Third graders listen to "Frank the Monster..." and discuss the dance map on the inside cover of the book. They create their own dance map using sentence strips to record the types of movement.

This lesson will have students practicing locomotor skills and moving safely in general space. A video and assessment are provided.

Students practice locomotor skills: walking, marching, galloping, skipping, and "basic traveling skills" during this fun aerobic gym class activity.

This kindergarten lesson reinforces the skill of following directions. Students must listen to a series of directions and follow them. Students will make different movements based on the directions.

A series of activities to practice motor skills using jump ropes, cones, and hula hoops.

Students will demonstrate body management skills specific to balance with and without the use of apparatus by working their way through a series of stations. A balancing checklist for assessment is included.

Students will engage in different activities to help them learn about physical skills. Students will play Busy Body Bingo, Movement Bingo, Silly Stretching, On the Move, Hullabaloo, Little Sliders, and Frog Pond. Students will keep a...

Children take turns being the "leader" and leading their partners through a series of locomotor movements. Includes safety tips, ideas for varying the activity, and other suggestions.

Students practice and improve their jumping and landing skills through using different types of jumping patterns. This fun gym-class activity, which is a variation of "tag," reqires music, hula hoops for each student, and vests and foam...

Used in the preschool or lower elementary grades, this dance can reinforce the concepts of moving in a low, medium and high level as well as practicing movements to the right and left.

The students are going to pretend to be pizza dough being made into a pizza pie. The teacher will give the following step by step instructions for the process of making the pizza. Children respond by moving their bodies as if they were...

This activity promotes movement through imagery inspired by words associated with each letter of the alphabet.

Young children practice jumping and landing while using proper arm movements to ensure safety and balance. At this website, find a description of the game, "Jump the River," including ideas for demonstrating it in class, ways of varying...

Practice jumping and landing with both of their feet in this gym-class activity, which requires students to solve simple math problems. Materials required include: hoops, cards, dice, jump ropes, cones, music, and worksheets.

The following five PE running games are fun for students of all ages and will help you keep things fresh for your gym class.

An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical education program.

Young children practice jumpting and hopping through "Spot jumping," a game that requires them to listen to an instructor's directions and perform specific hopping tasks. This website includes ideas for homework related to the activity,...

Through this activity, students practice jumping and landing in specific patterns (2-step sequence and 3-step sequence). Included at this website are ideas for varying the activity, assessing students' effort and participation, and...