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Musical Hoop Addition
Musical chairs is a great activity to get children moving while still paying attention and listening. This activity, which is based on musical chairs, gets students moving while learning basic addition facts. They hop from hoop to hoop...
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Hoop Jumper
Students get practice jumping using three different types of jumping patterns.
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Hula Hoop Math
Learners move about the area doing the teacher-directed locomotor action. When the music stops the teacher holds up a card with a problem. As soon as they come up with an answer they form into a group in a hoop with the number of...
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Hula Hoop Hoopla!
Students develop spatial awareness through "movement" using hula hoops as the personal parameter.
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Hula Hoop Twister
Students demonstrate how the body moves and the use of personal and general space concepts.Students identify different body parts and colors.students identify various body parts (knees, elbows, hands, feet, etc), right and left side of...
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Go for the Gold!
Young athletes practice various locomotor movements. They use locomotor skills as directed by the teacher to move between "Olympic rings" (hula hoops). Students participate in a discussion about Olympic events prior to playing the game.
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50's Dance Day
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of dances from the 1950's. In class they practice The Swing, Bunny Hop, Stroll, and The Twist, then participate in a Fifties Dance Day party. Students dress up for the dance and participate in...
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Animals in the Barn
Second graders discover the rules to a game that introduces the names and sounds of animals. They move while farm music is playing; when the music stops, they are to get into the nearest hula hoop and make the sound of the stuffed animal...
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...
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The Old Brass Wagon Hoop Dance
Students learn direction, skipping in rhythm, right side-left side recognition, and cooperation.
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Pilgrim Needs a Home
Second graders practice skipping and hopping and understanding self space. Music begins playing and students are directed on what movement skill to do. When music stops students need to find a "home" by hopping or skipping into their...
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Winter Holiday Stations
Students reinforce skills already learned in a fun activity before the Holidays. They participate in such games as Candy Cane Bowling, Stocking Stuffers, Jingle Bell Basketball, and Candy Cane Lane.
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Sponge Bob Day!
Young scholars explore and practice a variety of motor skills. In this physical education movement lesson plan, students rotate between 6 stations. Each station provides a Sponge Bob related activity which requires the children to use...
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Volcano!
Students develop problem solving techniques through movement. They coming to PE class, are told that a giant volcano has erupted and there is hot lava everywhere. They need to get to island (tumbling mat or mats) on other side of playing...
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Medieval Games
Students participate in a theme-based field day base on Medieval games. They integrate the field day activities into an academic study of medieval times.
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Preschool
Young scholars experience various types of play. They determine play is the way a child learns and describe the value of play. They discover that play is a child's natural way of learning and that children test and practice new...
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Mater Your Munchies
Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.
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Preschool Play
Future early childhood educators consider the importance of play in the preschool environment. They participate in preschool activities to identify the way play addresses different areas of child development.