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Active for Life: Jumping, Hopping & Skipping
A series of activities to practice motor skills using jump ropes, cones, and hula hoops.
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Pe Central: Jump the River
Young children practice jumping and landing while using proper arm movements to ensure safety and balance. At this website, find a description of the game, "Jump the River," including ideas for demonstrating it in class, ways of varying...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Jumping Numbers
Practice jumping and landing with both of their feet in this gym-class activity, which requires students to solve simple math problems. Materials required include: hoops, cards, dice, jump ropes, cones, music, and worksheets.
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Marathon Kids: 5 Fun Running Pe Running Games
The following five PE running games are fun for students of all ages and will help you keep things fresh for your gym class.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Spot Jumping
Young children practice jumpting and hopping through "Spot jumping," a game that requires them to listen to an instructor's directions and perform specific hopping tasks. This website includes ideas for homework related to the activity,...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Hoop Jumper
Students practice and improve their jumping and landing skills through using different types of jumping patterns. This fun gym-class activity, which is a variation of "tag," reqires music, hula hoops for each student, and vests and foam...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Jumping Patterns
Through this activity, students practice jumping and landing in specific patterns (2-step sequence and 3-step sequence). Included at this website are ideas for varying the activity, assessing students' effort and participation, and...