In and Out Frogs and Ladybugs

Students perform locomotor movement.  For this locomotor skills lesson, students practice running, hopping, skipping, and walking then form themselves into groups based on a number called out.  Students identify if more or less...

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

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...

Students identify verbs in complete sentences. In this grammar and locomotor skill lesson, students rotate between ten stations, each with a designated sentence to be read. Students identify the action verb in the sentence and perform or...

Teachers can find tips here to help young students perform leaping exercises. Post this list and discuss its contents before gym-class activity.

Teachers can view a list of steps students must consider before they practice galloping. Post this list, discuss its contents, and demonstrate proper ways to gallop before starting gym-class activity.

At this website, teachers can find tips that will help their young students learn to hop. Post this list and discuss hopping and safety before beginning gym-class activity.

Post this list in gym class and demonstrate how to properly skip. Discuss the contents of this list and have students participate in the demonstration before the entire class begins to practice on their own.

Here is a list for performing the correct body movements involved in sliding that teachers can post in gym class.