Lesson Planning for Elementary Physical Education

Lesson Planning for Elementary Physical Education is a practical guide for elementary school physical educators seeking to design lessons aligned with SHAPE America’s National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes. Endorsed by SHAPE America and written by master teachers, the book provides both the knowledge base and hands-on strategies for creating high-quality, sequential, and developmentally appropriate physical education curricula for grades K–5. Lessons engage students across the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains, promoting physical literacy and lifelong active lifestyles.

Key Features:

• Contains 65 lessons supporting physical literacy for K–5 students.
• Offers structured, sequential lessons that develop mature motor skills and integrate health-related fitness, movement concepts, locomotor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills.
• Includes guidance for planning units, lessons, and curricula aligned with SHAPE America’s National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes.
• Lessons are flexible: can be used as-is or adapted for local needs.
• Provides scripted cues and best-practice instruction strategies to support effective teaching.
• Includes progressive practice tasks and embedded assessment strategies to monitor student progress.
• Supported by a web resource with downloadable and mobile-accessible digital versions of all lesson plans.
• Ideal for both current elementary teachers and PE majors/minors learning to plan and deliver effective lessons.