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7 Fun and Creative Jump Rope Games

Gopher PE

The rhythmic motion of jumping rope helps improve coordination, balance, and cardiovascular fitness. To add excitement to your elementary PE lessons, here are 10 fun and creative jump rope games that your students will love! It’s a fun way to improve coordination and listening skills.

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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. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

SHAPE America

In 2018, while working at SCAPA at Bluegrass, a School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Lexington, KY, she was named SHAPE America Southern District Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. co-coordinator and helps organize the statewide Kindness Across the Commonwealth week. She is the KYSHAPE health.

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Egg-citing Easter Games for a Hoppin' Good PE Class!

Physical Education Ideas

From hopping like bunnies to rolling eggs, these activities improve cardiovascular health, coordination, and agility. Enhances Motor Skills: From balancing eggs on spoons to hopping in bunny poses, Easter games help develop gross motor skills, balance, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Show off your creativity side: Revise rules from old games and change them to new and different rules to fit the new game. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA. Spoiler alert! Everyone will walk away feeling better than when they started.

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Games with Bowling Pins for Camps, PE, and Afterschool

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Sometimes a few bowling pins can add some out of the ordinary creative activities that will keep your campers and students engaged the entire time.

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End of the Year Chaos Got Ya Juggling? Reach for Some Scarves!

Gopher PE

This piece of equipment is highly inclusive, improves hand-eye coordination, can be stimulating or calming for students, and instills a growth mindset through student autonomy. Creativity begins to flow as the skillset (and the brain) grows!!! Balancing: Work on balance and coordination by balancing a scarf of different body parts.