1 – Movement Skills and Concepts
Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
Perform a variety of static balances with and without equipment, using different body parts at different levels and making different body shapes
- Gaiam: Yoga For Kids: Dino-Mite Adventure (Hoopla Video)
- Cosmic Kids Yoga for Older Kids (YouTube)
- Sit Ups for Kids (YouTube)
- Tripod Balance (YouTube)
- 5 Kids Yoga Poses for Brilliant Balance (YouTube)
Demonstrate the ability to jump, hop, and land safely and in control, taking off from one foot or from two feet
- Jump to the Challenge: 6 Activities That Will Leave You Leaping (Website)
- Jumping, Hopping & Skipping (Website)
- How To Play Hopscotch (YouTube)
- Pac Man Hop Jump Leap Game (YouTube)
Perform a variety of locomotor movements with and without equipment, travelling in different directions and at different speeds, and using different pathways
- Low Prep Obstacle Courses for Kids (Website)
- DIY Twister Game (Website)
- Tic Tac Toe Exercise Activity (YouTube)
- Movement Games (Website)
- Kids Fitness Obstacle Course (YouTube)
- Relay Race: Zig Zag Run (YouTube)
Send objects of different shapes and sizes at different levels and in different ways, using different body parts
- Catch! 10 Ways to Play (Website)
- 6 Individual Throwing & Catching Challenges (YouTube)
- Throwing and Catching (YouTube)
- Classic Ball Games for Kids (Website)
Receive objects of different shapes and sizes at different level and in various ways, using different body parts
- Throwing and Catching (YouTube)
- PE Catching and Throwing Games (YouTube)
- How to Trap the Ball (YouTube)
2 – Movement Strategies
Grade 2 Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate an understanding that different physical activities have different components, and apply this understanding as they participate in and explore a variety of individual and small-group activities
- Sportsmanship (Book & eBook)
- Caring In Sports (Hoopla eBook)
- Fairness in Sports (Hoopla eBook)
- 7 Basic Locomotion Motions (YouTube)
- How To Play 4 Square (YouTube)
- Play Space Boundaries (YouTube)
- How to Compete in Sports (Website)
Apply a variety of simple tactics to increase their chances of success while participating in and exploring physical activities
- 10 Different Ways to Play Tag (Website)
- Throwing: How to teach kids to throw correctly (Website)
- Homemade Equipment Ideas (Website)
- Adapting Activities & Materials for Young Children with Disabilities (Website)