Title – Motor Skills

By – Mohammed Asim Ghazi

Primary Subject – Health / Physical Education

Grade Level – 1-3

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Activity:

Motor Skills (stand, walk, run, toss, jump, skip, hop, balance and landing)

Tools Used:

• benches
• floor mats
• float boards
• hula hoops
• trampoline

Motor Skills Lesson Plan Diagram A (WALK)   B (RUN)   C (BALANCE)   D (HOP) E (JUMP)   F (SKIP)   G (LANDING)

Aim of Exercise:

• To teach students motor skills
• To develop the ability of different parts of the body

Warm-up:

Warm-up like an athlete or a football player, suddenly running in place and stopping

Purpose of Activity:

To reinforce motor skills

Cues:

Hop
• Hopping is very similar to jumping, but it is done on ONE foot only
• Push off with toes and bend your knee to lift off into the air
• Land softly on your toes and bend your knee and hips when landing
• Other leg is usually bent with foot held behind you
• Put arms out to the side to keep balance
• Hopping can be done in the same place (inside a hula hoop) or you can move throughout an area (from hoop to hoop)

  HOP

Jump

• Bend knees and hips
• Swing arms hard
• Push off the ground with the balls of feet
• Students can jump in the same place (on a trampoline or a float board) or can move throughout an area (jumping from float board to float board)

  JUMP

Skip

• Take a step forward on one foot and then perform a hop on same foot
• Step forward on other foot, perform a hop (like you did on first foot)
• Keep alternating feet doing this same procedure
• Arms are out to the side for balance
• A skip has an uneven rhythm

  SKIP

Balance

• Students stretch their hands in both directions while standing on bench
• Then they carry dishes and start moving across the benches

  BALANCE

Landing

• Take-off from one foot (from the bench) and land on the opposite foot
• Extend arms, legs, and toes while in the air
• Try to leap a long ways, as that forces the body to extend
• Bend knee and hip for cushioned landing (on the floor mats)

  LANDING

Run

• Take a step forward on one foot and then take a step forward with the other foot, so that the second foot passes the first one
• Continue in this manner, alternating forward passing feet, but go faster and add a slight hop to your steps
• Place arms out to the side

  RUN

Walk

• Take a step forward on one foot and then take a step forward with the other foot, so that the second foot passes the first one
• Take a step forward with the first foot, so that the first foot passes the second one
• Continue in this manner, alternating forward passing feet
• Now walk through a path of hula hoops (see photo) without stepping on them

  WALK

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