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Lesson Plan #: AELP-GAM0003
Date: 1994


Grade Level(s): Kindergarten, 1,2,3,4,5

Subject(s):

  • Physical Education/Games (educational)

Objective: Students will be introduced to games that date back to pioneer children and will improve certain skills.

Materials:

Small stones, wooden bowls, plum pits, twigs (12 for each child), markers. Various game equipment.

Activity:

Game #1

  • Student stands behind a line.
  • Each student hops, landing on one foot, balances, then takes a big step forward with the other foot.
  • Then the student brings up the back foot and jumps with both feet together.
  • Mark landing spot with a marker for identification.
  • *These games were taken from a pioneer workshop by Judy Cole and Mary Minturn.

    Game #2

  • Students need 6 plum pits, small wooden bowl. Make a line on one side of each pit with marker. Place pits in bowl.
  • Students take turns, lightly tossing the pits, catching them again in bowl.
  • Count the number of pits with the line up. This is your score.
  • Each student keeps track of his score with twigs.
  • Variations and Extensions:

  • Through discussion, compare some of the time-tested games that have never grown old: Tag, jump rope and rhymes, ball games, marbles, Cat’s Cradle, blowing bubbles. SOURCES AND RESOURCES:
    Books:

    Brock, Ray; Go Fly A Kite, Freeport, Maine: Bookstore Press 1976.

    Strobell, Adah Parker; Like It Was: Bicentennial Games ‘n Fun Handbook, Washington, DC: Acropolis Books 1975.

  • In small groups, students will select items from a pile of materials (i.e. stones, sticks, spools, etc.) and invent a game. They will set up rules, play it with the other groups, and evaluate the results.

  • This lesson plan was downloaded from Big Sky Telegraph.
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