Grade 1

Time: 40 minutes
Materials:
Nursery
rhymes on
posters
Cotton balls
Clothes pins
Buckets
Benches/jump
ropes
Bean bags
Tennis balls
Laptop

Reflection:
Students may
not know the
nursery
rhymes, might
have to give
them lyrics to
sing with.

Outcomes

Phys Ed: Nursery Rhyme Stations

P.E. Curriculum Outcomes:

D1: demonstrate space and
body awareness, while moving
through general space in a safe
and controlled manner.
D2: perform locomotor and
nonlocomotor skills
individually, with a partner, and
while manipulating objects.
K3: Explain why a wide base
improves stability.
V1: Show a willingness to listen
to directions and simple
explanations.
V8: Show interest and
enjoyment in physical
education.

Warm Up:
Introduce the Nursery rhymes. Go over patterns. What kind of patterns are they?
(ABAB, ABCABC)
Do a stomping and clapping patterns activity with them. (ABAB,
Stomp/clap/stomp/clap)
Lesson:
Nursery Rhyme Stations
Students rotate through these various stations, reciting the rhymes as they go.
Mary Had a Little Lamb: "Fleece" (cotton balls) are scattered over the gym floor
and students must run to pick up one cotton ball at a time using their clothespin to
pinch/grasp it with and take it to the pail to see how much they can collect.
Jack & Jill Station: Each student will skip a designated distance to the "well"
(bucket) and retrieve a bit of water (1 ball) and then skip back - seeing how much
water they can get before time to rotate stations.
Humpty Dumpty Station: Students must balance on the "wall" (balance beams) like
Humpty, but not fall as he did. As they walk the line, they carry a bean bag in their
hand or balance it on their head.

Music Outcomes:
1.1.1 Demonstrate an
awareness of rhythmic/melodic
concepts, patterns in music,
and timbre.

Differentiation:
- Sing nursery rhymes with students if they dont know it.
- Play song on YouTube for them
Assessment:
- Watch the progress of children in their skipping, balancing, and fine motor
skills.
- Identify the patterns in the nursery rhymes.
Next Steps:
- Put them in groups to create their own game with a nursery rhyme and
teach it to the class.

Lesson Plan Objectives:

The objective for this lesson is
to reinforce the rhythm and
repetition of Nursery Rhymes
learned in the regular
classroom while incorporating
movement activities in PE.

Look Fors Rubric:

Area

Reflection of themselves

Unique thoughts

Regular language but interesting thoughts

Basic knowledge

Respecting peers

Completely engaged

Interrupted but interested

Ignored peers ideas

Appropriate discussion

Asked appropriate questions

Off topic questions

Didnt discuss at all

Creativity

Unique idea with some outside

knowledge

Regular language but unique ideas

Little variation of the teacher

example