Cooperative Games: P.E. and the Classroom Curriculum

Name: Cooperative Games: P.E. and the Classroom Curriculum
Brand: Health Education Today
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This resource is going to save you tons of time researching teamwork and cooperative games! What is eliminated for students is fear of failure and the incentive to beat others.

This digital download product, is editable in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for print and online on Google Drive.

For more than a decade, our expert-designed, research-based curriculum has been a trusted resource in Health and PE education. Continuously refined and proven in classrooms, it remains the benchmark resource for schools seeking to enhance their programs and support student well-being.

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>> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of both worlds.

>> Aligned to MS/HS America’s National Physical Education Standards.

>> Aligned to MS/HS Technical Subjects Common Core Standards.

>> Aligned to MS/HS Washington State’s rigorous Physical Education standards.

Cooperative games emphasize the joy and productivity that come from working together to achieve a group goal.

I used my 20+ years of Health and P.E. teaching experience to choose the 25 activities I felt were THE BEST 25 COOPERATIVE GAMES! These can be done in the classroom, or in the gym for P.E.

The "Cooperative Games" spreadsheet includes 25 website links and a quick description, so you can easily find the perfect cooperative game for any teaching situation. The links take you to amazing teacher websites with thorough game directions AND PHOTOS to help you visualize the activity!

This resource is perfect for promoting social and emotional learning (SEL).

These games are designed for:

ANY TEACHER OF 5th - 12th graders
Classroom or Gym
Powerful team building and class cohesiveness!
Beginning of the year activity
Helping students get to know each other
Engaging awareness and empathy for others
Daily openers
Daily closers
Time-fillers with an impactful purpose!

Here are the games included:

1. Mission Impossible

2. Beach Towel Flip with a Healthy Message!

3. Team Building Activity: Balloon Tower

4. Perimeter Pass

5 . Pass the Hula Hoop

6. The Gratitude Game Pick Up Sticks

7. Create a Creature Game

8. 12 Fun Physical Education Games

9. Teamwork Cup Stack

10. Teamwork Cup Stack #2

11. Team Building Activity: Concentric Circles

12. Team Building Activity: Straw Challenge

13. Back Ball Shuffle

14. Team Building Activity: The Star

15. Team Building Activity: Life Line

16. Communication Activity

17. This is My Nose

18. The String Lifter

19. Plank, Paper, Scissors, Shoot!

20. Games: Decorate a Tree Relay

21. REFRIGERATOR TAG

22. Knots

23. Dragon's Tail

24. Match Mates

25. Non-Stop Jaws (a non-stop tag game)

"When we cooperative, everyone wins!"

★ THIS LESSON AND ALL ITS MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR "FULL YEAR P.E. CURRICULUM."

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