PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These include: STATE GOAL 19: Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. STATE GOAL 20: Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness based upon continual self-assessment. Want to see how PLT4M aligns to all 6 ISBE PE standards?

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PLT4M

JUNE 17, 2023

Movement breaks, or brain breaks, are opportunities for students during the school day to get up out of their seats and move. In this article, we explore the benefits of movement activities and provide 15 different free movement breaks for the classroom. First, movement breaks promote increased focus and attention span.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There are endless hours of simple, fun fitness workout s that can be achieved without any equipment. Different topics and units for fitness-focused pe activities without equipment, include: Foundational Fitness (Bodyweight exercises) Yoga Dance Pilates Boxing Stretching Mobility. Dance fitness is for everyone!

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PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

PE teacher Adam Hughes reviews with a student how to scale a movement with a PVC pipe. With almost any movement, exercise variation can allow more students to find a great modification that promotes proper form and better body awareness. Get Access Here.

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Exercise Cardio Movement Fitness 96

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. Students can bend knees or bring legs further apart to modify the difficulty of the movement. Slow things down so that you can perform these movements with great form and technique!

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Aspire-Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Learning how to set up and run safe and inclusive physical activities during lunchtime and playtime, delegates gained the skills and ideas to create a playground that achieves its potential. Primary Dance in PE (PRACTICAL). Steph’s workshop gave delegates the confidence to deliver dance at their school.

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Primary School Schooling Dance Physical Activity 78

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A wide range of SEL activities for high school students can help achieve this. 2) Self Management Self-management: The abilities to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations. Social Emotional Learning wheel. What Are SEL Activities For High School?

High School 105

High School Schooling Exercise Achievement 105

PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

Standard 2: Applies knowledge related to movement and fitness concepts. For example, many schools create a semester plan for physical activity that looks like the following: Intro To Fitness Unit – An introduction to foundational human movements like the bodyweight squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull.

Fitness 105

Fitness Fitness PE Physical Education 105

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

APA programs may include a variety of physical activities such as swimming, cycling, dance, yoga, and other sports that are adapted to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities. One of the simplest ways of adapting an activity is to modify or substitute the movement involved.

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Physical Education Education Education Physical Activity 98

PLT4M

JULY 18, 2022

But more likely than not, if your gut says it is not a right fit, it probably isn’t. Because this is physical education though, hopefully the icebreaker includes some movement. In addition, movement-based icebreakers will begin to lay the foundation and expectation for what is to come in class.

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Physical Education Education Education Motivation 81

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The author, and Lithuanian international gymnast, Neringa Masionyete, in action Gymnastics has its roots in Ancient Greece and Egypt, where some recorded evidence on pottery of women dancing with balls was found. With its influences in ballet, theatre and modern dance, rhythmic gymnastics took its current form in the 20th century.

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Coordination Assessment Dance Creativity 72

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Three basic strategies have been used in physical education for the promotion of meaningful movement participation, which I will align with the focus area of sport: Prudential – the argument that movement is a useful tool towards achieving wellness. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Teaching for understanding argument.

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PLT4M

JUNE 13, 2023

Functional fitness is any exercise or workout that improves your body’s natural movement patterns. This type of exercise emphasizes functional movements that can be used in everyday life. But functional training can also incorporate different strength training movements with free weights and other equipment.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 30, 2021

Developments in curriculum frameworks around the world have formalised a rationale for critical thinking, problem solving and creativity in PE as elements in both curriculum design and in the wording of student achievement standards.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But the California State Standards for PE can still be achieved by teaching basic water safety and dry-land swim skills. Not only does a weight training and fitness focused course help to teach essential skills and movement concepts, it is becoming one of the most popular courses for California students.

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al.,

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Aspire-Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

And so, enabling a movement philosophy in an Early Years classroom can aid learning and promote well-being. But how do you create this movement philosophy? This course looks at blending both academia and movement to create a kinaesthetic classroom. That’s where this course comes in. What is the course about?

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PLT4M

JUNE 22, 2022

Everyone should build a fitness and wellness toolbox to achieve sustainable healthy living. With this new partnership, PLT4M and Stride will continue to shape an education that fits the future. We need to dedicate time to movement and activity. So why sign up for a fitness and movement program? Video Transcript. Enroll Today!

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Fitness Fitness Movement Achievement 52

PLT4M

APRIL 26, 2023

Mission: To advance professional practice and promote research related to health and physical education, physical activity, dance, and sport. The 5 Shape Standards are : Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

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Physical Education Education Education Dance 52

PLT4M

APRIL 2, 2024

Lifetime fitness activities include: Walking/Jogging/Running Strength Training Yoga Pilates Dance Swimming Lifetime Sports (Tennis, Pickleball, Tennis, Golf, etc.) Foundational human movement skills like squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull will transition to almost every single other lifetime fitness activity.

