Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
1 – Active Participation
Actively participate in a wide variety of program activities, according to their capabilities, while applying behaviours that enhance their readiness and ability to take part
- Build Your Best Day Game (Online Game)
- Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Website)
- The Ability Toolkit: A Resource for Parents of Children and Youth with a Disability (Website)
- 10 Fun Ways You Can Transform the Game of Tag (Website)
Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to their personal enjoyment of being active as they participate in a wide variety of individual and small-group activities
- Run! Jump! Play! (Hoopla eBook)
- The Importance of Being Physically Active (YouTube)
- 4 Fun Ways Kids Can Get Exercise (YouTube)
- Five Indigenous Games to Play with Your Children (Website)
Identify a variety of ways to be physically active at school and at home
- Great Things To Do Outside: 365 Awesome Outdoor Activities (Book)
- Power Up For Fitness (Hoopla eBook)
- Busting Boredom in the Great Outdoors (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Home Exercises for Kids (YouTube)
- Why Exercise is Wise (Website)
- Kids Home Exercises: Workout To Stay Active At Home (YouTube)
2 – Physical Fitness
Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Daily Physical Activity (DPA): participate in sustained moderate to vigorous physical activity for a minimum of 20 minutes each day
- Activities for Kids (Website)
- How to Do The Backpack Kid Dance (THE FLOSS) (YouTube)
- 16 Mind-Blowing Exercise Games To Make Kids Active, Fit & Healthy (Website)
- Minecraft Fitness Challenge (YouTube)
- Would You Rather Fitness Challenge (YouTube)
Demonstrate an understanding of how being active helps them to be healthy
- My Body Needs Exercise (Book)
- We Stay Healthy (Hoopla eBook)
- Talking About Exercise (Hoopla eBook)
- 3 Minutes Body Scan (YouTube)
- How Do Our Bodies Move? (YouTube)
- Fitness Quiz (Website)
Identify the physical signs of exertion during a variety of physical activities
- Exercise! (Hoopla eBook)
- Sweat! (Hoopla eBook)
- What Happens Inside Your Body When You Exercise? (YouTube)
3 – Safety
Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate behaviours and apply procedures that maximize their safety and that of others during physical activity
- Bicycle Safety (Book)
- Safety on Wheels (Hoopla eBook)
- Staying Safe During Physical Activity (Website)
- The Listening Game (YouTube)
- Bicycle Safety Colouring Pages (Website)
Identify environmental factors that post safety risks during their participation in physical activities and describe ways of preparing themselves to enjoy outdoor activities safely
- A Treasure At Sea For Dragon And Me Water Safety For Kids (and Dragons) (Book)
- Weather Safety (Hoopla eBook)
- Heat Safety (YouTube)
- Stay Warm this Winter (YouTube)
- George the Sun Safe Superstar (YouTube)
- Five Ways to Prevent Sports Injury (Website)
- How to Be Safe When You’re in the Sun (Website)
- How to Be Safe in Ice and Snow (Website)
- Mother Nature Safety Colouring Pages (Website)