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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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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

Lynne Kenney with Zainab Khokha Physical Education class is an optimal setting for students to develop and practice the precursor skills that precede learning. These skills include core strength, balance, weight shift, motor rhythm, motor timing, visual-spatial, and object-perceptual skills.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

Lynne Kenney with Zainab Khokha Physical Education class is an optimal setting for students to develop and practice the precursor skills that precede learning. These skills include core strength, balance, weight shift, motor rhythm, motor timing, visual-spatial, and object-perceptual skills.

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Making Adventure Accessible for EVERYONE in PE!

Gopher PE

Josh is in a chair and has lost his ability to stand and some motor functions such as lifting with his arms and core strength. Our students in chairs and those with low motor skills will be in charge of creating a “challenge” for our traverser. This in itself is a skill. We begin with traversing the wall.

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Health Benefits Of Physical Education In Schools

PLT4M

Instead, it helps to empower them with motor skills, physical literacy, and a vast array of other health and wellness tools to promote overall health. Bone Strength- Improves bone health. Balance and Coordination – Reduces the risks of falls. Healthy Weight – Reduces the risk of weight gain.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

Martínez is a Project Coordinator for the Community Health Department at Lakeshore Foundation and an Inclusion Specialist for The National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). These programs are designed to improve mobility, strength, flexibility, and overall physical fitness. Ready to Learn More?

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Judging What to Prioritise and When for a Young Performer

Informed Practitioner in Sport

During this phase kids can certainly gain strength but mainly this is through becoming better able to harness what they have; until puberty hits we will not see marked gains in muscle mass. To explain the top line in the figure, the onus at this stage is discovering and developing movement capabilities and motor skills.