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PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2023

Therefore, virtual PE must have a complete course offering of lesson plans that can be achieved and completed at home with limited or no equipment. 2) Is the virtual PE class going to be synchronous, asynchronous, or a combination of both? We will also introduce 2-3 movement/pose variations embedded directly within the longer flows.

PE 52

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Teen Health 101

MAY 17, 2022

Exercise is known to affect your physical health substantially, but movement also has many benefits on your mental health and well-being. Mindful movement is also a helpful distraction from anxiety and helps one become more present. By: Jaclyn Kotora, Contributing Writer. Edited by: Olivia Storti, Editor; Elias Azizi, Editor in Chief.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Before introducing any type of free weights, students should have a strong understanding of foundational human movements. Before we can incorporate equipment or resistance training, an introduction to bodyweight movements like the squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull must be our first step in establishing physical literacy.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, fitness education typically starts with foundational human movement patterns (squat, lunge, hinge, press, pull) and builds lifelong physical fitness skills in various fitness activity options like yoga, dance, pilates, weight lifting, and more.

Physical Education 52

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PLT4M

AUGUST 20, 2024

It is okay if you have to move your feet to position yourself in front of the ball, but the goal is to not add too much foot movement in yet! It is okay if you have to move your feet to position yourself in front of the ball, but the goal is to not add too much foot movement in yet!

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Skillastics

AUGUST 22, 2022

Giving kids permission to be kids gives them freedom to have fun, and adding that competitive touch helps make sure kids aren’t just goofing off as they stay on track to achieve fitness goals! Add music Whether it’s at the end of the day for good behavior, or all afternoon long, what kid doesn’t love dancing along to cool tunes?

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PLT4M

JUNE 5, 2023

As an added layer of differentiated learning strategies, we also provide extra support for how to scale and modify the movement to address the different levels that students can try the skill of a push-up. The Push Up: Movement Scaling Real, full range of motion push ups are HARD. So let’s take a closer look!

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Physical Education Education Education Fitness 52

The Sporting

JUNE 28, 2023

Swing bowlers are well known to rattle batsmen by their ability to move the ball in the air, followed by late movement off the pitch as well. Some frustrated batsmen with a calamitous pace while others had the batsmen dance to their tune with an exquisite swing.

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Dance Wellness Strength Conditioning 72

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Greatest Ever Rhythmic Gymnasts Rhythmic gymnastics – a sport combining ballet, dance and theatre into one spectacular performance. The goal of rhythmic gymnastics is to amaze the judges with precisely planned routines, employing hand-held apparatus and a variety of jaw-dropping movements that cover the whole surface of the carpet.

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Body Composition Flexibility Sports Sports 59

PLT4M

AUGUST 31, 2023

As a subject centered around physical activity and movement, some people object to any screens in the classroom. While you don’t get the fancy touchscreen, you can still achieve all of the same benefits highlighted throughout this article. First, we know that technology in physical education has always been a divisive topic.

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PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

In doing so, students are introduced to new units like functional fitness, yoga, weightlifting, dance, mindfulness, and other lifelong activities. We will pick two simple movements, work for 20 seconds, rest for 10 and do 8 total rounds. Then you will be assigned a movement. That is 4 minutes! It is the animal edition today.

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Skillastics

AUGUST 22, 2022

Giving kids permission to be kids gives them freedom to have fun, and adding that competitive touch helps make sure kids aren’t just goofing off as they stay on track to achieve fitness goals! Whether it’s at the end of the day for good behavior, or all afternoon long, what kid doesn’t love dancing along to cool tunes?

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PLT4M

JULY 19, 2023

For example, fitness education typically starts with foundational human movement patterns (squat, lunge, hinge, press, pull) and builds lifelong physical fitness skills in various fitness activity options like yoga, dance, pilates, weight lifting, and more. Check out a sample lesson below from PLT4M Bodyweight Bootcamp.

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PLT4M

JULY 18, 2023

Also popular were alternative Lifetime Fitness courses like HITT Bootcamps, Dance and Boxing, along with Recreational Activities like Spikeball, Pickleball, and Kan-Jam. Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. It’s simple.

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Physical Education Education Education Motor Skills 98

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Muscular Endurance: Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to perform repeated movements or hold a position for an extended period without fatigue. Achieving a well-rounded program that addresses the 5 components of fitness is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Students running on a track.

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PLT4M

MAY 17, 2023

The panel believed that a greater amount of physical activity would be necessary to achieve similar beneficial effects on health and behavioral outcomes in ordinary daily circumstances (typically intermittent and unsupervised activity). Many people use the five components of physical fitness to help drive the goals of physical education.

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Montessori Physical Education

MAY 4, 2025

The Māori are renowned for their warrior culture, exemplified by the powerful haka—a ceremonial dance performed to convey challenge, unity, or celebration. Too much protection limits growth, and in the story, the parents had to be literally separated to achieve room to flourish. Click the image to go directly to the full lesson plan!

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