PE Playworks Kindergarten

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson9: K

Theme

Intro to PE and Recess

Games and Activities

Coach Choice: Tag and Review Core Game

I can… Based on chosen games (review previously used “I can…” statements)

Materials/ Space Needed

Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary) Large rectangle shape (Basketball court)

Vocabulary Based on age-appropriate vocabulary used in chosen games

Introduction

Begin class with a warm up procedure: ● Prepare students with daily expectations before entering the gym OR on Home Base. ● Warm up procedure may include several laps around the gym, stretching routine, or another quick, movement based activity. ● Back at Home Base, review rules/expectations of the school and

PE/Playworks with explicit examples when appropriate. ● Review any other specifc reminders needed for the day.

Before releasing students for the frst game, use a Sequence Touch to get them to the location you need them to be for the frst activity.

Coaches Choice: Tag

Show How Choose a tag game from the list of recommended tag games. ● Make sure it’s one that involves lots of continuous running.

Practice andPlay

Review safe tagging and movement ● Taggers must always use “butterfy fngers”, which are soft, futtering fngers that only tag on U.S.A. ○ Upper back ○ Shoulders ○ Arms ● No matter the locomotor skill (walking, galloping, leaping, etc.), review how students can move safely.