PE Playworks Kindergarten

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson1: K

Theme

Intro to PE and Recess

Games and Activities

Coach Choice: Circle Game and Everyone’s It Tag

I can… K: Follow directions the frst time and understand class rules.

Materials/ Space Needed

Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary)

Vocabulary Home Base: The area everybody meets to learn new games and debrief what you have learned in PE/Playworks. The coach asked the students to meet at Home Base to learn a new game. Responsible: Able to be trusted to do what is right or to do the things expected or required. A responsible student listens to directions the frst time. Introduction

Begin class with a warm up procedure: ● Prepare students with daily expectations before entering the gym OR on Home Base. Quickly introduce yourself and let them know how much fun they’re going to have! ● 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. How will we be safe/kind/responsible in PE today? ● Review any other specifc reminders needed for the day. Before releasing for the frst game, use a Sequence Touch: ● The object of this activity is for students to remember and tag all of the objects that you list off and return as quickly as possible to Home Base. ● List off several objects, such as “ the brick wall, a cone, and something blue ” or any combination that is available for students to safely tag in your gym. ● On your “Go Word”, students will safely run and tag each color or object and return to the Home Base. Make sure students understand how they will safely move between objects (head up, running/skipping