During the kindergarten year much time is devoted to general coordination with an emphasis on locomotor skills, cooperative play, and cardiovascular fitness. 

·     Locomotor skills include galloping, hopping, skipping, leaping, sliding, and crab walking.

During the first grade year we start putting more emphasis on hand-eye coordination (throwing and catching), manipulative skills (controlling objects in relation to body and environment), strength development, and physical fitness.

·     Some of the activities used to achieve this growth include jump roping, throwing level work, tag games, station work, tumbling, balance beam work, chasing and fleeing, calisthenics, etc.

Second graders begin to turn their attention to specific sport skills, team building adventure activities, and more demanding strength and cardiovascular development.

·     Sport skills learned include, but are not limited to the following: dribbling (both soccer and basketball), striking (with body parts and other implements), throwing and catching all manner of objects, gymnastics tumbling and balancing, combining manipulative and locomotor skills, etc.

At the third grade level we begin to incorporate the sport skills learned at the second grade level into the strategic planning phase through lead-up games, which promote developmentally appropriate practice time within a semi-structured format.

·     Lead-up games include drills like captain ball, keep away, 3 vs. 2 basketball, wall soccer, crab soccer, newcomb, kickball, etc.

As we hit fourth grade, we transition into some traditional sport units along with project adventure experiences. Units covered include soccer, fitness testing, movement rhythms, basketball, gymnastics, floor hockey, volleyball, recreational games, and softball.

Physical Education Teacher:  Ashley Jackins