- Kelly E.
40 Ideas for Kindergarten Physical Education

1. Animal actions (frog jump, bird flap)
2. Crab walk
3. Walk/run playing red light green light
4. Practice the following: Hop, skip, jump, leap, gallop, slide
5. Create a dance using hop, skip, jump, leap, gallop and slide
6. Learn: under, over, behind, next to, through, right, left, up, down, forward, back and in front of.
7. Create a pattern using the different animal actions
8. Balance: walk on a tape line
9. Practice moving to a steady musical beat
10. Learn about “base of support”
11. Learn the following stretches: across-arm and shoulder shrugs
12. Learn the following stretches: lower back and reverse hurdle
13. Practice balancing on one, two, three and four body parts
14. Practice walking forward and sideways on a raised beam
15. Demonstrate relationship words on the playground
16. Log roll
17. Move in straight, curved and zigzag paths
18. Jump over a line several times in a row using forward and back and side to side movements
19. Balloon volleyball
20. Kicking a ball
21. Bounce a ball back and forth between two people
22. Throw a baseball underhand
23. Throw a baseball overhand
24. Catch a baseball thrown underhand
25. Kick a moving ball
26. Dribble a ball with two hands
27. Dribble a ball with two feet
28. Climb a ladder
29. Cross the bars in the park
30. Work on a pull up
31. Run for three minutes without stopping
32. Learn the rules for soccer
33. Learn to throw a football
34. Learn to catch a football
35. Move across the room using crab walk, log roll and leap frog
36. Jump from dot to dot across the room
37. Sit ups, curl ups and twists
38. Ski jumps and jumping jacks
39. Push ups
40. Practice hitting a ball with a bat