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P.E. & Health Lesson Plans - Grades PreK-1
- Scooter Shopping Spree
- Summer Safety Safari
- Jumping like Kangaroos
- A hungry monkey get kids miming and moving in this movement story
- Sinbad the Sailor teaching jumping in this movement story from Saudi Arabia
- Jump-O-Math is a game idea that combines hopscotch, counting, and addition
- "Each One Teach One" is a Flatfish stations activity (3-5)
- This sticker book idea promotes healthy eating
- In this lesson, students learn prepositions while enjoying obstacle course activities
- Use these rolling skate games with the moving stool, skate ball, power wings and scooter to enliven your curriculum
- This lesson headlines "Dairy and the Food Pyramid"
- In this PE/Science lesson, students demonstrate their knowledge of the three states of water in a shuttle run
- Scooter Shopping Spree
- In this Cookie Monster game, students practice their chasing and fleeing skills
- These activities encourage physical education outside the classroom
- In this lesson, students create new shapes with their bodies and even spell words
- Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
- A lesson on Rhythm called "Moving Like Waves"
- For all you Harry Potter fans, here is a Quidditch game idea
- "What time is it, Mr. Fox?" is a listening, counting, and running game
- This fun idea involves throwing balls into divided boxes to determine numbers to add (integrates PE)
- Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
- Here students practice rolling the ball while moving
- This turkey hunt provides number practice
- Here is a thematic idea for picking teams
- Using a jump rope rhyme is an effective idea to teach note values
- Here is a review day or substitute teacher activity idea
- Here is a relay race idea for learning how to spell the names of holidays
- "Airplane" is a movement activity which works on upper body strength and space awareness
- Use this "Open Day Template" as a roadmap to a great Spring Field Day
- Here are three balance and ball activity ideas
- Students prepare and eat a healthy vegetable snack in this step-by-step idea
- Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
- This "Bob the Builder" warm-up activity integrates math with a cardiovascular workout
- Instead of "write the spelling words 10 times each", why not try this Jumping Jack Spelling Bee idea?
- "Subtraction Race" combines math with physical education for fun you can count on
- "I see" is a very effective warm-up exercise idea
- Kids help make a delicious fresh fruit smoothie drink here
- In "All the Fish in the Sea," students cross the ocean while avoiding obstacles
- This lesson is on "Math Through Rhythm"
- After this lesson, students will be able to dribble a ball with either hand while walking
- Olympic Opening Ceremonies
- Students write their names with their feet in this name-learning activity
- Young students will love this "Clap Your Hands, Make a Pretty Motion" to an ABA beat activity
- "Finding Nemo" is a basketball dribbling exercise and game
- The Tree Tag game uses hoola hoops to teach the concepts of self and general space
- This is a 'George of the Jungle" throwing and swinging game idea
- To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"
- In this growth and development lesson, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head model physical similarities and differences
- This is a physically low level activity that also uses colors and shapes
- This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
- Engine, Engine, Number 9, this "Tempo Train" lesson helps you keep time
- Spatial Awareness
- Ghost and Goblins
- There should be no other name for this fitness lesson except "pure fun"
- This is a walking, running, hopping, jumping, skipping, balancing and landing motor skills activity
- In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms
- Turkey Trot
- Here students answer math problems by forming into groups of the appropriate number
- This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
- This lesson focuses on jumping at different levels
- This lesson idea is called "Fly Butterfly, Fly" and involves Dramatic Student Movement to music by Chopin
- Kids make shapes and letters with their bodies in this lesson
- Builders and Bulldozers is guaranteed to be a popular warm-up activity idea
- Here is a Flatfish Movement activity (K-2)
- Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
- This locomotion lesson also teaches color recognition
- "Hocus Pocus" is a fine motor skills game idea
- "Capture the Lion" is a team tag game using running, skipping, walking, seeking and capturing skills
- "Basketball Sentences" focuses on basketball skills and sentence structure
- Soccer Relay Races
- "Decay? No Way!" is a dental health webquest from LearntobeHealthy.org
- This scooter vs. basketball race idea improves basketball passing skills
- On this day at the beach activity, students will learn about body parts using hula hoops and bean bags
- This marching in time lesson also teaches left-right, left-right...
