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!
Preschoolers work on the big movement skills: running, jumping, hopping, galloping, balancing, throwing and catching. They learn to move safely in a space without bumping into friends, and to follow simple movement directions. They also start to learn that moving makes our hearts beat faster and keeps our bodies healthy. The click is when a child who couldn't hop on one foot suddenly does three in a row!
Preschool PE is about lots of movement and lots of cheering. These moves keep everyone active.
Play a fitness song and act out every move together. Songs give kids clear directions and a beat to follow, and they get a real workout without noticing.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withFitness Songs (MP3 Album)SongsOpen it →Hold up a sports card and ask kids to show the move: swing a bat, kick a ball, shoot a basket. Then talk about what you need to play that sport.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSports Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Show a short movement video, then have kids copy each move. Watching a model first helps kids learn the right way to jump, hop or balance.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withFitness Songs (Classic Video Collection)SongsOpen it →Quick games for the gym, the playground or a rainy-day classroom.
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Running, jumping, hopping, galloping, balancing, throwing and catching. They also learn to move safely around others and follow directions.
Health guidelines say young children should be active throughout the day, with plenty of chances for both free play and guided movement. Short bursts work best at this age.
Start with a large, soft ball or a scarf, which floats slowly. Stand close, toss underhand and move back a step as they get better.
Freeze dance, animal moves, Simon Says and balloon keep-up all work well in a small space and need almost no equipment.
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