Module 09
Program Design & Session Planning
This is the week the toolkit becomes a calendar. You dose movement with FITT, you structure the hour, you progress and regress on the fly, and you sketch a 12-week arc so Week 1 is not identical to Week 12.
You will be able to
- Apply FITT to one age band.
- Write a 45-minute session with all four blocks.
- Create two progressions and two regressions for one task.
- Map a 12-week macrocycle of skill themes.
FITT for kids
Frequency, intensity, time, type. Toddlers: all day in bursts. Preschool: 60 minutes structured-ish plus free play. School-age: 60+ minutes moderate-to-vigorous, with strength as play a few times a week. Intensity should still allow talking for most of the session.
Four blocks
Warm-up: belonging and heat. Skill theme: the teaching. Play application: the transfer. Cool-down: nervous system down, one question, one ritual goodbye. If you run out of time, do not skip cool-down — skip one extra game.
Progression and regression
Harder: distance, speed, complexity, a cognitive add-on, a partner. Easier: shorter, slower, bigger equipment, a wall, a simpler rule. The goal stays; the ladder moves.
Use the Session planner to generate a first draft, then edit it until it sounds like you.
A 12-week sketch
Assess. Pick two or three priority themes. Sequence simple to complex. Plan a mid-point check and a celebration. Sample for 5-year-olds: W1 balance, W2 jump and land, W3 underhand throw, W4 dynamic balance, W5 hop and gallop, W6 catch, W7 roll and twist, W8 skip, W9 kick, W10 combine, W11 games, W12 show what you know.
Reading notes
First notes of 24+ characters: +10 each.
Developmental Physical Education for All Children
Program design chapters
- Developmentally appropriate dose and sequence.
- Clear session structure.
- Individualized progression.
“A good program meets children where they are and takes them where they need to go.”
Lab & assignment
45-minute mixed-age plan (5–7)
- Write objective, equipment, four blocks, two adaptations, one assessment check.
- Save it in the Session planner.
Assignment: Full session plan
Submit (to your portfolio) a complete plan: objective, equipment, warm-up, skill, play, cool-down, adaptations, assessment.
Draft 40+ characters to bank +25.
Your notes
How will you know it is time to progress?
What warm-up ritual will you keep for 12 weeks?
Where does assessment hide inside the game?
Tomorrow
What is one progression and one regression you will have in your pocket before class starts?
One honest sentence · +15
Play this week
Small games and puzzles that only use what this module taught. First complete +50; perfect +25.
Floor call
A random objection this week actually raises. Multiple choice. First correct answer banks +20. Shuffle for a new voice.
Week 9 objection
Drawing a live one…
Knowledge check
0/4 correct · 0 answered · +25 each