For this activity, you will write a lesson plan for a group activity, or for an activity with more than one station, which teaches at least one locomotion skill.

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*NOTES TO HELP WITH ASSIGNMENT* Teaching Fundamental Movement and Movement Awareness Concepts Fundamental Movement Skills help children develop the use of their muscles and can be divided into three groups: Locomotion Skills – ways of moving the body from one place to another. Stability Skills – moving parts of the body while remaining stable. Object Control Skills – moving to manipulate an object. When teaching movement skills you may choose to focus on one skill the children need to work on. However, you can also focus on more than one skill at a time. For example, you could create an activity where the children hop across the floor (locomotion skill), bend to pick up a bean bag (stability skill) then throw the bean bag (object control skill) across a tape line. Movement Awareness Concepts help children learn to control their movements. These skills can also be divided into three major groups and multiple skills can be practiced in one activity. Effort Awareness – controlling the timing, the force, and the flow of their movements. Space Awareness – controlling the space, the directions, the levels, and the pathways of their movements. Body Awareness – controlling the parts of their body, moving alone or with others, in various locations, through various roles. For example, the activity described above could also focus on hopping forward (direction) at a sustained (force) medium speed (time), with a group (role). Then throw the bean bag straight (pathway) with their arms and hands (body parts). An observant teacher will note which locomotion skills and which movement awareness skills each child has mastered and which could use more practice. *END OF NOTES*

2. Review the Sample Lesson Plan with notes on the previous page to see the format and how a lesson plan can be written.

3. Print the Fundamental Movement Skills and Movement Awareness Concepts tables.

4. Select at least one Locomotion skill to design a lesson around. Also, select Awareness Concepts.

5.Open the Lesson Plan Template for Physical Activities and fill in the information to describe a developmentally appropriate physical activity lesson. You may describe a learning idea of your own or modify an idea you have seen somewhere else.

Lesson Plan for Physical Activity

Title of Lesson:

Over the River

Select one or more skills from the Fundamental Movement Skills list.

Motor Skills:

Jumping, throwing, balancing

Select Movement Concepts from Effort, Space, or Body Awareness.

Movement Concepts:

Children learn the concept of jump over.

When throwing children learn the concept of throw with force.

Children learn to balance while moving forward and backward

on straight lines.

Describe exactly what children will be learning to do.

Learning Objectives:

The students will develop motor skills by jumping over a space or

object without falling.

The students will develop motor skills by throwing an object with

enough force to cross a specific distance.

The students will develop motor skills by balancing while moving forward and backwards on a line.

What materials and supplies will be needed for the lesson?Describe what children will be doing.

Materials:

Tape or jump ropes to place on the floor.

Balls and stuffed animals to throw.

What needs to be set up before the activity?

Preparations and Set Up:

Place tape or jump ropes on the floor in a V shape to represent a

widening river. Create a river in 3 places for 3 separate stations.

Place items to through next to one of the stations.

Lesson design can be stations or a large group activity.

Describe exactly what the activity will look like.

Lesson Design:

Station #1: Jumping activity station – Children jump over the jump

ropes to cross the river from one bank to the other.

Station #2: Throwing activity station – Children throw various

objects across the river at differ

ent points along the river to experience the need for different

degrees of force. Different types

of objects will demonstrate the effect of shape on an object’s ability to fly through the air.

Station #3: Children will walk forward and backward on the tape lines depicting the banks of

the river. They will concentrate on balancing without “falling in the river.”

What exactly will all the teachers be doing?

Teachers’ Roles:

Teachers monitor the children at each station.

Suggestions may be made to move up or down the river

to keep the tasks challenging but not frustrating.

Cues may be offered for jumping or throwing if a child

becomes frustrated or bored.

Goals may be suggested to children such as, “Can you jump backwards over the river?”

“Can you jump on one foot?” Can you throw the bear over the river underhand?”

“How far can you throw the ball and make it bounce on the other side of the river?”

How can the activity be modified to allow for different abilities?

How can the activity be modified to allow for personal choice?

How can the activity be modified for children with handicapping conditions?

Modifications possible:

Children can jump various widths of the river as their ability and

level of challenge allows.

The distance needed to throw the object can vary depending on

the child’s skill.

The type of object can vary depending on the ability of the child

and their personal choice.

A raised balance beam could be used in place of a tape line for

added balancing challenge.

