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Pe Central: Pe Central: K 2 Lesson Idea Menu
Pecentral provides fantastic physical education lesson plans specific to K-2nd grade. Site includes search menu which allows specific searching. Searchable areas include: aquatics, balancing, body awareness, dribbling, fitness, jumping,...
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Pe Central: Throw Hard!
Practice throwing overhand while properly positioning your body and going through "the full range of the throwing motion." This website links to PE Central Overhand Throwing Cues (which provides simple steps on overhand throwing), and...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: All Ball Kickball
Students familiar with kicking and dribbling are ready to play "All-Ball Kickball." This is a variation of kickball where students are required to run the bases while dribbling. A good activity for both gym class and soccer practice.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Throwing for Distance
Students able to do an overhand throw can work on improving their skill through this simple activity that requires balls to throw, a wall to throw against, and cones to mark a throwing position.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Juggling Cues
Introduce young children to juggling with this activity, which requires learners to juggle three plastic grocery bags or scarves.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Small Sided Soccer Skill Baseball
This is an interesting activity where students use their soccer skills in a game that plays much like baseball. Players, while on offense and defense, are required to practice controlling, passing, and dribbling a soccer ball.
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Pe Central: Balloon Toss
Introduce young children to tossing and catching using a series of activities involving punch-ball balloons (durable balloons that move slowly in the air). Included are ideas for assessing students' activity and for adapting the lesson...
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Pe Central: Ghostbusters (Tossing & Catching Scarves)
Young scholars not only practice tossing and catching in this activity, but will also use their creativity as they create and demonstrate their own "ghost" tricks.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Inside of the Foot Pass
Teachers, demontrate the "Inside of the foot," pass in gym class and allow young scholars to practice passing and trapping the ball with partners. Includes ideas for varying the lesson.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Grocery Bag Fun
Learners practice tossing and catching a simple, inexpensive object--a plastic garbage bag, ideal for young children learning to catch.