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Fueling the Fire: 5 Ways to Start the School Year Strong in Elementary Physical Education

SHAPE America

If you’re an educator, hopefully you’ve taken time to refuel yourself for the 2025–2026 school year! Teaching physical education is uniquely rewarding — and uniquely exhausting. As I enter my 12th year of teaching elementary physical education, I’d like to share the tips I’ve used to start the year strong.

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Stop Hiding Behind the Whistle: Why PE Needs to Get in the Classroom Game

Montessori Physical Education

Too often, it is stuck in isolation like a dusty gym mat in the corner. Is our hesitation to collaborate setting up a veneer that gym class is its own thing, with zero connection to the rest of the school? Language arts teachers are writing persuasive essays on environmental science. However, are we doing this to ourselves?

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. This is because physical education teachers are educators.

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PE Curriculum for K–12: Student-Centered, Standards-Based

PLT4M

But physical education isn’t one-size-fits-all. From kindergarten to high school, students grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. Quality physical education programs adapt and change with their students. PLT4M’s physical education curriculum is built with and by PE teachers—for PE teachers.

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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. Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues.

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Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Hello Arizona Health and Physical Education members! I’m sure most of you have heard of UDL by now and even if you haven’t, the information below might provide some insight on how we as physical educators can create a same, welcoming and successful learning environment for ALL our students. Can everyone sit together?

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Imagine a New Physical Education

Heartzones

Imagine a new direction in physical education… Imagine having individual exercise data that was immediately sent to student records, the student, and the parents, each day from physical education classes. The key is the feasibility and speed of merging data for physical education records.