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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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Challenge Your Students with Parkour

Gopher PE

Looking for a challenging content domain to motivate children to learn a broad range of motor skills? The goal of parkour is to overcome various obstacles in an efficient and creative way by jumping, swinging, climbing, and running. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 89 (4), 429-439. Consider parkour! 2 Cheng, S.,

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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Exercise was proven to: Increase the number of neurotransmitters in the brain. These soft skills help them see classmates and situations through a different lens.

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Why Game-Play is Important

Physical Education Ideas

Countless hours of workbook pages or textbook exercises don’t exactly stimulate some of the young minds we encounter. Through games, students learn different, important skills. There are countless and immeasurable skills that students can develop through game playing. I love watching students try and attempt a skill and fail.