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Follow the Leader Throw and Catch
Students perform various throwing and catching activities to music with a partner, with one partner as the leader, and the other copying the movements.
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Soccer Golf
Young scholars practice golf etiquette without the use of golf clubs, balls, etc.
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Mirror/Matching Tag
Students travel around the provided space avoiding the "taggers" using a teacher chosen locomotor pattern.
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Football Bingo
Middle schoolers develop the football skills of passing, hiking, catching, and dodging. Student practice skills using a variation of Bingo.
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Over, Under, Around, and Through
Students explore a variety of traveling skills. They explain the concepts of moving over, under, around, and through objects while moving slowly, and under control.
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Plus One Volleyball
Young scholars move towards the ball while maintaining a body position that permits them to pass the ball to their team mates.
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Management Stop and Go
Students discover the go command and the freeze command for the management of the class. They go out into personal space on the go command, and walk around playing the name game, introducing themselves to the rest of the class.
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Shake It Up!
Students shake a bottle of water to a CD of "Twist and Shout". They shake the bottle high, low, right, left, two hands, one hand, under the leg, etc.
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Creating Laws
Students brainstorm ideas for legislation and present their ideas to the class. They draft a bill and take it through the normal procedures of the Canadian Parliament.
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Little Sliders
Second graders travel though general space using correct form for the locomotor movements of walk, jog, jump, skip, hop, gallop, and slide.
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Deal or No Deal
Students play a game based on the popular TV Show "Deal or no Deal." They have several envelopes labeled by their type of exercise such as "push-ups", "jumping jacks", "sit-ups, "mountain climbers", "jogging", etc. Students listen as...
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Pilgrim Needs a Home
Second graders practice skipping and hopping and understanding self space. Music begins playing and students are directed on what movement skill to do. When music stops students need to find a "home" by hopping or skipping into their...
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Shape Shifters
Students recognize different shapes and colors. When the music stops students should move to and stand on a shape. Ask students "who is standing by a square, circle," etc., and ask what color they are standing on.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Jumping Patterns
Through this activity, students practice jumping and landing in specific patterns (2-step sequence and 3-step sequence). Included at this website are ideas for varying the activity, assessing students' effort and participation, and...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square
At this website, learn about a game that combines four square and other aerobic exercises. Includes ideas for assessing middle schoolers' participation in the activity as well as adapting the activity for students with physical...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Hail Storm
Learners work in teams as they practice and improve their overhand throwing skills in gym class. This website includes a description of "Hail Storm," as well as ideas for varying the activity and adapting it for students with disabilities.
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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...