Hula Hoop Car Road Trip

This year my school is reviewing its PE curriculum, and I have been poring over my program to make sure that the PE skill criteria are being met within my lessons. One website that has been a TREMENDOUS help to me is www.pecentral.org Just look under lesson ideas and grade level to find hundreds of PE lesson ideas. You can do a search for lessons based on what skill you'd like to teach, or by what equipment you have to use.

 One fave of my Kindergarten class this year has been the

 Hula Hoop Car Road Trip.

Each student {or pair of students, if you don't have enough hoops} holds a hula hoop around their waist. The hula hoop is the car that they will use to travel around the gym.

The hula hoop helps students to stay in their own personal space. As they travel around the gym, I call out a driving term for them to act out.

winding road

These girls are turning from side to side, as they negotiate the corners of their winding road!

bumpy road

These two are jumping up and down as they drive over the bumps in the road.

rain

When it's raining, students drop their hoops and use their arms to make windshield wipers.

stuck in the mud

When their car is stuck in the mud, they need jog in place.

out of gas

When their cars are out of gas, they have to stop the car & sit down.

Other actions include: flat tire: hop on one foot and spinning a donut: spin the hoop around waist.

Of course, there are times to just drive around and enjoy the ride as well!