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Friendship Line Dancing

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the characteristics of being a good friend. They observe a puppet and discuss why the puppet is sad. In groups, 1st graders form two lines, facing each other. They practice talking to each person in the line,...
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Dance - Kindergarten Body Awareness and Space

For Teachers K
Students practice locomotor and axial movements. For this body awareness lesson, students discover freeze movement, axial movements, and locomotor movements. Students practice the movements as they maintain personal space.
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Fun Bones

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use the hokey pokey music to teach the names of some of the major bones in the human body. Circle up, put on the music, and put your right radius in. Use this in an anatomy class to spice things up a bit!
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Benefits of Physical Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Identify at least five benefits of physical activity and guide students to experience fun feeling healthy. Your class will participate in the Synchronized Chair Dance. Worksheet and Evaluation are included.
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Water Safety

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine water safety for the beach. They discuss the three safety rules, demonstrate various ways to rescue a person, participate in the stingray shuffle dance, and complete a crossword puzzle quiz.
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Exercise Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners participate in station activities in P.E. In this physical education lesson, students do station activities. Learners start out with a warm up exercise then make their way to dance, bowling, scooters, jump rope, and target...
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"Stomp"-Style Sequences

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners develop patterns and combinations of movements into repeatable patterns. The video "Stomp Out Loud" with the percussive/dance group Stomp, is used to show students an example of the sequences they are going to create.
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Move and Make Friends

For Teachers K
Students participate in games to make new friends. They "dance and freeze" as music plays. Students skip, hop and wiggle as they play a moving down the line game. Students develop gross motor skills, listening, and social awareness...
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Rhythmic Movement Skills

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in series of rhythmic movements to demonstrate skill in dance elements. In this rhythmic movements lesson, students answer sequentially developed questions which include clapping and marching to explore movement....
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Rhythmic Movement Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners practice using their physical skills while performing physical activities.  In this physical education lesson, students participate in musical orchestrated dances with their classmates.  Learners utilize a jump rope and musical...
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Health and Wellness

For Teachers K
Students dance around to exercise and learn about the function of their different body parts. In this exercise lesson plan, students dance around to promote health and wellness.
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Using Word Parts to Infer Meaning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the importance of physical activities and use word parts to infer meaning to a story. They discuss agility, baseball, and ballet dancing, read an article, and observe a demonstration on breaking down words and examining...
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Sharing Love

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the expansion of love. They read a story about showing love and sing a song. Students draw a picture describing love. In a group activity, students participate in a "Greetings Dance." Students may bring pictures of...
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The Joy of the Body

For Teachers K
Students participate in a read aloud of the poem, "My Body" then perform several different movement activities such as a finger play, a letter dance, and a body puzzle. They then create a drawing of their body using a prepared outline.
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Pass-It-Back Relays: Children are aces at creating their own races.

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Children participate in several relay games in small groups.  For this creating outdoor relay races lesson, students develop motor skills and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking.  Students implement...
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Scrambled Eggs and Dead Bugs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice movement by pretending be scrambled eggs, and dead bugs. They dance, skip, gallop, walk etc . . . when music plays, and stop when it does not.
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Jamberry

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore good nutrition through dancing to the Jamberry song.
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Frogz

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform jumps and leaps from one lily pad to another to add to a study of frogs.
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A Sailor's Life at Sea

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners research some duties of sailors onboard HMS victory. They then perform some of these duties in a class dance, which includes changes of speed, level, and direction of movement. They perform their dance to an audience.
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Our Daily Five

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the food pyramid through a class discussion, hands-on experience with food items, and a floor game that helps them to identify the food group involved. Lesson extensions include the use of play money, art, and dance.
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Tissue, Please!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the proper manners to reduce the risk of spreading or catching colds and flu. They discover good cold-season manners from reading aloud Tissue, Please! They complete an art project to reinforce good cold-season manner
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Advance Notice

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
We often wait until adulthood to start analyzing learning styles. This informative and interesting presentation delves into how we learn. It is a quick and insightful look at how students perform in school. The information could be...
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Coping Skills

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Adolescents experience strong amounts of stress during the formative teenage years. An excellent printable and worksheet can help learners discuss and develop coping skills for dealing with difficult times. 
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Cold Weather Fitness Guide

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Don't sacrifice physical activity every time cold winter weather arrives. From walking or circuit training to warm, healthy recipes and safety reminders, this resource will help encourage learners to prioritize their fitness and stay...

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