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Easter Egg Dribble

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students dribble and trap a ball with their feet using control and different directions and pathways.
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Easter Basket Bonanza

For Teachers K - 1st
Students pass a soccer ball under control so they explain the force necessary to reach a target.
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Body Toss

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the skill of underhand throwing, focusing on cues.
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Recipe Dance/Making Duets

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create and memorize movement phrases within a specified structure and develop duets from the solo phrases.
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Shape Shifters

For Teachers K
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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Dribbling with the Hands

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate correct hand dribbling techniques.
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Roam the Halls for Fitness

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use pedometers or digiwalkers to walk as many steps as possible during a class period (in the building hallways). They assess steps walked at the end of the period for prizes and/or goal setting.
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Freeze

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing defense.
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Beanbag Tic Tac Toe

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students choose a partner and find a safe space on the floor. They practice the skills of over- and underhand throwing.
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Locomotor License

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine and practice what it means to travel safely within a given space. They are given licenses and can receive traffic violations if they break the rules.
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Mr. Tape

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice identifying the correct body part called out by their teacher. They must place the body part on a piece of masking tape on the floor.
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Magic Ball

For Teachers K - 2nd
Using the magic ball, young scholars identify the different directions. They follow the movements of the teacher with the magic ball.
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Oscar's Garbage Can

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are arranged in a circle with two students inside the circle. They try to clean out Oscar's garbage can while the ones outside the circle try to throw the objects back in.
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Hungry Crabs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students improve upper body strength and endurance. They crab walk inside the boundaries and collect the bean bags. They are only allowed to get one bean bag at a time. Once they get a bean bag, they place it on their stomach and crab...
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Snowflake, Snowflake

For Teachers All
Students practice locomotor and listening skills. Students pretend to be snowflakes. As the teacher reads about snowflakes, students perform the task mentioned. They walk, dance, jump, etc.
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Santa's Sack

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice throwing and catching with a partner or self toss-catch. As a prerequisite skill they should understand safe spaces and have some knowledge of throwing and catching skills.
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High Five Dance Warm Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students stand in a circle in sequential order. They grapevine to the middle of the circle when they hear their number. When in the middle of the circle, students high five someone and then grapevine out of the circle. Numbers may be...
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Madagascar Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review the rules of Madagascar Tag and choose three students to be zoo keepers and the rest of the students are Penguins. They perform different locomotor skill each time they are tagged until all have been tagged and the game...
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Hanukkah Tag Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discuss the celebration of Hanukah. They play a Hanukkah tag game. Students pretend to be candle makers and "shamus" candles. They practice chasing, fleeing, and dodging games.
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High Activity Golf Test Taking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners engage in a written test on the vocabulary and purpose of the game of golf. The students increase knowledge of golf terminology and maintain a high activity level during the game.
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Soccer Practice Game for Warm-up And Conditioning

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students develop endurance and practice positioning skills for combination passing. They hit the opposing ¿¿fox¿¿ below the knees with a thrown ball. They continually reposition to provide passing options for the team-mate with the...
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Bones or No Bones?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students move to music and study bones and their purpose. When the music plays slow, gentle sounds the students have NO bones and their bodies are like Jello or an egg that has been cracked open on the floor . When the music changes...
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High Five Lay-ups

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students move about the general space in the gym pretending to dribble and shoot a basketball. Two students are designed as taggers who "Freeze" other players with their hand HIGH in the air. Students who are not frozen must give a "High...
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Run for it!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students play a game inside the 'base' of dome cones. They attempt to run to any cone outside of dome cone and back to base to earn a point. If a student is tagged by a noodle, he/she simply returns to base and starts over with zero...