Locomotor Skills, Levels, and Directions

    1. National and State PE Standards Addressed
      • Movement/Skills:
        1. Spatial awareness
        2. Locomotor skills
        3. Levels
        4. Directions
      • Fitness:
        1. Participates in physical activities that are enjoyable and challenging.
        2. Cardiovascular endurance.
      • Personal/Social:
        1. Participates
        2. Appreciates
        3. Enjoys movement
        4. Cooperates in large group activities
      • Academic Integrations:
        1. Language Arts:
          • Read Move With Me by Charlene Schade & Steve Pileggi.
          • In the classroom, have students work in pairs or groups to list the 8 locomotor skills in alphabetical order.
        2. Vocabulary:
          • Clockwise
          • Counterclockwise
          • die (dice)
          • Locomotor skills
          • Gracefully

Classroom Brain Break Song: Move With Me