North Carolina's

Healthful Living Education Curriculum

Physical Education K-12 Skill Overview

Developmental Gymnastic Skills Component

Kindergarten

• Self-space and general space

• Non-locomotor, locomotor, and combination skills

• Simple routines

First Grade

• Static and dynamic balance skills

• Forward and backward rolling patterns

• "Safety" rolls

• Create routines

Second Grade

• Moving on a low balance beam

• Static balance skills

• Inverted movements

• Create routines

Third Grade

• Inverted movements

• Forward and backward rolling sequences

• Create routines

Fourth Grade

• Develop inverted balances

• Demonstrate a momentary inverted balance using the hands for support

• Create simple routines

North Carolina's

Healthful Living Education Curriculum

Physical Education K-12 Skill Overview

Developmental Gymnastic Skills - Continued

Fifth Grade

• Create balance and rolling combinations

• Create gymnastic routines using balance, jumping, landing, weight transfer, and rolling movements

Sixth Grade

• Perform rolling combinations

• Create routines that focus on rolling combinations

Seventh Grade

• Demonstrate vaulting skills

• Create a routine using gymnastic skills

Eighth Grade

• Perform balance movements with rolling/weight transfer

• Create routines on a variety of available apparatus

High School

• Demonstrate developmentally appropriate gymnastic skills and competence.

• Create, perform, and evaluate gymnastic routines