Movement Routines in Gym Class!
Teaching PE this year has thrown me for a bit of a loop. Most of my experience is in teaching Art, Music and Humanities, so developing a Physical Education program has been an ongoing endeavor for the last few months. My latest unit was an invention of mine, created using resources such as "Ready-to-Use PE Activities", "SPARK Physical Education" and "BOKS". Going through our equipment room, I realized much of it goes unused through the years, save a few days during our Mission Impossible challenge (this is a complicated obstacle course where students must strategically climb/crawl/walk/jump from section to section without touching the hardwood of the gym floor). So I pulled out the following equipment: Bean Bags Scarves Large Parachute Hula Hoops Scooters Skipping Ropes The activities were great. Each week, a new piece of equipment was introduced. Throughout the week there was a mix of specific skill building and fun games to utilized ...