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Pe Central: Be the Pizza
The students are going to pretend to be pizza dough being made into a pizza pie. The teacher will give the following step by step instructions for the process of making the pizza. Children respond by moving their bodies as if they were...
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Your Therapy Source: 5 Ways to Develop Spatial Awareness
Developing the skills to express and understand spatial skills are the first step in understanding spatial ability and awareness such as math skills, visual perceptual skills, and body awareness. Here are 5 activities to help encourage...
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Gympanzees: Hand/eye Coordination
This page contains hand eye coordination exercises, games, videos, and activities for children and young people with all abilities and disabilities. Also includes a great video to encourage handwashing skills.
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Pe Central: Getting Started With Traveling
Pupils practice locomotor skills: walking, marching, galloping, skipping, and "basic traveling skills" during this fun aerobic gym class activity.
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Pe Central: Follow the Leader
Children take turns being the "leader" and leading their partners through a series of locomotor movements. Includes safety tips, ideas for varying the activity, and other suggestions.
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The Royal Children's Hospital: Hand and Finger Strength
Hand and finger strength is important as it is required for many everyday activities. It also helps to develop the endurance to complete activities such as writing a full page. Here are a variety of strategies to strengthen grip and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Printable Games and Activities
Move and play with these activities from Peg + Cat! From playing hide and seek and imagining pirate stories to dancing like Misty Copeland, you will find a treasure of fun ideas in these five printable activities.
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: It's a Kid's World: Body Sense
Investigate potential and kinetic energy by investigating the elasticity of a metal coil toy, the Slinky. Explore the development of muscle coordination in children and measure how practice improves performance of motor skills.
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Pbs Learning Media: Spanish Action Verbs Lesson Plan
In this interactive lesson, students learn about Spanish action verbs while exercising!
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Pbs Learning Media: States of Matter Fitness Lesson Plan
For this lesson, students use their science knowledge and apply it using physical activity! Learning about the stages of matter, solid, liquid and gas, students perform an exercise for each as the teacher calls out an object such as soup...
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Pbs Learning Media: Butterfly Life Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan
Science and exercise unite in this lesson plan! Students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly while performing certain physical tasks at each stage.
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Pbs Learning Media: Meet My Muscles Upper Body Lesson Plan
Following along with their teacher, learners learn about the various upper body muscles we have such as the bicep and pectoral muscles and learn how to give them a good stretch and exercise.
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Pbs Learning Media: Meet My Muscles Lower Body Lesson Plan
This lesson depicts students following along with their teacher to learn about lower body muscles. Students learn about muscles such as the gluteal and hamstring and how to give them a good stretch and exercise.
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Pbs Learning Media: Season Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students have fun in fitness as they follow along with their teacher to perform various exercises and stretches found in the different seasons. Doing activities like playing baseball and cross-country skiing, students...
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Pbs Learning Media: Rock Paper Scissors Lesson Plan
This lesson puts a physical twist on the traditional game, rock, paper, scissors! Students get into pairs to play rock, paper, scissors. However, in this game the person who does not win the match is rewarded with exercise by doing...
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Pbs Learning Media: Memory Lane Fitness Lesson Plan
With this activity, students get a brain and body workout! Students work in pairs as the teacher calls out physical tasks such as high fives and tunnel tens. As the teacher is calling out these partner exercises, students must listen...
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Pbs Learning Media: Are You Stronger Than a Fifth Grade Teacher? Lesson Plan
This lesson is a spin-off of the popular television show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Students are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card that will also have a point value on it. Once a card is selected as a class, students...
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Pbs Learning Media: Fun in Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan, students follow along as their teacher walks them through a variety of exercises and stretches targeting the whole body.
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Pbs Learning Media: Active Deck of Cards: Lesson Plan
Read playing cards so the suit determines the type of physical activity, and the face value determines the number of repetitions.
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Pbs Learning Media: Deal or No Deal Lesson Plan
This lesson is very similar to the popular television show Deal or No Deal. Young scholars are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card. Once a card is selected they decide if they want to take the deal by showing a thumbs-up or...
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Pbs Learning Media: Uno Fitness Lesson Plan
This lesson uses the popular card game, UNO. Students form small groups, and then take turns picking up cards and performing a specific exercise. Each card color has a designated exercise associated with it and the number on the card...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sports Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students learn about fitness and sports! Students follow along with their teacher to perform exercises that can be found in all different sports.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Bingo Lesson Plan
This instructional activity is similar to traditional bingo. Each student gets a fitness bingo card. Creating space between them and their peers, students will act out the exercise if they have it on their bingo card.
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Pbs Learning Media: Minute to Win It Lesson Plan
This lesson is based on the popular game show, Minute to Win It. Students work as a whole class to perform various exercises for one minute in order to gain points.