PE Lesson Sites

from Jessica Terrell:

Web-Bibliography
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html
Interesting website because you can search for specific activities. Not all the searches come back with good responses, but it is helpful if you need a specific type of lesson, such as, Valentine Volley, Earth Day Conservation, or specific idea on teaching food labels and hydration.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/pe/contents.htm
Lesson ideas are focuses more for younger students, but can easily be changed to accommodate older children as well. There are different sections for warm-up, cool-down, and game which makes the site easy to move around and understand. It also has great reviews from previous users which is helpful to read if the lesson has worked in the past.
http://www.pittschools.org/aes/physed8.htm
This was a great site with many different aspects of helpful information pertaining to physical education. It had a section for classroom management outside the classroom and it also provided good activities to integrate the physical education within the classroom curriculum.
http://www.flaghouse.com/activityGuides.asp
This website has a lot of really good and inventive activities. There are many activities I have never seen before. The lesson plans do seem to be pretty lengthy though. Even thought the lessons are long they can be for both primary and intermediate levels. Most of the lesson plans go with equipment that needs to be purchased through them but I think it would be easy to substitute materials for ones the school already has.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/health.htm
Great site for intermediate to middle school grades. It is a site with links on to child friendly sites with information they can explore on topics such as: mind and body, nutrition, drugs and alcohol, first aid, disease, and so much more. These are all good topics when talking about the wellness of our body.
http://worknotes.com/IL/Chicago/Fit4FunKidsFitness/ap14.stm
One lesson that caught my eye on this site was animal yoga. This site has activities that provide lessons in all aspects of physical education including the importance of stretching and flexibility.
Lesson:
Animal Yoga



Lion

Sit up with your back straight and clench your fists. Close your eyes and mouth. Stick out your tongue as you inhale and exhale through your mouth as your open your eyes and mouth as open as possible. Stretch your face muscles as far as you can. Take a deep breath and return to the closed eyes and closed mouth position. Completely relax the face and let go of any tension. This exercise energies the mind, body, builds self-confidence, improves communication skills and lessens physical tension.

Cat

Start on all fours then inhale and exhale as you round the back like a cat. Press in your hands to the floor. Lower the head and press the chin against the chest. Take a deep breath as you lift your head and push the spine down until it curves or arches and then look up. The cat increases flexibility of the spine and is a great warm-up movement to wake up and straighten the core.

Butterfly

Butterfly is a sitting pose. Get down onto the floor and bring in your feet so that the soles of both feet are touching. Make sure that your knees are touching the floor and that your back stays as straight as possible. This exercises strengthens the back and teaches balance and coordination of the upper and lower body.

Up Dog

To start the exercise get down on the floor and keep your legs straight behind you and lay your palms in the floor. Prop yourself slightly off the floor and keep your stomach from completely touching the floor. From there, you push yourself up with your arms, and stretch your back.

Down Dog

In down dog, you get down on your hands and feet again. However, rather than going down on your stomach, you raise your posterior in the air, with your head down. Try to have your hands and lay feet flat on the ground.

The dogs energies, strengthens and the hands, wrists and inner thighs. It also helps keeps posture straight when you are sitting.

Star Fish
Lie on your back, arms and legs comfortably stretched. Raise one arm at a time toward ceiling and lower. Next, lift one leg at a time toward ceiling. Later, try lifting one arm and the opposite leg at the same time. The star fish encourages deep breathing and relief from mild symptoms of asthmas and bronchitis.

Turtle
Lie on back, legs touching, knees flexed up toward the chest, arms resting on floor above head. Keeping lower back pressed to floor throughout extend legs towards sky while pointing toes. Lower legs as far as possible without releasing back from floor. Raise legs, flex in and repeat. The turtle is good for calming and relaxing.

Snakes

Lie on back, legs touching, knees bent, bottom of feet on floor, arms along side of body on floor. Lower spine below waist presses to floor, upper back is relaxed. Breathe in and contract abdominal muscles and hold for three seconds. Relax. This exercise keeps the spine healthy and improves communicate between the brain and the body. So when you feel stress and need to have a break let the animal out in you and try some Animal Yoga! Yoga is a great way to relax and these exercises have no age limit.