SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

Motor Skills 358

Motor Skills Sports Sports Sport 358

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently. We are so excited to have partnered with physical education leaders, bringing joy and fun back to movement for two decades!

Movement 52

Movement Teaching Teaching Motor Skills 52

Gopher PE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., This cross-modal integration enhances the brain’s ability to process the coordinate information from different sensory channels.

Physical Education 115

Physical Education Motor Skills Education Education 115

Gopher PE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. Types of Movement Families: 1. Types of Movement Families: 1. Consider parkour!

Elementary School 59

Elementary School Elementary Movement Physical Education 59

Active Schools Us

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But I had this PE teacher that was very encouraging – tough but motivational. Like many PE teachers, he’s had to find ways to engage the kids there in person and the ones at home who are in living rooms and in basements – their creatively is boundless. Are you ready to join the movement? It’s just amazing.

PE 130

PE PE Teacher Motivation Coaching 130

Gopher PE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., This cross-modal integration enhances the brain’s ability to process the coordinate information from different sensory channels.

Physical Education 52

Physical Education Motor Skills Education Education 52

TinCan Physed

JULY 24, 2021

These four areas are: Movement Competencies (Physical Domain of Learning): Involves developing proficiency in object control, stability, and locomotor skills to sequence movement in a wide variety of physical activity settings.

Assessment 52

Assessment Physical Activity Movement Agility 52