Frogs and Lily Pads

First graders perform a series of fitness activities.  For this jumping lesson, 1st graders go to six stations and complete a jumping activity at each. Students become aware of various jumping techniques.

Pupils demonstrate personal space in a gym. In this physical education lesson, students move creatively by using their spot markers. Pupils jump side to side and back to front.

Students study classic paintings by masters like Monet. In this art history lesson, students listen to the story Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert and sing flower songs with the rest of their class. Students examine the painting The...

Students practice two-foot take-offs for jumping and a one foot for a hopping. They practice locomotor skill to music.

Students practice the locomotor movements of skipping, galloping, hopping, jumping, etc. They gain practice in moving safely through general space.

Young scholars explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Young scholars pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing...

Students practice the use of hand signals to designate right or left turns. In this safety lesson, students ride a scooter following paths set up to look like sidewalks and roads. Students practice forming the proper signals prior to...

Students improve the skill of jumping and landing using 10 poly spots, 10 dome cones, 15 cones, 12 foam bowling pins and 6 yardsticks.

Students participate in a P.E. game to demonstrate using quick changes of direction while running away from a tagger. The class is divided into mover or gargoyle groups, while students change directions and pathways quickly away from...

Starting with letter "A", call out each letter of the alphabet, and a corresponding word or phrase that begins with that letter. The teacher can expound on the word/phrase to create an image and to promote movement.