- Here children learn how to make a healthy peanut butter snack
- These P.E. station activities have a Valentine's Day theme
- Here students select food pyramid items for their balanced meal plates
- A Kindergarten lesson idea on Fast and Slow using the book "Quiet as a Cricket"
- "Open Wide - Brush Inside" is a hands-on dental hygiene lesson
- This is a Flatfish Data Collection activity (K-2)
- This lesson introduces the freeze-melt-go protocols and the students as well
- This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View
- If it walks like a duck... or a crab, bear, deer or bunny, it must be a... student doing "Animal Warm-Ups"
- This lesson teaches finger movements for Spanish flamenco castanets
- Throwing and counting are the skills practiced in this Oscar's Garbage Can game
- Tobacco/Smoking
- Your little minnows dodge "The Net" in this locomotor movement game
- Tooth Fairy Tag is a great game to play during a dental hygiene unit
- This running/throwing/catching game will make students eager to "Clean Up Your Room"
- This is a beginning ballet lesson idea
- Here are four steps to a successful overhand throw and a game to practice them with
- Spongebob Squarepants makes this movement game more participatory
- This is an integrated "Warm Up" idea using the Bridges of Portland (or perhaps other bridges)
- This is a "Jin - Gle - Bells" musical hot potato game
- This portion is on Rock Streaking
- Healthy Food Choices
- This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
- This part deals with "Pet Rocks"
- This is a swimming lesson on how to float
- This locomotor skills lesson features one foot hopping, jumping with two feet, and balancing like a statue
- Here are three more spatial awareness activities
- Here are two tag game ideas involving "Hawks and Eagles" and "Sharks and Sailors"
- Puppet Role Playing/Substance Use and Abuse
- "Ten Apples Up On Top" by Dr. Seuss inspires this self-portrait art and counting project idea
- Student "frogs" demonstrate proper jumping and landing form in this lesson
- Homemade toothpaste makes this dental hygiene lesson hands-on
- This lesson is on proper body positioning and arm movements for running
- Here is a fun physics idea for predicting and comparing the bounce of various sports balls
- Pie Eater
- In this "Fitness Tag" game, partners chase each other through exercise zones
- These activities give students passing and kicking practice with a standard playground ball
- This lesson teaches the underhand toss and color recognition
- In this 6-activity lesson, students use locomotor movements while learning their directions (and the electric slide)
- Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
- This is a sequencing relay game
- This fun hands-on lesson teaches students Spanish language and culture as they improve their Baleros skills.
- Soccer Touch Ball
- Here students "ice skate" with straight, curved and zigzag pathways
- This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
- This is a stick horse competition relay idea
- Here's an idea for ABC Freeze Tag that can be used in PE
- In "Steal the Dinosaur Eggs," students practice teamwork, fair play, and following the rules
- Students take a "trip to the park" in this applied movement story
- "Chipo's Gift" is a thematic cross-curriculum book unit about an inquisitive mopane worm
- Geo-spiders are made while discussing conflicts in this Anansi related lesson
- This "Mardi Gras Tokens" agility game motivates students to improve their math and teamwork skills while boosting cardio performance
- The cues and steps for a gymnastic tripod and headstand are practiced here
- Students learn how to perform a forward gymnastic roll in this lesson
- Here are two fun activities that integrate locomotor movements with reading, and listening skills
- "Quick Sand" is a hop-on-spots game
- Here are eleven illustrated gymnastics skills
- The League of Extraordinary Senses: The Role of the 5 Senses in protecting the body
- PE Parachute
- Healthy Eating Lesson Sequence for Kindergarten: A Critical Literacy Approach
