Winter Wonderland Perceptual Motor Center

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Winter Wonderland 
State Standards: 1, 3, 4
Equipment: Beanbags, Bowling Pins, Buddy Walkers, Carpet Squares, Several Cones, Hockey Puck/Stick. Grade: K-3
Purpose of Event: Students will demonstrate understanding in gross and fine motor tasks using balance, strength, and coordination.
Time: 20-25 minutes. 

Description: This is great perceptual motor center activity where students are able to pretend several winter time activities.

A) Snowball Throw
Equipment: Beanbags (3), Plastic Bowling pins (6-10), & Floor Tape.
Preparation: Set up the bowling pins in a triangle formation. Place a tape line on the floor 5 to 10 feet away. I use cones.
Place the beanbags on the tape line (I use yarn balls and baskets).
Objective: Students knock down at least four bowling pins (I have student take turns).

B) Ice Hockey
Equipment: Cones (4-5), Hockey stick (1 per student), Puck and/or beanbag (1 per student).
Set the cones out in a straight line about 3 feet from one another. Place the hockey stick and puck (or beanbag) at the beginning cone.
Objective: Students dribble a hockey puck through cones without hitting the cones.

C) Sledding 
Equipment: Scooter (1 per student), Cones (4)
Place the four cones in a line 3 feet from one another. Put the scooters at the starting cone.
Objective: Students either lie on their bellies or sit on their bottoms and push themselves through a maze of cones without touching them.

D) Skiing
Equipment: Set of Buddy Walkers (4), Cones (2)
Place the cones 5-7 feet away from each other. Put the Buddy Walkers at the starting cone.
Objective: Students use the Buddy Walkers to travel to the other cone & back.

E) Ice-Skating
Equipment: Carpet Squares (6), Cones (2)
Lay the carpet squares, carpet-side down at one of the cones.
Objective: Students stand on two carpet squares and slide to the other cone.

Concerns: Students definitely will need help with the Buddy Walkers as well as using the scooters (watching for pinched fingers and hair within the wheels). 

This idea is from Maggie C. Burk. Great Book ==> Station Games: Fun and Imaginative PE Lessons. 

Hula-Hoop Activity for Kindergarten & 1st Grade

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSON


JUMPING & HOPPING WITH HOOPS

EQUIPMENT: 1 hoop for each student

 

FOCUS: Jumping and hopping with good control

 

ACTIVITY: (15-18 min.)

Organization: Have each row of students walk up and get a hoop.  Tell the students to take it back and sit down quietly in their hoop until further instruction.

 

Jumping & Hopping with Hoops:

  1. Can you balance on your right (left) foot in the center of the hoop?
  2. Can you jump around the hoop going forwards (backwards)?
  3. Can you jump in and out of the hoop?
  4. Can you jump forward into your hoop and jump backward out of your hoop?
  5. With one foot inside your hoop and one foot outside the hoop, can you jump around the hoop?
  6. Can you repeat #5 going backwards?
  7. Can you hop inside your hoop 5 times on your right (left) foot?
  8. Can you hop forward around the outside of your hoop?
  9. Can you hop in and out of your hoop?

 

Hoop Patterns: Arrange the students in small groups, each group at 1 of 5 stations. Rotate the groups to new stations every 1-2 minutes.

Station 1: Lay the hoop in a straight line.  Have the students jump or hop forwards and backwards through the hoops.

Station 2: Lay the hoop in two straight lines side by side.  Have the students straddle jump or hop forward and backward through the hoops.

Station 3: Lay the hoops in a zigzag formation.  Have the students hop or jump forward and backward through the hoops.

Station 4: Lay the hoops like station 2, but space them out a little.  Have the student jump or hop sideways through the hoops.

Station 5: Lay the hoops in a hopscotch pattern.  Have the students hop through the hoops. 1-2-1-2-1.

 

Station Activity #2

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This is a picture of my second station workout I did with my 3rd through 5th graders at Garfield Elementary School!! Students did an excellent job! I would suggest though (as I have found out) changing the jumping stations. Students began getting tired of the continuous jumping stations.

Teaching Reading in Physical Education, authentic integration! | lovepe

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This activity is set up as a station in the gym for k-2.   I had the students on Bosu Balls.  If you don’t have Bosu balls you could do the same activity jumping on anything; a spot marker, spring board……

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The above blog post is from an excellent Physical Education Blog that I found via twitter! Definitely one that ALL PhysEd teachers should check out!