PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

Tag games for elementary PE are more than just fun ways to get students movingthey help young learners build essential skills like offensive and defensive movement, evasion tactics, change of direction, and spatial awareness. Defense : Deny space during gameplay by cutting off routes and anticipating movement.

Elementary

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running. Cross-Training: Encourage children to engage in multiple sports, thereby distributing repetitive stresses across different muscle groups and movement patterns.

Sports

PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Throwing and catching games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Beyond motor skill development, these games also support other standards like Standard 3 (Developing social skills through movement). Grades 3-5: 1.5.10

Elementary

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. What I do: I’m one of the physical education teachers at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, currently in my 18th year teaching in Arizona. Use your creativity.

Education

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Basketball games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Dribbling games for elementary PE in particular provide an excellent way for students to build confidence and control with the basketball.

Elementary

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At PLT4M, we teach and practice the underhand roll via fun and dynamic bowling activities for elementary PE. Teaching Underhand Roll Via Bowling Lesson Plans For Elementary PE Bowling provides an exciting and engaging way to teach the underhand roll in elementary physical education. Get Free Sample Lessons! Download Now!

Teaching

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

PE lesson plans have to balance structure with creativity. In PE, schools often patch together different programs for elementary, middle, and high school—if they have curriculum resources at all. From foundational movement to advanced fitness, our programs are structured, flexible, and student-centered.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

A fitness walking class encourages students to be active, consistent, and intentional with their movement—laying the foundation for lifelong fitness. >>> The program starts with warm-ups and mobility work to prepare students for movement. Each lesson in Walk Fit blends movement and learning.

Fitness

Elementary P.E. Games

MARCH 2, 2022

The game allows kids to be creative, get exercise, and most importantly have fun! Patrick’s Day game with my younger K-1 students, as it’s always fun to see what movements and dances they come up with. Try to complete all the movement challenges! . appeared first on Elementary P.E. I like using this St.

Dance

Elementary P.E. Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It’s one of the most creative, detailed, and fun Thanksgiving-themed games with a very fun approach towards physical activity while also testing the reaction time of any player. All of these tasks show how creative and enjoyable Turkey Run really is. appeared first on Elementary P.E. How do you play Turkey Run?

Creativity

Elementary P.E. Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Overview This or That is one of the staple games that teachers can use in any activity because it’s enjoyable, creative, and it also adds a unique range of elements into the mix. appeared first on Elementary P.E. An immersive, fun adventure! Emoji Pictionary: Thanksgiving Edition Thanksgiving Games: Move and Freeze!

Creativity

School Yard

AUGUST 27, 2024

Our expert guests share creative examples of play activities, emphasizing the benefits of peer teaching and inclusion. Play is a way to support children’s healthy development and create positive movement opportunities that can have a lasting impact on their physical activity levels into adolescence and adulthood.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

The Many Benefits of Juggling: As physical education teachers, we are always coming across articles with data on the many benefits of movement, and juggling is no exception! Creativity begins to flow as the skillset (and the brain) grows!!! There is nothing like the versatility of juggling scarves for elementary physical education!

Coordination

Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The goal of parkour is to overcome various obstacles in an efficient and creative way by jumping, swinging, climbing, and running. Parkour can contribute to meeting the SHAPE America’s National Standards and Grade-level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education in elementary schools. Types of Movement Families: 1. Consider parkour!

Elementary School

The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Learning About Dance in Physical Education This whole post started based on a conversation I had with a fellow #PhysEdU community member on how to teach dance in elementary PE. A Beat Sheet is a sheet on which different movements/actions are presented in a 4×4 grid. Perform actions/movements to the beat and rhythm of a song.

Dance

Skillastics

MARCH 10, 2022

An elementary school teacher by trade, he quickly became a sport stacking enthusiast, and began sharing the sport with others. Skillastics® partnered with Speed Stacks® to help increase movement while simultaneously developing Cup Stacking Skills.

Physical Activity

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 15, 2022

It is called The War of Art : Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield. The book discusses the importance of the muse during the creative process. The muse is the creative energy that inspires one to make something seemingly out of thin air. One must do the work everyday.

Creativity

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

We celebrated the ingenuity of physical education teachers and students to find creative ways to workout at home. Kids need daily physical activity levels, whether we are talking about elementary school children or young adult high school students. Then you will be assigned a movement. That is 4 minutes! Go either left or right.

Physical Activity

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Elementary students have 5 PE lessons within the 10-day cycle, while Secondary students have 4 lessons in the same period.” Curriculum and Incorporating Local Culture NIST’s PE program shines in its ability to creatively adapt traditional sports and activities to meet the diverse needs of its students.

PE

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 25, 2024

One boy was a teenager in high school, the other a child in early elementary school. At some hospitals, including Packard Children’s, they are part of the Child Life and Creative Arts team, which works in many different ways to help kids feel like kids while they’re hospitalized.

Schooling

Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

It was encouraging that people quickly developed creative approaches to stay active and help their children continue activities. Recess is a common opportunity for physical activity in pre-K and elementary schools, but its implementation is typically less than optimal. SPARK has the “Active Classroom” program.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

PE games for elementary students promote and enhance physical activity while helping students develop important motor skills, teamwork, physical literacy, and more. Whether you’re introducing classic games or trying something new with elementary students, incorporating a variety of activities keeps them excited and active.

Elementary

PLT4M

MAY 15, 2025

In this article, well explore how floor hockey games for elementary PE align with SHAPE standards, preview a variety of exciting game options with activity descriptions, and share a sample floor hockey PE lesson plan lesson from PLT4Ms K-5 program to help bring these essential skills to life in your classroom. Download Now!

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