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Locomotor Roll
This PE lesson is designed to have young learners review and practice their locomotor skills.
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"Musical Food
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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"Continents"
Students review game directions along with the continents. They sing a song together and respond with a movement depending on the continent which is called out by the teacher.
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Soccer - Lesson 18 - 1st Round of the World Cup
Lesson 18 in this 20 lesson soccer unit is really just the 1st round of the World Cup class soccer tournament. This is not really a lesson, but is inserted into the unit as a place holder for the days activity. All the players are busy...
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Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Take a look at this simple, easy line dance. Forward steps, backward steps, jumps, and grapevines. Shake arms, shake hands, and clap! Put this all together and dance to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Mariah Carey. A nice little...
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To The Beat
This activity is two-fold in that it addresses having youngsters get a feel for different rhythms in music and in practicing their underhand tossing skills. Gather all kinds of equipment to throw, such as: yarn balls, spider balls, and...
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Frisbee Horseshoes
What a great way to practice the art of throwing a Frisbee! This Frisbee Horseshoes lesson could be used as a warm-up or it could be made into an entire lesson. Â If the cones were placed different distances apart, the class could rotate...
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Fun Dance
"Fun Dance" is a 32-count dance of some very basic dance moves. Walking forward, walking backward, grapevines left, grapevines right, some punching arm moves, and some swimming arm moves. Put on some upbeat music and get movin'.
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Heart Day
This is a nice idea to introduce elementary learners to the importance of heart fitness. They will see first hand by doing some dancing how the heart beats differently and discuss which way is better to get the heart in shape. This is an...
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Team Handball
Pupils continually move up in down the court in this team handball round robin tournament. In this PE lesson, students work as a team to successfully demonstrate and understanding of a team sport while working on hand eye coordination.
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Volley A Lot
This PE lesson is designed to have students practice the skill of the forearm pass in volleyball.
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Fun Dance
Students perform a dance step in physical education class. They move to the beat of the music, counting eight beats to a set of movements. Students walk forward four counts and do two jumping jacks. They walk backwards four counts and do...
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Black History Stations
Students strengthen motor skills while acquiring knowledge about famous African Americans. For this Black History Physical Education lesson, the students participate in various learning stations which enhance their knowledge of famous...
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Frisbee Horseshoes
Students follow directions and practice the skill of throwing a Frisbee toward a target. They then play a Frisbee game and practice working as a team while keeping score on their own.
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Stepping Stone
Challenge your learners to cross a piranha-infested river. Actually, it's just the gym floor, and they are trying to get from point A to point B, but the story makes it a more interesting challenge. Each group has two mats a given...
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Four Square
Here's your basic four square game. A short description of how to play the game as well as what constitutes a foul. If one commits a foul, then that player is out and goes to the end of the line. I recommend having more than one four...
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Wheelchair Basketball
The class practices bounce passes and chest passes to improve their basketball skills. They get to play a modified basketball game with no dribbling allowed. You could incorporate several modifications into this instructional activity to...
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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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Volley Tennis
A combination of Tennis and Volleyball, this activity will help with court positioning and the volley shot in tennis. They practice volleying the ball and working together in teams.
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Four Corner Running-Baseball
Students demonstrate how to run bases. In this baseball lesson, students are divided into four groups and line up behind a base. Students run the bases and tag the next person in line.
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Disability Awareness Lesson
Young scholars gain an understanding of how activities should be modified for the physically challenged.
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Pirate PE Field Day
Young scholars participate in movement activities while completing "pirate" stations. They rotate through the activities every 6-7 minutes. They complete activities such as "Walk the Plank, Gone Fishin', Cannon Blast, and Swab the Deck."
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Consuming Healthy Snacks
Get your class into great shape by introducing them to the benefits of eating healthy snacks and engaing in regular exercise. This set of activities comes with all the worksheets and handouts needed to complete several weeks of nutrition...
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Straights and Curves
High schoolers improve aerobic fitness through running and walking.