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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Help ALL Kids Develop Fundamental and Foundational Motor Skills To expand “Motor Skills Monday” beyond National PE & Sport week, think of ways to include activities, games and creative opportunities to increase motor skill ability throughout the year. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

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Why Game-Play is Important

Physical Education Ideas

Here is a list of why playing games, I believe, is an important and powerful instruction tool. Games provide an environment for engaging practice. Countless hours of workbook pages or textbook exercises don’t exactly stimulate some of the young minds we encounter. Games help provide different structure.