Fitness
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K - 3 Lily Pad Hopping 4 - 8 Walking-or Running-the-Square Routine
K - 3 Carpet Rides 4 - 8 Circle Walk
K - 3 Run Around With Center Activities 4 - 8 Team Aerobic Bowling
K - 3 Follow the Leader 4 - 8 Team Bean Bag Fitness Stacking Relay
K - 3 Stop and Go

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PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing
Teacher & School: Anon, Unknown Elementary
Activity Grade Level
Follow the Leader K - 3
Equipment Needs
  • None
Facility/Playground Needs Inside or Outside.
Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive):

Improve fitness.

Associate fitness activity with fun.
Teaching Hints:

None
Description:

This activity is exactly what it says, although there are always variations.

The teacher picks a leader or several leaders who, in turn, will lead smaller groups rather than the whole class.

The leader picks from a pool of teacher offered locomotor movements and performs the activity while others follows.

Students can hop, skip, jump, gallop, slide, crabwalk, or use high knees - the list is endless. Students can even stop their locomotor movements and perform stationary type activities (sit-ups or push-ups) or other related nonlocomotor movements.

Leaders should be changed throughout this activity period.
Alternatives/Modifications

Leaders can be given a list of fitness activities by the teacher from whom they can select.

Furthermore, students should be urged to create their own fitness movements/activities.
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