Students create recycled art. In this visual art lesson, students use recycled products to assemble robotic pieces of art. Students also write stories about their robots.

Students sing a song while performing a certain action. They use small balls to help them find the rhythm. They practice their coordination as well with this activity.

Students participate in a variety of Field Day Water Activities including: Waterslide: Cheap Man's Dunking Booth: Sponge Relay: Sponge Race: Water Bucket Relay: Water relay: Tug of War: Squirt bottle race Water Balloon Smash:

Fifth graders use a simple poem that introduces a clear, structured writing exercise about 8.

Week-long detailed lesson plan for early elementary physical education students focusing on walking, marching, traveling, catching, and tossing.

A quick alphabet game for the whole class. Students stand in a circle and throw a beanbag to each other. When they catch it, they must say a word that begins with the letter given. Continue this in alphabetical order.

Practice throwing overhand while properly positioning your body and going through "the full range of the throwing motion." This website links to PE Central Overhand Throwing Cues (which provides simple steps on overhand throwing), and...

Here you can find some great information about the sport of football! Learn what kind of equipment you'll need to get started, how to play it safe, some basic football moves throwing a ball, catching a ball, etc.), and some fun facts!

This activity requires students to practice throwing, catching, and jumping as they "Leap," intro spring. At different stations throughout the gym, students participate in various activities related to frogs: playing leap frog, jumping...

This page contains hand eye coordination exercises, games, videos, and activities for children and young people with all abilities and disabilities. Also includes a great video to encourage handwashing skills.

Students 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.

Students, organized into two teams - one playing defense and one playing offense - practice passing, catching, and defending while participating in this variation of flag football.

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.

Students not only practice tossing and catching in this activity, but will also use their creativity as they create and demonstrate their own "ghost" tricks.

Students 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."

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...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides baseball information on the kind of equipment you will need to get started, how to play it safe, some fun facts, and a quick tip guide to help you hit, throw, and catch the ball.

Learners practice tossing and catching a simple, inexpensive object--a plastic garbage bag, ideal for young children learning to catch.

Students 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.

Through this lesson, students 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.

Students 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.

This is a fun activity through which students not only practice football skills like passing, hiking, catching, dodging, and carrying, but also get an aerobic workout. "Football Bingo" combines football, bingo, and capture-the-flag in a...

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...

Teachers, demontrate the "Inside of the foot," pass in gym class and allow students to practice passing and trapping the ball with partners. Includes ideas for varying the lesson.