Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Watch Me Toss, Catch and Travel!
Week-long detailed lesson plan for early elementary physical education learners focusing on walking, marching, traveling, catching, and tossing.
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Creative Science Centre: Some Notes on Juggling
Discusses the joys of juggling and basic steps in doing it.
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Pe Central: Ghostbusters (Tossing & Catching Scarves)
Young scholars not only practice tossing and catching in this activity, but will also use their creativity as they create and demonstrate their own "ghost" tricks.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Throw and Catch Tennis
Learners can be introduced to tennis or racquetball through this simple lesson where students "Learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in differnt spots."
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: No Racket Tennis
Through this instructional activity, learners able to throw and catch a ball learn the proper scoring rules and positioning of players on a tennis court. Includes ideas for keeping the activity safe.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Grocery Bag Fun
Students practice tossing and catching a simple, inexpensive object--a plastic garbage bag, ideal for young children learning to catch.
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Pe Central: Balloon Toss
Introduce young children to tossing and catching using a series of activities involving punch-ball balloons (durable balloons that move slowly in the air). Included are ideas for assessing students' activity and for adapting the lesson...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Wishing Well
Practice your underhand throw has you toss various object into a "Wishing well." As your throws improve, move further away from the wishing well or make the wishing well smaller to increase the difficulty of the activity.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Throwing for Distance
Young scholars able to do an overhand throw can work on improving their skill through this simple activity that requires balls to throw, a wall to throw against, and cones to mark a throwing position.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Hail Storm
Learners work in teams as they practice and improve their overhand throwing skills in gym class. This website includes a description of "Hail Storm," as well as ideas for varying the activity and adapting it for students with disabilities.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Oscar's Garbage Can
Pupils practice their throwing skills as they toss "Trash," (foam balls, yarn balls) into "Oscar's Garbage Can." This lesson includes suggestions for varying the activity and making sure it is safe.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Juggling Cues
Introduce young children to juggling with this activity, which requires students to juggle three plastic grocery bags or scarves.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Zoo Parade Days
Students able to throw and catch, and who are able to shoot and pass a basketball are ready to play "Zoo Parade Day." This activity requires students to work in different "centers" or stations throughout the gym and to demonstrate...