Boost flexibility with a set of stretches designed for beginners. Pictures and descriptions guide readers through a variety of stretches while standing, sitting, and lying on the floor. 

What makes an effective warm-up and cool-down activity? as well as tips for leading stretches. Find detailed activity plans, as well as tips for leading stretches, for elementary school, tag-based games (including one game called "Toilet...

Students participate in a game to improve fielding and hitting skills. In this physical education lesson plan, students play t-ball and practice the correct form for catching and hitting the ball.

Students explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports.  In this physical education lesson, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station.  Students discuss...

Students practice fielding and hitting skills. Using different size balls, students play t-ball. They practice hitting the ball where partners are not standing Students work together to get the batter out.

Fourth graders practice expressing themselves through the art of dance.  In this physical education lesson plan, 4th graders discuss choreography and how moving specific ways at certain times can be artistic.  Students create...

Students participate in team activities and drills to practice running types and techniques such as high knee, skip running, back kick, big stride, etc... They participate in a 50 meter dash, relay race, and agility race.

Students explore physical fitness by incorporating a class game into their sport activities. In this physical education lesson, students draw cards in a similar style to the game Candyland, except these cards instruct the students to...

Fourth graders discuss the benefits of regular exercise.  In this physical health studies instructional activity, 4th graders create visual demonstrations to track their progress with physical fitness related goals.  Students...

Students participate in an extra credit activity designed to keep them active over winter break.

Students participate in a series of aerobic exercises in water to help improve fitness.

Students study a muscle journal which includes a front and back picture of the following muscles: triceps, biceps, abdominal muscles, quadriceps, hamstrings. They locate biceps on themselves and on others. Next, they utilize their...

Students in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating habits...

Students are introduced to yoga for fitness and relaxation. Over the course of the lesson, students practice various yoga poses and relaxation methods. They complete two minute yoga stations after all of the poses have been demonstrated.

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...