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Objective: Each 3-player team will incorporate teamwork, communication, and improve throwing, catching, and visual tracking skills, while learning how to share three different positions by trading places each time a point is earn. -
Objective: Stick it to Ya is a fast-paced, high-energy, dice-rolling game where students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and subtraction problems in the attempt to get rid of all of their sticks. -
Objective: Students will practice and improve throwing for accuracy, spatial awareness, and defensive strategy in the high-energy game of Cone Heads. -
Objective: Double or Nothing combines the strategy and luck game of Rock, Paper, and Scissors with the cardiovascular endurance activity of jogging to encourage students to run for fun with the anticipation of possibly having the chance of being a Double or Nothing Champion. -
Objective: Students will develop and improve Frisbee manipulation skills of visual tracking, accuracy, control, throwing, and catching. Frisbee Frenzy utilizes various positions to provide teammates multiple opportunities to communicate and elicit teamwork and strategy to become team champions. -
One of the themes I try to establish early in my own class is accountability. That way, students can develop self-responsibility and learn to use a tool to sort out problems for themselves. The problem-solving area is a successful behavior management strategy that places the responsibility of problem solving right in the students’ hands. -
Objective: One of my most popular games, Bounce Brigade is a wacky game that reinforces cooperation, eye–hand coordination, patience, strategy, and teamwork. -
Objective: To practice strategy, honesty, fairness, and honorable sporting behavior. Derived from the rock, paper, and scissors games of Head Honcho I and II, Just Roll the Dice is also a fast-paced and exciting game, reinforcing math competency, strategy, luck, and honesty, but ultimately perseverance to become an elite Roll the Dice Champion. -
Students will practice and improve throwing and bowling for accuracy, defensive strategy, and cardiovascular endurance in the intense game of Stack Attack. Stack Attack combines the art of cup stacking, the strategical tactics incorporated in defense, the skill of bowling and throwing to hit various targets, along with the “never give up” attitude it takes to be successful. -
Watch heads turn with a look saying “what did you say?” when you explain this unique, exhilarating, heart-pounding game that will blow their minds. -
Objective: Slingshot Golf is the final, culminating golf-like game from the series of games that include Launch It! and Slingshot. “Slingshot Golf ” too is designed as a cooperative game that will allow students the opportunity to explore various ways to develop and improve ball manipulation, and slingshot skills of trajectory, force, and accuracy. Students must focus special attention on accuracy and finesse, while scoring hits at a faster pace than any other team to be declared the Slingshot Golf Champions. -
Objective: UFOs is a unique, cooperative game where speed, teamwork, slingshotting, and visual tracking skills are essential to earning a maximum number of points. Like the game of Launch It, UFOs also provides the opportunity to explore various ways to develop and improve ball manipulation, and the skills of trajectory, force, and accuracy. Played in conjunction with the game of Launch It, UFOs is a great prerequisite to the games of Sling-shot and Slingshot Golf. -
The flash drive contains 185+ instructional videos featuring a student or students demonstrating how to successfully perform various gymnastics and scooter skills. Each video lasts between 5-30 seconds and was created to take the guesswork out of teaching these skills, increase movement time due to less demonstration time, and provide a visually accurate example to show other students how to safely perform each skill. Please click on the video links below to get an idea of what the kids will see. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gS9xlcfMTLeeGcq1wjjtDJnV1BN_sZQA/view?usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wTPwXfCYMW56BGrbtNDFQIhghyBlBG61/view?usp=drive_link- 14 Partner Balloon Skills How-to Videos
- 21 Scarf Skills How-to Videos
- 25 Ball Handling How-to Videos
- 12 Partner Noodle Skills How-to Videos
- 27 Super 70 Ball Skills How-to Videos
- 16 Floor Plate Skills How-to Videos
- 43 Gymnastics Skills How-to Videos
- 27 Scooter Skills How-to Videos
- Lesson Plans & Teacher skills list for each unit, identifying the appropriate progression of skills to be performed
- 6 Lesson Plans/Additional Activities
- 2 Teacher How-to videos and Teacher skills list for each lesson, identifying the progression of skills to be performed
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OBJECTIVE: The game of Cold Hard Cash is a cooperative challenge that provides a great way to introduce counting money, while integrating multiple fitness activities in the attempt to enhance persistence, teamwork, and camaraderie. -
Objective: Mathletics will reinforce and provide multiple practice opportunities to deepen student comprehension of basic mathematical concepts. The combination of math fundamentals, athletics, and teamwork forces teammates to strategize and think while constantly exercising to solve 10 number sentences quicker than the opposing teams. -
Objective: Snack Attack is a high-energy movement based tag game designed to address and reinforce the importance of exercising and eating healthy snacks on a daily basis. -
Objective: This game allows students to practice honesty, fairness, and honorable sporting behavior. Derived from the game of Head Honcho (No Standing Around In My Gym, Human Kinetics), Head Honcho II is also a fast-paced and exciting game, requiring a little strategy, luck, and honesty. Ultimately, perseverance makes the difference. -
Objective: In Version I, students will practice letter and number recognition, while reinforcing communication skills and developing trust through the use of blindfolds. In Version II, students will practice and reinforce the skills of basketball and soccer dribbling as well as learning how, when, and why using peripheral vision is important. -
Objective: To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
Objective: Sacrifice will stretch the student’s minds by providing multiple opportunities to recall and practice spelling words. The combination of spelling fundamentals, exercise, and teamwork forces players to strategize, and ultimately make individual sacrifices to spell words and earn as many points for their team as possible.