Lesson Plan

Physical Activity

Title of Lesson:

Motor Skills:

Movement Concepts:

Learning Objectives:

Materials:

Preparations and Set Up:

Lesson Design:

Teachers’ Roles:

Modifications possible:

Fundamental Movement Skills

Locomotion Skills

Stability Skills

Object Control Skills

walking

turning

throwing

running

twisting

catching and collecting

hopping

bending

kicking

skipping

stopping

punting

galloping

rolling

dribbling

sliding

balancing

volleying

leaping

transferring weight

striking with rackets

climbing

jumping and landing

striking with long handled instruments

crawling

stretching

chasing/fleeing

swinging

curling

swaying

dodging

Movement Awareness Concepts

Effort Awareness
Time	Force	Flow
Speeds	Rhythms	Degrees of force	Creating force	Absorbing force	Dimensions
slow	beats	strong	starting	stopping	single movements
medium	cadence	medium	sustained	receiving	combination of movement transitions
fast	patterns	light	explosive	stabilizing
accelerating			gradual

Space Awareness
Space	Directions	Levels	Pathways
self space	up/down	high	straight
shared space	forward/backward	middle	curved
	right/left	low	zigzag
	sideways
	clockwise
	counterclockwise

Body Awareness
With Myself	With Others
Body parts	Body shapes	Roles	Locations
head, neck, ears, eyes,	big/small	leading	near to/far from
nose, shoulder, knee, heel,	curved/straight	following	over/under
arms, waist, chest,	wide/narrow	mirroring	in front/ behind
stomach, hips, leg,	like/unlike	unison	on/off
bottom, foot, spine, back,		alternately	together/apart
elbow, wrist, hand,		solo	facing/side-by-side
fingers, ankle, toes		partner	around/through
		group

Locomotion Skills	Stability Skills	Object Control Skills
walking	turning	throwing
running	twisting	catching and collecting
hopping	bending	kicking
skipping	stopping	punting
galloping	rolling	dribbling
sliding	balancing	volleying
leaping	transferring weight	striking with rackets
climbing	jumping and landing	striking with long handled instruments
crawling	stretching
chasing/fleeing	swinging
	curling
	swaying
	dodging

For this activity, you will write a lesson plan for a group activity, or for an activity with more than one station, which teaches at least one locomotion skill.? 1. L

Lesson Plan for Physical Activity

Title of Lesson:

Over the River Select one or more skills from the Fundamental Movement Skills list.

Motor Skills:

Jumping, throwing, balancing

Select Movement Concepts from Effort, Space, or Body Awareness.

Movement Concepts:

Children learn the concept of jump over.

When throwing children learn the concept of throw with force.

Children learn to balance while moving forward and backward

on straight lines.

Describe exactly what children will be learning to do.

Learning Objectives:

The students will develop motor skills by jumping over a space or

object without falling.

The students will develop motor skills by throwing an object with

enough force to cross a specific distance.

The students will develop motor skills by balancing while moving forward and backwards on a line.

What materials and supplies will be needed for the lesson?Describe what children will be doing.

Materials:

Tape or jump ropes to place on the floor.

Balls and stuffed animals to throw.

What needs to be set up before the activity?

Preparations and Set Up:

Place tape or jump ropes on the floor in a V shape to represent a

widening river. Create a river in 3 places for 3 separate stations.

Place items to through next to one of the stations.

Lesson Design:

Station #1: Jumping activity station – Children jump over the jump

ropes to cross the river from one bank to the other.

Station #2: Throwing activity station – Children throw various

objects across the river at differ

ent points along the river to experience the need for different

degrees of force. Different types

of objects will demonstrate the effect of shape on an object’s ability to fly through the air.

Station #3: Children will walk forward and backward on the tape lines depicting the banks of

the river. They will concentrate on balancing without “falling in the river.”

Teachers monitor the children at each station.

Suggestions may be made to move up or down the river

to keep the tasks challenging but not frustrating.

Cues may be offered for jumping or throwing if a child

becomes frustrated or bored.

Goals may be suggested to children such as, “Can you jump backwards over the river?”

“Can you jump on one foot?” Can you throw the bear over the river underhand?”

“How far can you throw the ball and make it bounce on the other side of the river?”

How can the activity be modified to allow for different abilities? How can the activity be modified to allow for personal choice? How can the activity be modified for children with handicapping conditions?

Modifications possible:

Children can jump various widths of the river as their ability and

level of challenge allows.

The distance needed to throw the object can vary depending on

the child’s skill.

The type of object can vary depending on the ability of the child

and their personal choice.

A raised balance beam could be used in place of a tape line for

added balancing challenge.

Lesson Plan

Physical Activity

Title of Lesson:

Motor Skills:

Movement Concepts:

Learning Objectives:

Materials:

Preparations and Set Up:

Lesson Design:

Teachers’ Roles:

Modifications possible:

Fundamental Movement Skills

Locomotion Skills

Stability Skills

Object Control Skills

walking

turning

throwing

running

twisting

catching and collecting

hopping

bending

kicking

Over the River

Select one or more skills from the Fundamental Movement Skills list.

How can the activity be modified to allow for different abilities?

How can the activity be modified to allow for personal choice?

How can the activity be modified for children with handicapping conditions?