KIN 425 Fall 2016 Lesson Plan

Name: Kandice Howland Date: October 10, 2016 Topic: Gymnastic Skills (Lesson Plans,
16th ed., pg. 73)

Objectives: To perform individual self-testing

stunts
To balance body in a variety of
directions Equipment:
To identify and place body parts on
Beanbag 1 for each student
an object
Music and parachute
To work cooperatively with others
Tumbling mats
To understand safety concerns
related to tumbling and inverted
balances
National Standards: Introductory Activity (1), Fitness Activity (1,4,5,6), Lesson
Focus (1,2,3,5), Game (1,2,5)

Introductory Activity -- Body Part Identification

Activity: Movement
Time: 5 min
Task: Place each Student near a bean bag with the bean bag on the floor. Call out a
body part
and then the student responds by placing their body part on the bean bag.
Feedback: Encourage students to move over and around as many beanbags as
possible

Fitness Development Activity Parachute Fitness

Activity: Fitness challenge
Time: each for 30 sec
Task:
1. Jog while holding the chute in the left hand. (music)
2. Shake the chute. (No music)
3. Slide white holding the chute with both hands. (Music)
4. Sit and perform curl-ups. (no music.)
5. Skip while singing along. (music)
6. Freeze, face the center, and stretch the chute tightly. Hold for 8-12seconds.
Repeat
7. Shake the chute and jump in place. (Music)
8. Hop to the center of the chute and return. Repeat.
Feedback: blow whistle when exercise is over to signal end of exercise.
Lesson Focus Gymnastics Skills
Activity: Tightrope Walk
Time: 3 min
Task: Select a line on the floor as the high wire. Pretend to be on the high wire and do various tasks
with exaggerated loss and control of balance. Tasks include: riding a bicycle, juggling balls, jumping
rope.
Activity: Individual Stunt
Time: 10 sec
Task: From a standing position with hands at sides, jump upward and slap both heels with hands.

Game Activity Flowers and Wind

Activity Skill: running
Time: 30 min
Task: Two parallel lines about 30 ft apart. Children in two divided groups: flowers and wind. Each
team gets on a line facing the other team. Flowers choose a common flower name, walk over
standing close to wind. Wind team calls out flower names trying to guess the flowers name. When
the wind team guesses correctly, the flowers run back to their line being chased by the wind. If
caught, flowers must join the wind. Reverse the roles and play again. Clues about flower names
may be given such as color, size, shape.