Physical Education · Works with Kickball

SEL activities for Kickball

11 Physical Education activities you can teach during a Kickball unit. Each one builds one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill in about 20 minutes, inside the movement you already teach.

PE Course 1

• Building a Safe Gym Together Relationship skills · Week 2After a boundary tag game, the class agrees on norms for a physically and emotionally safe gym and each student journals one norm they will personally protect.
• Activity Across Generations Social awareness · Week 33Students play a game that works for all ages and plan one way to be active with a family member or someone in their community.
• Thank You, Teammates Relationship skills · Week 36In a final cooperative challenge, students thank partners who supported them and write a gratitude note to a classmate or coach.

PE Course 2

• Our Team Agreements Relationship skills · Week 2After a cooperative challenge, the class writes team agreements that support players of all ability levels and each student journals one they will lead.
• Mistakes and Momentum Self-management · Week 15Teams practice a quick reset routine after errors during a game and analyze how emotions affect individual and team performance.
• What Makes a Good Captain Responsible decision-making · Week 19Students rotate as captains in a team game and then name the leadership skills that helped or hurt the group.
• Choosing Teams Fairly Social awareness · Week 21Students compare ways of forming teams, test fair methods in a game, and journal about how team selection affects belonging.
• Games for All Abilities Social awareness · Week 22Groups modify a team game so that players with different abilities, including wheelchair users, can fully participate, then play the new version.
• Who Plays and Why Social awareness · Week 23After trying an unfamiliar game from another culture, students discuss how age, culture, and access shape who gets to play.
• Coaching a Younger Player Responsible decision-making · Week 24Pairs plan a simple, modified activity they could teach to a younger child and practice explaining it with patience.
• Gratitude for Our Team Relationship skills · Week 36After a favorite closing game played purely for enjoyment, students write a gratitude note to an assigned classmate.

Some activities are set in this sport. Others work in it with no changes, like a calm breathing reset or a self officiating routine.

RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.