Develop children's basic locomotor and object control skills with an invigorating Adaptive PE lesson. A series of four, timed stations engaged the class in playing a game of Twister, walking on a balance beam,...

Students participate in various class activities and are captured on camera to show at various special times or events throughout the year. They choose a picture of a fitness testing for their first slide and add some music to it to...

Students use hula hoops and music to develop a motor skill. When the music stops students should find a blue hoop. This is also a good lesson for socializaiton.

Students play a game of tag using soft balls to tag each other with. Music is incorporated in this activity, which is designed to engage students in vigorous physical activity.

Students start at the beginning of the day and move and rotate individually or with friends. They go to as many or as few centers as they wish such as: PE, Art, Music, Media, and Computers. Students do not have to stay together. They...

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.

Contra dance was brought to America by French Soldiers after the Revolutionary War. Contra dancing is done in lines, but with partners facing each other. Some moves one partner is moving forward while the other moves backwards. Some...

Lesson 18 in this 20 instructional activity soccer unit is really just the 1st round of the World Cup class soccer tournament. This is not really a instructional activity, but is inserted into the unit as a place holder for the days...

The idea of having a Healthy Heart Night at your school is a fabulous thought. Here are a few ideas that detail was done at one elementary school. It would take a lot of organizing to make it happen, but seems well worth the effort. This...

Students increase the heart rate and improve fitness by moving for an extended length of time. They go to three work stations: 1) Jump into July, 2) Firecrackers, and 3) Flag building.

Students participate in long rope jumping. In this physical education lesson, students use four cones and a long rope to complete several activities. One students has the role of a "turner" and their partner is the "jumper." Each...

Students play a game of tag to explain pathogens in their bodies.

Learners engage in group jump rope activities. In this jump rope lesson, students follow directions to play various jump rope games, some with specific songs attached. There are 4 different renditions of jump rope activities included.

Students are taught the concept of what looks the same and what looks different, with both objects and movement.

Young scholars 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...

Students improve their cardio-respiratory fitness and to learn about our country. They move (skip, jog, walk, slide, gallop, etc.) for 2 minutes (approximately .2 mile). Fourth graders calculate our weekly mileage and are responsible...

Students and their families visit a pretend bowling alley created in an activity room at school. They help their family members to bowl, set up pins and have fun without keeping score to engage the students and culminate the end of the...