Early Childhood Education
Christmas Lesson Plan: Gross Motor & Fine Motor Skills
Practice gross and fine motor skills with fun Christmas- and holiday-themed activities. These holiday lessons include songs, games, and other engaging activities for both gross and fine motor skills. Kids will love pinning the nose on...
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100 Balls
Learners perform locomotor skills such as throwing balls while counting up to 100. In this 100th day of school physical education lesson, the students play a Hungry, Hungry Hippos game to perform the throwing technique. There are several...
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Physical Education - Gallop
Students practice galloping. In this gross motor skills activity, students review how to jump and hop using a jump-rope and hopscotch. The teacher shows the steps to gallop and they hold a noodle and pretend as if they are riding a horse.
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Locomotor Letters (Numbers or Shapes)
Students practice a variety of locomotor skills and integrate the writing of numbers, letters and shape drawing. Done with music.
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Up Up Up
Students demonstrate locomotor skills by practicing a proper throwing technique. In this throwing skills lesson, students perform dribbling skills and throwing skills using a basketball. The purpose of this lesson is to address the skill...
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What’s My Vocabulary Word?
The elements of dance can be used to communicate thoughts and, in this case, words. In small groups, the class first creates a set of movements to show a single word. Then, they extend their movements to show a three-word phrase....
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education
Making Dances From Stories
After reading a short story, learners will create dances that show homophones and verbs. Their dance sequences involve three verbs and transition movements in between each verb. Tip: Have the class dance out the sequence of events from...
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Skipping Through Numbers
Young scholars practice rote counting through movement activities. While practicing various locomotor movements, they identify numbers from 1-10. Students practice placing the numbers in the order while doing various movements.
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Musical Hoops
Students are introduced to the five health related concepts, muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, body composition and flexibility through a game of musical hoops which incorporates math operations.
Perkins School for the Blind
Tug of War
Don't be fooled by how short this instructional activity is; it contains a good idea for adaptive PE. The activity is intended to help learners with visual impairments increase motor skills, muscle strength, and mobility. Two kids play a...
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Scrabble Endurance
Students practice movement skills while working on their spelling. They review spelling words and practice the locomotor and non-locomotor skills involved.
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Bean Bag Clean-up
Students perform activities to practice locomotor skills. When music begins, students pick up a bean bag and bring it to the corner corresponding to the color of the bean bag. They perform a specified locomotor skill.
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HULA HOOP MATH
Students move about the area doing the locomotor action the teacher directs them to do. When the music stops I hold up a card with the problem for all to see. They come up with an answer they form into a group in a hoop with the number...
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Scrabble Laps
Students practice spelling. In this scrabble laps lesson plan, students divide into teams and complete laps around a track to earn letters. Students use letters earned to form as many words as they can using random letters given for...
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Noodle Knockdown
Students perform a proper overhand throw. In this physical education instructional activity, students practice overhand throwing using specific sequential cues such as "statue" and "muscleman". Each step is explained in detail. Students...
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Sugar and Fat Tag
Students participate in a game of chase and learn about healthy food choices. In this physical activity and healthy diet lesson, students play a game of chase by role playing as sugar and fat examples Students name examples of fruits and...
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Turkey Trot
Students work in small teams to find laminated feathers to bring back to their turkey. They use different locomotor skill each time they hunt for hidden feathers.
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Musical Hoops
Students use locomotor skills to move to a hoop, where they solve a math problem, and use a locomotor skill to return to the beginning spot.
Perkins School for the Blind
Bean Bag on My Head
The world is a very different place to those who are blind. That is why it is so important to have your kids with visual impairments explore the world in many different ways. For this activity, a bean bag is placed on the child's head,...
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Treasure Hunt
Students dribble a ball while moving. For this dribbling lesson, students participate in a game in which they dribble from "poly spot" to "poly spot" gathering basic shapes identified as 'treasure".
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Owl Dance
Students are introduced to a social dance from Canada's Aboriginal peoples. Students warm up listening to the music and listening for the beat before trying the 'Stomp' step without a partner. After some practice, students choose...
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Snow Man
Students sit in a circle and practice rolling balls of various sizes to classmates. They construct a paper snowman using various sized circles and then name and label different body parts.
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Bugs
Students explore the wonders of bugs. In this bug lesson, students examine various types of bugs. Students make crafts, sing songs, discuss nutrition, and investigate different types of insects.
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Primates
Learners explore different primates. In this primate lesson, students examine the various primates by engaging in crafts, dramatic play, singing songs, and games.