Fundamental Skills Using Parachute Activity

Names: Brenda Cuevas and Jackeline Vasquez

Lesson Objectives:
To be able to identify different loco-motor skills
To be able to complete the four corner activities
To get along with peers using a parachute
To work in a low organized setting.

Equipment:
Cones
Fitness music
Parachute
Hula hoops
Jump ropes

Introductory Activity (5 minutes)

Lesson Objectives &
Equipment

Task/ Activity

Formation

Teaching Hin

Objective:
To have their heart rate
go up.
To be able to use locomotor skills
Equipment:
Parachute, whistle,
stopwatch, cones,
hula hoop

Management:
When I say go, you go. When I say eyes
on me, you stop and look at me
Exercises in place:
Children will be able to do a certain
exercises when told.

-Use loco-mo
movements su
as, walking,
jumping, hopp

Fitness Activity (5-7 minutes)

Lesson Objectives &
Equipment

Task/Activity

Formation

Teaching Hi

Objectives:
To have their heart rate
go up.
To demonstrate listening
skills.
To be able to listen to
cues.
To be able to cooperate
with their group or
partner.
Equipment:
10 hula hoops
8 cones
10 Jump ropes

Management:
When I say go, and hear the music, you
will do the exercise assigned.
Challenge course:
Course 1: Hop in and out of 5 hoops,
puppy dog around a cone for 5 seconds,
and skip to the finish line.
Course 2: Weave in and out of four
cones, crab walk around one cone for 5
seconds and gallop for to the finish line.
Course 3: Roll on a mat, do agility run
through 4 hoops, and slide to the finish
line.
Course 4:Jump over each of the 5
cones, jump back and forth over a
stretched out jump rope, run backwards
around three cones, and hop to a cone.

When I say
you will go to

When I say
eyes on me, y
stop and look
me
Great job
working
together

Please be
careful not to
hurt anyone o
yourself

Activity

Formation

Teaching Hints

Lesson Objectives:
To work on locomotor movements

1. Shake it of
have students shake their bodies
(volunteer needed)

horseshoe formation

Make sure students shake all par

body and let them know that this
relax their mind and body from all
physical activity they just did.

To work on listening skills

to work on learning safety

2. Ocean waves
3-4 students are selected to walk on
knees on chute while others make
waves

Circular formation

Lesson
Objective/equipment

to loosen and relax the body

procedures

Make sure students are on o

knee using both hands-on th
floor.

on my signal, raise hands upwar

then downwards.
Equipment:
parachute

3. Dome
Everyone should be standing up,
Chute should be on the floor, then
pulled overhead.

Use positive feedback to

encourage students to work
together.

Explain value of teamwork and ho

the parachute activity wont funct
without the effort of everyone.
Lesson Focus- Fundamental Skills Using Parachute Activity and Relay Race

Lesson

Activities

Formation

Teaching Hints

Objectives/ Equipment

parachute
Imagination required

2. Shark attack
Teacher chooses two students to be
sharks. Sharks go under chute while
other students sit with feet under
chute, and make chute go up and
down. Sharks carefully pull in
students by both feet, and students
become sharks, till one student is left
and is the winner.

Make sure students use kind

words and follow safety rule

Add another sharks if neede

have adults participate by holding

chute

soccer ball/cones/soccer nets

Imagination required

4. World Cup Relay Race

Divide into 4 columns behind cone.
1. Guatemala
2. Brazil
3. Honduras
4. Mexico
Weave through cones, first team
back wins the world cup.

Have students go at their ow

pace and always have posit
feedback.

Explain the muscles they ne

to use in order to perform th
task.

Lesson

Activities

Formation

Teaching Hints

Objectives/ Equipment

Explain safety rules and wh

class participation.

Safety is crucial