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.

 

Bassoccet

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Bassoccet
 

State Standard: 1, 3, & 4
Equipment: 1 nerf ball, jerseys  (I use about 6-8 balls for 22 students)
 Grade: 4+
Purpose of Event: Kicking, shooting, throwing, Working on Basketball and Soccer skills
Time: 15-20 minutes
Description:

Divide class into 2 teams, and each team stands on their sideline.  Five players from each team go onto the court to start the game.  I start with the ball on the floor in the middle of the gym (if using more than one ball, have them all scattered)  The remaining sideline players are goalies.  Each team has unlimited passing between the sideline and the court. 

Court players cannot pick a ball up off the floor but my use their hands to catch a ball in the air or can convert it by lifting it with the feet and then catching it, only side lines players may pick a ball up off of the floor.  Court players could also kick the ball to a sideline player and have them pick it up and throw it back. Court players can kick the ball any teammate and if it is in the air, they can catch it with their hands.  Once the ball is in the hand, court players may only take 3 steps, then they need to pass, kick or shoot.  Goalies may not move with the ball in their hands.

The object of the game is to score points in the following ways: (Only court players may score!)      throwing the ball through the goalies on the other sideline and hitting the wall (1 point);  kicking the ball through the goalies on the other sideline and hitting the wall (3 points); by shooting the ball through your own basket (1 point). If a basket is scored, the ball is immediately given to the end goalie on the opposite team.

Players remain in the middle for 1-3 minutes and then go to the end of their sidelines, and the other end of their line goes to the court.

Variations: Have 3-4 balls going! 
Concerns: Keep kicking low and under control, don’t add additional balls until they understand game.
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Parachute: Scooter

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Parachute: Scooter
 

State Standard: 1, 3, 4
Equipment: Parachute large enough for all to hold, Scooters Grade: K-2
Purpose of Event: Movement, teamwork, Upper body strength, Move safely in general space
Time: 15-20 minutes
Description:
Put scooters under  the chute to equal the number of a color on the chute.  Call out one color at a time to get on a scooter and try to get out safely before trapped.
Concerns: Cautious moving around the parachute, could be slippery if stepped on. Watch were you are going.
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Imaginary Running

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Imaginary Running
 

State Standard: 1, & 3
Equipment: Pictures of “Imaginary Wall”
 Grade: K-5
Purpose of Event: Increase hear rate, creative thinking, personal space/general space use.
Time: 5-7 minutes
Description:

Take construction paper, and cut it in half, do not cut straight in half, make all different kinds of shapes, (circles/boxes/curves/etc.) Take each “half” and glue it to a solid piece of paper of  a different color.  The cut out piece becomes the “wall” and the solid part is the space around the wall.

I have a few rules: 1. the wall cannot hurt you/you can’t hurt the wall  2. you can’t go through the wall, you need to find an open space a use that to get over/under/around the wall  3. the wall is only paper-thin and goes from one side of my gym to the other.

I hold up the sheet with the picture of the “wall”.  I have the students divided into two groups and lined up at one end of the gym, parallel to the “wall”.  When I show them the picture, they have to look at it and figure out where the general space is around the wall (they will all “see” it differently, because it depends on their imagination).  Then the first group runs to the wall, goes over/under/through holes in the wall/between cracks/etc. in the wall, and then runs to the other end of the gym.  

The kids love it! And will run back and forth forever as long as I keep changing the wall.  You can hold the sheets sideways, upside down, what ever!  Change the wall from being the “wall” to the space that was around the wall, is now the “new wall”  Divide into smaller groups, kids don’t need to run straight lines this way, they may need to go to the other side, where it is smaller or higher! Let them use their imaginations!
Concerns: Watch for kids running into each other, remind them of personal space!  I don’t let my kids slide “under” the wall
This idea is from: Tracy Nelson, Associate Professor of HPER,  South Dakota State University