Welcome to Allen Physical Education
The elementary physical education program is a developmentally appropriate and sequential one. This means that we use best practice to plan our curriculum and build upon the previous year's achievements. While the goal is for every child to meet grade level objectives, the focus is on consistent improvement from whatever level a child may begin.
Pre-schoolers, Kindergartners, first, and second graders spend a good deal of time learning about personal and general space and how to move safely and effectively in the gym. This allows us to build a good foundation for simple low organization games all the way up to more complex activities. We explore many pieces of equipment, including balls of different sizes and weights, balloons, paddles, bean bags, jump ropes, and gymnastics apparatuses. We work on locomotor patterns - running skipping, hopping, galloping, jumping, sideways sliding, leaping - and how they can be used to move from one place to another. Children also are introduced to basic health-related fitness concepts such as what their pulse is, how to find it, and how it relates to exercise. They learn proper stretching techniques and why flexibility is important. Additionally, we play lead-up and modified games that serve as an introduction to team sports such as soccer, basketball, and baseball.
Third, fourth, and fifth graders are involved in more sophisticated activities that require increased cooperation, the use of teams, smaller boundaries, and more rules. We also look for more smoothly integrated, mature movement patterns. Fitness concepts are expanded upon and children learn more about cardio-respiratory endurance and its connection to one's overall health.
It is exciting to see the progress that students make throughout the year and from year to year. It is so fun to watch students enthusiastically show me that they have mastered a skill they once thought they never could!
Pre-schoolers, Kindergartners, first, and second graders spend a good deal of time learning about personal and general space and how to move safely and effectively in the gym. This allows us to build a good foundation for simple low organization games all the way up to more complex activities. We explore many pieces of equipment, including balls of different sizes and weights, balloons, paddles, bean bags, jump ropes, and gymnastics apparatuses. We work on locomotor patterns - running skipping, hopping, galloping, jumping, sideways sliding, leaping - and how they can be used to move from one place to another. Children also are introduced to basic health-related fitness concepts such as what their pulse is, how to find it, and how it relates to exercise. They learn proper stretching techniques and why flexibility is important. Additionally, we play lead-up and modified games that serve as an introduction to team sports such as soccer, basketball, and baseball.
Third, fourth, and fifth graders are involved in more sophisticated activities that require increased cooperation, the use of teams, smaller boundaries, and more rules. We also look for more smoothly integrated, mature movement patterns. Fitness concepts are expanded upon and children learn more about cardio-respiratory endurance and its connection to one's overall health.
It is exciting to see the progress that students make throughout the year and from year to year. It is so fun to watch students enthusiastically show me that they have mastered a skill they once thought they never could!
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