1 – Active Participation
Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
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;
- Zumba Kids: I Like To Move It (YouTube)
- Build Your Best Day Game (Website)
- Cooperative Games for Younger Students (Website)
- Six Fun Games to Teach Active Listening (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;
- From Head to Toe (Book)
- Active Kids (Book)
- Go Kids Go! First-Ever Workout Inspired by Animals & Machines (DVD)
- Cool Exercise (Hoopla eBook)
- Star Wars | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure! (YouTube)
- Would You Rather: PE At Home (YouTube)
- What If I Don’t Like Sports? (Website)
- Five Indigenous Games to Play with Your Children (Website)
Identify reasons for participating in physical activity every day.
- Exercise and Rest (Book)
- My Body Needs Exercise (Book)
- The Busy Body Book: A Kid’s Guide to Fitness (Book)
- Get Moving (Book)
- Roberta’s Fitness for Kids (DVD)
- 24-Hour Movement Guidelines (Website)
- Why Exercise Is Wise (Website)
- Top 6 Ways to Make Exercise Fun for Kids (Website)
2 – Physical Fitness
Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
Daily Physical Activity (DPA): participate in sustained moderate to vigorous physical activity, with appropriate warmup and cool-down activities, to the best of their ability for a minimum of twenty minutes each day;
- Break Dance Music (Hoopla music)
- Family Fun Cardio Workout! (YouTube)
- Would You Rather Fitness Challenge (YouTube)
- Kids Circuit Workout (YouTube)
- Zumba Kids: Old Town Road (YouTube)
- HealthWorks! Youth Fitness 101 – Warm Up (YouTube)
- Winter Daily Physical Activities Ideas (Website)
- Ten Easy and Simple Exercises for Kids (Website)
- Memory Lane Fitness (Website)
Describe different types of activities that improve the strength of the heart and lungs;
- Steppin’ and Stoppin’ for Fun and Fitness (DVD)
- Kids Workout (YouTube)
- Jungle-Run Relays (YouTube)
- Indoor Bike Hack (Website)
- Jump Rope Games and Activities for Kids (Website)
Recognize their degree of exertion in physical activities by using simple assessment methods, and identify factors that affect their performance level;
- Exercise! (Hoopla eBook)
- How to Feel Your Heart Beat (YouTube)
Participate in setting and achieving realistic personal and group goals related to physical activity.
- Kids Circuit: Drill Workout (YouTube)
- The Batman Kids Workout (YouTube)
- PE Games (Website)
- Kids Health: Fitness Game Handout (Website)
3 – Safety
Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate behaviours and apply procedures that maximize their safety and that of others during physical activity;
- Playing Safely (Book)
- Safety in the Water (Book)
- Safe On The Playground (Hoopla eBook)
- Safe On Your Bike (Hoopla eBook)
- Kidz Skillz Presents: Let’s Tie Our Shoes (YouTube)
- Five Ways to Avoid Sports Injuries (Website)
- Swimming (Website)
- Winter Sports: Sledding, Skiing, Snowboarding, Skating (Website)
Identify ways of protecting themselves and others, including those with medical conditions, from safety risks while participating in physical activities.
- Safety First (Book)
- All About Allergies (Hoopla eBook)
- What Happens When Someone Has Asthma? (Hoopla eBook)
- How To Deal With Diabetes (Hoopla eBook)
- Kids Living With Food Allergies (YouTube)
- What Is Diabetes (YouTube)
- Kids Health: Asthma Triggers Handout (Website)