K-2 PE Lesson Ideas

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Name of Activity: Crazy Colors

Purpose of Activity: To help learn about and improve students cardiovascular fitness.

Suggested Grade Level: K-2

Materials Needed: 36 small (index-size) cards -- 6 each with the color "red", "green", "purple", "orange", "yellow", or "blue" written on them; 36 small color cones (6 each of red, green, purple, orange, yellow, and blue; up-beat music at least 4-5 minutes long; CD/Tape player.

Description of Idea

After repeating the activity a few times, have children sit in a group. Discuss why the heart was going fast (they were moving, etc.) and how being active like this is important to keep one's heart healthy. Ask students to name other activities which are good for their heart.

Teaching Suggestions:

• Use music which of varying tempos so children speed up and slow down to the beat.
  
• Have students move in different directions (forward, backward,
  sideways, etc.)
  
• Pair a child who does not know his/her color words with a child who does.
  
• You can also arrange the cones around the perimeter of the playing area.
  
• Children can be challenged to see how many cones they can go to in a specific time span, for added fun. Or, have them count how many total cones they go to throughout the whole activity.
  
• For some added fun "confusion", write the color words on the small cards in a magic marker color different than the word you are writing. For example, write the word "green" using a red marker. This really makes students read the words carefully!
  
• If you do not have different colored cones, you can use colored poly spots or even cones of all one color. Students have to move from cone to cone until they find a card with a different color than the one they just read. This is a little more difficult!