ problem solving skills to find the correct route through the maze to the top of the mountain.
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Find the Twins: Castles
In this castles identical matching activity, students examine 6 pictures and use problem solving skills to identify the 2 that are exactly alike.