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"It's the Great Pumpkin" Game
Learners demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of locomotor movements and body shapes. The student book "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is used with this instructional activity.
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Family and Physical Education Nights
Young scholars, in grade levels, perform a program of events that they have participated in throughout the year. Each grade level has their own night and extra nights are arranged for family nights. They then are asked to teach their...
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Turtles, Dogs, and Elephants
Students explore personal space at low, medium, and high levels. For this physical education lesson, students participate in imaginary play imitating animals and their movement.
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Developing Tactile Skills
Students use their tactile abilities to determine items. In this tactile lesson, the teacher gathers small, recognizable items and places them in a box. The teacher reviews the items with the class. The students take turns reaching in...
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Tic, Tac, Toe - Taking Turns
Learners play the game of tic-tac-toe and practice taking turns while playing the game. In this taking turns lesson plan, students use mouse cards to play the game.
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My Bones
Students integrate physical activity while studying the names of the bones in the body in a fun game form. They feel the bone in their body as the story talks about it. After doing this, they form a circle and sing the words to the...
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Summer Safety Activity: Sun Safety
Students learn about preventing sunburns. In this sun safety lesson, students explore the effects of the sun and find different types of protection from the sun. When finished students create a beach scene using real sand.
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Scooter Signal
Young scholars practice the use of hand signals to designate right or left turns. In this safety lesson, students ride a scooter following paths set up to look like sidewalks and roads. Young scholars practice forming the proper signals...
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students listen as teacher reads Words Are Not For Hurting, and answer questions about the content. Students discuss how to prevent arguments and work disagreements out with words. Students watch a puppet show that promotes discussion as...
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Sense of Sight Lesson
Students sequence what they saw in the book Maisy's Nature Walk. In this sequencing lesson plan, the teacher reads the book and the children listen and observe. Once the book is read, the students have to sequence what Maisy saw on her...
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Nutrition Unit
Students engage in a variety of activities designed to help them understand about the importance of good nutrition and eating healthy foods. The activities include playing food bingo, making a collage, designing posters, etc.
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Drink It Up!
Students investigate how the human body needs water by recording their water consumption for a day. They sing a song about drinking water, make and drink Kool-Aid and eat apple slices, and conduct an experiment to determine how much...
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Safe ways to take medicine
Students match who to contact if they need help in certain situations and discuss safety with medicines. In this medicine lesson plan, students match the person who can help them take medicine safely. They also participate in a...
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Give Me Five A Day!
Pupils engage in a instructional activity lead by the teacher to discover the diet plan of increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables. They conduct discussions in class with each other, at home with parents, and in the community...
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We Know About Tonsils
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the use of tonsils in the human body. They brainstorm in small groups to review the location and purpose of having tonsils. The teacher uses a poster to help students in the class...
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Germbusters
Students identify various germs and discuss how germs are spread. They examine and identify materials in the daily environment, germbusters, which are useful in fighting germs, then play a fun germbuster game to help them remember how to...
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5 A Day
Students examine the 5 a day program. They sing different songs and discover how to be healthy. They identify different parts of the music as well.
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Is It Safe?
Students determine if a place is safe or not based on certain criteria. They practice this exercise in class and share it with their family. They are evaluated on how well they can chose the safe place.
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Be a Fire Safety Monitor
Students examine ways to deal with unsafe fire situations. They determine what to do when someone else is casing a dangerous fire situation such as playing with a lighter, burning candles near curtains, or smoking in bed. Working with a...
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Cheeto Tag
Students practice motor skills while playing this variation of tag. They learn the importance of hand washing in the activity.
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Alphabet Soup
Young scholars play a game in which they use the letters of the alphabet and different motor skills for review.
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Food Model Mobiles
Students create mobiles that represent a day's intake or other criterion, such as healthy snacks, Milk Group foods, breakfast foods, etc.