A kindergarten sports matching worksheet where children draw a line from each sport word—soccer, basketball, baseball, football, tennis, and hockey—to its picture. Answer key included for quick, no-prep vocabulary practice.
This Fitness Package Download provides you and your students with all of the Have Fun Teaching Fitness DVDs, CDs, and Reading Comprehension Workbook.
These sports flash cards help PreK to 3rd Grade students name 18 sports from pictures of their gear, with an answer key included, to grow everyday vocabulary.
This Fitness Songs (MP3 Album) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!
This Fitness Songs (Classic Video Collection) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!
These baseball flash cards for PreK to 1st Grade pair 18 baseball pictures with their words and a wear, play or ballpark tag. Answer key included for easy checking.
Hop, skip, jump and wiggle!
Kindergartners learn basic movement skills like running, hopping, skipping, galloping, jumping and balancing. They practice tossing and catching a ball, moving safely in their own space, and following simple rules in group games. PE is also where little ones learn to take turns, be a good sport and listen for directions while their bodies are moving. Many classes start learning the names of popular sports and what equipment goes with each one. The best moment is when a child finally gets the hang of skipping and won't stop doing it all the way down the hall!
Five-year-olds learn by moving, so we keep the talking short and the wiggling long. These are our go-to moves.
Start with a fitness song and have kids copy each move. Songs tell kids exactly when to jump, stretch and freeze, so you can focus on cheering them on. Great for warm-ups and indoor recess.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withFitness Songs (Classic Video Collection)SongsOpen it →Flash a sports card and have kids act out that sport. Kicking a soccer ball, swinging a bat, shooting a basket! It builds sports vocabulary and gets every body moving.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withSports Flash CardsActivitiesOpen it →Show a baseball card and talk about what players do: throw, catch, hit and run. Then practice one of those moves together. Seeing a picture first helps little ones copy the movement.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withBaseball Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Every PE minute can feel like play. These are kid favorites in the gym, on the playground or in the living room.
SongsPlay the fitness songs and have kids dance and move. When the music stops, everyone freezes like a statue!
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WorksheetsKids match each sport to its equipment, then act out using it. A tennis racket swing is always a hit.
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Call out an animal and have kids move like it: hop like a bunny, gallop like a horse, waddle like a penguin.
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Kindergartners learn basic movements like running, hopping, skipping and jumping, plus tossing and catching. They also learn to play safely, take turns and follow game rules.
Health guidelines recommend about an hour of active play every day for young children. PE, recess and movement breaks in class all count toward that.
Freeze dance, Simon says, animal walks, follow the leader and simple tag games are great. They build movement skills and listening at the same time.
Play catch with a soft ball, set up a hopscotch on the sidewalk, or have a dance party in the kitchen. Short, playful bursts of movement work best.
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