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Young athletes put together the athletic skills they need to play different sports in the eighth week of this physical education unit. First they work on basic skills like running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching....

Dancers practice echoing through dance. They listen to a story "Flip and Flop" and then are put into pairs. One partner is Flip, while the other is Flop. Flip creates a shape by dancing, and Flop, the other student, echoes that shape by...

Students compete in a variety of games. In this gymnastic skills lesson plan, students play tag, participate in a challenge course, and practice gymnastics moves to increase physical fitness. 

Teach and review elementary locomotor skills. Use "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis to get youngsters up and grooving to the beat! The dance steps are described in rich detail and you will have the class jumping, skipping,...

Learn to recognize different safety signs you may see in your community or when traveling. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.

Young athletes practice various locomotor movements. They use locomotor skills as directed by the teacher to move between "Olympic rings" (hula hoops). Students participate in a discussion about Olympic events prior to playing the game.

Students practice a variety of locomotor skills and integrate the writing of numbers, letters and shape drawing. Done with music.

Students participate in a simulation to practice motor skills and moving safely in the space they share with others.

Students reinforce their 8 locomotor skills of walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, sliding, galloping, and leaping by playing a game of "go-fish" for each of the skills.