Pre-school PE Lesson Ideas

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Name of Activity: Creative Play with Number Rhymes

Purpose of Activity: To give children the opportunity to practice the skills of jumping and landing while emphasizing a balanced position on a low balance beam.

Prerequisites: Good listening skills and some basic jumping and landing experiences on the ground.

Suggested Grade Level: PRE-K

Materials Needed: A (low) balance beam, A mat (large) to land on, A copy of the Rhyme Three Speckled Frogs.

Description of Idea

Variations:

This activity is best used as one of many stations or centers and not appropriate as a single activity where the entire class participates at the same time.

Vary by asking children to see how high they can jump.

Vary by asking children to see how far they can jump.

More experienced jumpers can try to this with a one foot take off and a two feet landing.

Assessment Ideas:

Teachers can use this time to observe children's jumping and landing skills and record their progression toward reaching benchmarks in this area.