Tumbling and Movement

Students participate in series of rhythmic movements to demonstrate skill in dance elements. For this rhythmic movements lesson, students answer sequentially developed questions which include clapping and marching to explore movement....

Introduce young learners to line dancing. Here are some simple movement patterns to teach them. First teach, repeat, and repeat again without music. Then when they have a pretty good grasp of the movement patterns, add music and practice...

Use this rhythm and pattern activity during transition times or on it own. Start by introducing a rhythm with 2, 3, or 4 beats; use your feet, hands, or entire body to demonstrate. Once learners have figured out the pattern, they join...

Get youngsters moving by teaching them some basic dance moves. This dance can be done in a circle, a line, or scattered around the gym. There are four movement combinations that are taught to the song "Purple People Eater" by Sheb...

This dance activity focuses on lots of arm movements. Arm circles, raise-the-roof, swinging arms, and clapping are the main arm movements. There is movement stepping right and stepping left as well as steps forward and steps backward. It...

Students work on balance, strategy, and movement while playing a beanbag game. They review high fat and low fat foods and classify these foods while they play a game of "Low Fat Locomotion."

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

Learners participate in static and dynamic activities to develop muscle strength and balance. Free weights are used to work on shoulder, bicep, and tricep muscles. Locomotor skills of hopping, jumping, leaping, skipping, and galloping...

Students practice and improve their jumping and landing skills through using different types of jumping patterns. This fun gym-class activity, which is a variation of "tag," reqires music, hula hoops for each student, and vests and foam...

"Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learning how, come on and safari with me." One of the Beach Boys more famous songs that is bound to get your class up and moving. This dance has basic dance steps and the added dimension of using Lummi...