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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason).

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Skillastics® Speed Stacking: The Physical Activity Your Program is Missing

Skillastics

An elementary school teacher by trade, he quickly became a sport stacking enthusiast, and began sharing the sport with others. His small home business was designed to promote sport stacking and become a resource for physical education teachers. As an educator, Bob was able to speak to PE teachers on a peer level.

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Quick Tips for Making Fitness Fun, Educational, and Meaningful in your Afterschool Program

Skillastics

What can your afterschool program do to help keep kids engaged and active, while instilling a life-long love of fitness that doesn’t get lost in the shuffle? Make it fun, educational, and meaningful. We’ve all heard of that one teacher who played music in their classroom that the kids remember decades later, right?

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Quick Tips for Making Fitness Fun, Educational, and Meaningful in your Afterschool Program

Skillastics

What can your afterschool program do to help keep kids engaged and active, while instilling a life-long love of fitness that doesn’t get lost in the shuffle? Make it fun, educational, and meaningful. We’ve all heard of that one teacher who played music in their classroom that the kids remember decades later, right?

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The Importance of Exercise

Physical Education Ideas

The Department of Health and Human Services say that children and adolescents age 6 and older need at least an hour a day of physical activity. Most of the hour should be either moderate or vigorous aerobic activity. Vigorous activity should be included at least three days a week. basketball. Let them wrestle.