K-2 PE Lesson Ideas

Each student will hold a hula hoop around her/his waist, keeping the hoop horizontal to the ground throughout the activity. The hula hoop is her/his car and will be used to travel around the gym. (The hula hoop helps each student stay in her/his personal space.) Students need to avoid bumping into the hoops of other children.

While the students are traveling throughout general space, the teacher will call out “road terms.” When students hear a "road term" they perform the activity assigned to that specific term. Begin with only a few terms. As children learn the associated actions, more terms can be introduced. Some possible terms and their associated actions are as follows:

Speed Limit 30: Walk
Bumpy Road: Skip
Flat Tire: Hop
Stuck in the Mud: Jog in place
Interstate: Jog in general space
Rain: Drop the hula hoop & move arms up & down while making the sound of windshield wipers
Radio: Drop the hula hoop & turn on the radio -- then sing a tune and dance inside the hoop
Sunshine: Reach into the glove compartment to pull out cool shades -- put them on using the "John Travolta" fingers in a "V" shape moving over the eyes
School Crossing: Walk very slowly
Muddy Road: Slide in the mud by sliding feet & moving hips
Spinning a Doughnut: Spin hula hoop around waist or other body part
Out of Gas: Drop hoop & sit pretzel style inside hoop