Hungry Hungry Hippos

From bunny hops and bridges to bean bag tosses and big ball catches, your activity toolkit will be overflowing with great new ideas for adaptive physical education!

Students find a partner and use a scooter with a rope tied to it. There are two hula hoops, one with balls in it and one with nothing in it with which the studentsl have to get all the balls from one hoop to the other hoop. One student...

Review concepts at the end of the day with a quick game of speedball! The activity starts with learners seated on top of their desks who must then, after responding correctly to a review question, pass the ball around the classroom as...

Students perform locomotor skills such as throwing balls while counting up to 100. In this 100th day of school physical education instructional activity, the students play a Hungry, Hungry Hippos game to perform the throwing technique....

Students engage in cooperative group challenges using a scooter. For this Physical Education scooter lesson, the students acquire the skills of working together and review scooter safety.

Learners investigate movement.  In this physical education lesson, students select a "fortune cookie" made from crumpled paper and read the directions inside.  Learners perform locomotor skills by following the oral directions given.

Students use scooter boards safely after listening to ways Marvin K. Mooney traveled on a scooter board.

Students develop catching skills using a launch board and a small ball, beanbag, or Koosh ball.

Batter up! "Homerun Derby" is an activity to practice hitting a ball with a bat. Younger players should use a batting tee. Older players could have their own team pitcher or an opposing team pitcher. The goal is to just hit the ball for...

Demonstrate different motor activities to honor Dr. Seuss's birthday. A literacy-based physical education instructional activity prompts young readers to perform group activities such as tumbling, jumping rope, throwing frisbees, and...