Garden of Letters

A series of activities to practice motor skills using jump ropes, cones, and hula hoops.

Students practice using their physical skills while performing physical activities.  In this physical education instructional activity, students participate in musical orchestrated dances with their classmates.  Students...

Students practice basic body positions by moving to music using a locomotive skill called out by the teacher. Students move to a new spot when the music stops, and continue the game as new movements are called. Students discuss body...

Young scholars perform locomotor movement.  In this locomotor skills lesson plan, students practice running, hopping, skipping, and walking then form themselves into groups based on a number called out.  Young scholars identify...

Want to learn how to jump rope? Learn from the masters in this video.

Young children practice jumping and landing while using proper arm movements to ensure safety and balance. At this website, find a description of the game, "Jump the River," including ideas for demonstrating it in class, ways of varying...

Students play a musical movement game in order to explore self space and general space using a variety of locomotor movements.

Help young students learn to jump and turn a rope using the simple steps provided at this website. Includes a suggestion for involving students who are not skilled at jumping.

Pupils practice jumping over the "candlestick" just like Jack while chanting "Jack Be Nimble."

Learners demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of locomotor movements and body shapes. The student book "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is used with this lesson.