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How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE ClassesWhat Is Boardball?

Gopher Sport

Heres how Boardball can be adapted to suit elementary and middle school students: Catch and Throw : Allow beginners to catch and throw the ball instead of bumping it, promoting fundamental movement skills in a way that feels approachable. View official giveaway terms and conditions. One entry per person.

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Meet Heather: The PE Teacher Who Redefines Resilience and Empowerment

Gopher Sport

Born with right hemiplegia, a partial paralysis on her right side—a condition as rare as she is unique—Heather has faced physical challenges from day one. It’s something I’ve faced every day of my life, from being unable to walk until age two, to figuring out how to play sports in elementary school with only one good hand.

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High School Physical Education Curriculum

PLT4M

But through exposure in the 9th-grade course and students talking about the different options, you now see a broad range of students in everything from Adventure Ed to Strength and Conditioning.” PLT4M has elementary physical education curriculum. Click the image to read the full Saratoga Springs Case Study.

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Farm Fresh Learning: Students Taste, Shop, and Explore

PE for Parents

Students of this rural community are getting ready for farmers market season at their school. During a recent site visit to Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District, we had the opportunity to observe a creative and engaging student wellness activity—a mock farmers market organized for all students. Bold New Look. More Impact for Kids.

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Bill Analysis: An Act to promote student learning and mental health (S.2549)

Rennie Center

The bill requires that each school or district have a policy in place regarding personal electronic devices before the start of the 2026-27 school year, and these must be filed with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure. This underscores the futility of making high-stakes decisions about a childs athletic future in elementary school. The child may feel that they are letting down their parents and, by extension, failing as a person.

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Gobak Sodor: Traditional Game of Indonesia

Montessori Physical Education

Besides working on cardiovascular conditioning and quick reflexes, it is the strategy that the teams must employ as a collective, which resembles successful army formations moving in battle. Prior Knowledge: This lesson could be taught when your students are doing studies on the continent of Asia for lower elementary.