First Attempts at Jumping Rope

First graders explore and discuss what physical fitness actually is, its benefits and how to obtain it through a variety of ways. They summarize the five parts of physical fitness: cardiovascular endurance,muscular strength, muscular...

Students practice grade level math skills. For this math lesson, students solve math facts on index cards and collaboratively arrange them in numerical order on a jump rope. Correct order earns the team a chance to physically move...

Ribbit! Pre-K and Kindergartens turn into frogs in these fun movement games that have them practicing the motor skills of jumping, landing and transferring weight. A cross between Simon Says and Red Light/Green Light, the teacher gives...

Students rotate between 6 activity stations and discover important facts about famous African Americans. Students find their heart rate, dribble, throw baseballs, jump hurdles and complete a long jump activity while becoming familiar...

Students in the first and second grade classroom takes home the D.A.D. bag. They look inside the bag and there is equipment designed for use with other family members. Students look inside a first grade bag and it contains short jump...

Students practice jumping rope with a two foot landing. In this jump rope lesson, students pretend to be fishermen using the rope as a fishing pole and their toes as the fish. Explicit step by step instructions are given as the students...

Students explore pathways [Curved, Straight, and Zig-Zagged] with 20 Cones, 15 Plastic Eggs [with alphabet letters written on paper inside of egg], 15 jump ropes

Students practice moving over shapes they have designed. They work on trying to travel around the shapes while practicing their jumping and landing patterns.

Students practice transfering weight from one or both feet in different directions and at varying distances. They pretend to be frogs by jumping and making frog noises. As they practice jumping in different directions, they pretend to be...

Pupils play the Groundhog Day tag game to follow instructions and play according to the rules of the game. They attempt to run to the "holes" to be safe or if caught they move to a pre-determined area off the playing field.