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Ways I Can Move

Kindergartners explore the many ways their body can move — running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and dancing — building the movement skills that keep them active and strong.

KindergartenMovement25 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Move my body.
  • ✓Try running & jumping.
  • ✓Try hopping & skipping.
  • ✓Have fun moving.
Essential Question

Your body can do so many fun moves — run, jump, hop, and dance! Moving your body keeps you strong. What are all the ways you can move?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Ways to Move Explorer

Project this and tap each move. Have children explore the ways their body can move.

🏃 Explore ways to move — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — So Many Moves

3 min

Your body can run, jump, and dance — what moves can you do?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Do a fun move.
  • Ask what else.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Move.
  • Think.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Ways to Move

7 min

Children learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to the Ways to Move Explorer.
  • Try each move.
  • Do them safely.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Try them.
  • Move.
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Practice — Practice

7 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Run in place.
  • Jump up high.
  • Hop on one foot.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Run.
  • Jump.
  • Hop.
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Apply — Move

5 min

Children apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Follow a movement leader.
  • Try a new move.
  • Dance to music.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Follow.
  • Try it.
  • Dance.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

3 min

Children close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a way to move.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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PE.1

Demonstrate locomotor movements.

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PE.2

Understand how the body moves.

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PE.3

Value being active.

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HE.7

Practice active behaviors.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Move picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “I can ___.”
  • Move together.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with run and jump.
  • Copy the leader.
  • Move slowly.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a move pattern.
  • March to a beat.
  • Move like an animal.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎵Music
  • 💻The Ways to Move Explorer
  • 👟Space to move
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

moveto change how your body isrunto move fastjumpto push up with two feethopto jump on one footskipa step-hop-stepdanceto move to musicbodyall of youactivemoving your body
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a way you can move.
Run, jump, hop, skip, or dance.
QUESTION 2
How do you hop?
On one foot, like a bunny!
QUESTION 3
Why is moving your body good?
It keeps you strong and healthy.

Cool-Down: move your body.

Have children show a family member three ways they can move, like jumping and hopping. A printable moving sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Ways I Can MovePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: active, body, dance, hop, jump, move, run, skip
  1. to push up with two feet
  2. a step-hop-step
  3. to jump on one foot
  4. to move fast
  5. all of you
  6. to move to music
  7. to change how your body is
  8. moving your body

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a way you can move.
  2. How do you hop?
  3. Why is moving your body good?
Answer key — Part A: 1) jump · 2) skip · 3) hop · 4) run · 5) body · 6) dance · 7) move · 8) active
Part B: 1) Run, jump, hop, skip, or dance. 2) On one foot, like a bunny! 3) It keeps you strong and healthy.