Life Skills
- Thinking & Reasoning
- Communication
- Social & Civic Responsibility
Summary
Try various activities using the hula hoop.
Materials
Hula hoop for every two students.
Student Prior Knowledge
Self-space and following directions.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to follow directions given and experience a variety of locomotor and manipulative movements. They will learn to work as an individual and a team member.
Instructional Procedures
Ask the students: Can you:
- Circle the hula around your wrists?
- Circle around your elbows?
- Circle around your neck?
- Circle around your knees?
- Circle around your waist?
- Roll the hula for distance?
- Roll the hula for accuracy? (to a wall)
- Spin it in a circle in one spot?
- Back spin the hoop? (boomerang)
- Jump the hoop with both feet?
- Jump circling your ankle?
- Cooperative hoop pass? (Everyone holds hands and the hoop gets passed around the circle without letting go of hands.)
- Make an obstacle course w/ hulas
Strategies for Diverse Learners
Students may use the hoop as it sits on the floor or make a circle with a jump rope. The action will be taken above and around the hoop instead of the person moving through a moving hoop. This simply decreases the difficulty.
Created: 06/23/2003
Updated: 02/03/2018
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