Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 6, 2025

In Montessori classrooms, children not only engage in traditional physical education activities that support motor skills but also have opportunities to connect what they are learning to the movements and games they engage in during PE. Movement and Learning: Enhancing Brain Plasticity The concept of "use it or lose it" applies here.

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 18, 2025

Could the Montessori movement have just found an unexpected ambassador? Both men describe ADHD not as a disability but as a kind of superpower , fueling deep focus on passions and igniting creativity when allowed to flourish. Rogan then drops one of his characteristic hot takes: "School was made to produce good factory workers."

Movement

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I also enjoy facilitating professional development opportunities focused on team building and “Learning Through Movement.” Every day, I get to witness the joy of learning as students discover new skills, overcome challenges, use their creativity, make connections and develop a love for movement. Use your creativity.

Education

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 2, 2025

Each movement, game, and sport has a larger story to tell, and I feel that integrating these activities with deeper cultural and historical context aligns beautifully with the principles of Cosmic Education. He pointed out that much of this work may fall on us as teachers. This is not a journey we should take alone.

Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For example, each lesson starts with a warm-up for students before diving into the main movements and activities of the day. By integrating purposeful technology use into the classroom, students can learn how to harness it for learning, problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration.

High School

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

At the International School of Creative Science in the UAE, PE teacher Maryrose Camara is bringing all of this to life in a dynamic, culturally rich program thats engaging students in ways that go far beyond the gym. Every student comes from a different background, and their experience with sports and movement varies.

PE

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

The school believes that children are creative, caring, and full of great ideas. A Morning Full of Movement PE happens on Mondays and Fridays in the morning. But movement doesn’t stop there. The Builders School is a special place where students, teachers, and parents all work together to help kids grow.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

Invasion games for elementary PE offer more than just excitement and energytheyre a powerful tool for teaching key movement concepts like offensive and defensive positioning, teamwork, spatial awareness, and agility. Use Fakes Use body movements, eye direction, or footwork to trick defenders and gain an advantage. Grades 35: 2.5.3

Elementary

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative ideas, but most schools dont fund these purchases. A well-crafted lesson doesnt just teach a skillit sparks excitement for movement, fuels creativity, and helps kids develop a love for physical activity.

Elementary

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As a popular lifetime physical activity, bowling supports a well-rounded approach to physical literacy by improving coordination, balance, and accuracy while reinforcing fundamental movement skills.

Teaching

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

Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

Whether you’re running an Expanded Learning physical activity program or seeking movement-based enrichment activities, the right approach can empower any staff member to confidently lead physical activities. Kids need movement. Creating a Positive Movement Culture Motivation is contagious.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

PE lesson plans have to balance structure with creativity. From foundational movement to advanced fitness, our programs are structured, flexible, and student-centered. These skills are essential building blocks for more complex movements later on. At the same time, the curriculum must align with national or state standards.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Creative Throwing And Catching Games For Elementary PE One of the best things about throwing and catching games in elementary PE is that they can be played with simple, readily available equipment. Beyond motor skill development, these games also support other standards like Standard 3 (Developing social skills through movement).

Elementary

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Fun and engaging activities that emphasize movement, ball control, and coordination help students develop foundational skills while keeping them active and engaged. By incorporating creative and developmentally appropriate challenges, basketball can remain an exciting and accessible part of the elementary PE curriculum.

Elementary

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

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.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

Make new friends through movement. Show off your creativity side: Revise rules from old games and change them to new and different rules to fit the new game. Change up the games: Think of a “best of five” series, with each game being different. Spoiler alert! Everyone will walk away feeling better than when they started.

Physical Activity

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 6, 2023

Change the Ref (CTR) was formed to amplify and support youth efforts and movement building. They use urban art and non-violent creative confrontation to advocate for the eradication of the gun violence epidemic and to expose elected officials who are bought and paid for by the NRA and gun manufacturers.

Schooling

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! . The Move and Freeze series is a fun freeze dance activity for kids.

Dance

Learning Through Sport

MAY 9, 2024

Are these in-game actions creative or retrieval of a motor-ability in the moment. Memmert (2015) defined creativity in team sports as a players sport-specific divergent thinking. The mechanism of transfer seems to be enhancing the player repertoire of movement skills.

Creativity

Open Phys Ed

JANUARY 15, 2024

Created by: Jenna Knapp & Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Boland Design: Jennifer Truong For thousands of years, children have been jumping rope as a form of movement-based fun. Demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. Analyzes movement situations and applies movement concepts (e.g.,

Motor Skills

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. How do you play Turkey Run? And then you also have hay stacks that you need to dodge.

Creativity

Moving Minds Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

The post Use Creative Brain Breaks for Easy Transitions appeared first on Moving Minds Blog. She rings her bell three times, so they know to stop, look, and listen. Then, she points to the next activity written on the schedule board so they can orient themselves to the activities coming [.].

Creativity

Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Make it more fun: encourage a variety of creative movement skills from the leader with everyone else copying the leader, yell new leader and the first person goes to the end of the line so everyone gets a chance to lead for a short time.) integrity, compassion, kindness, creativity, cooperation, or even smiling:) 3.

Creativity

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Francis’s School (STFS) in Western Australia, the Physical Education (PE) program plays a crucial role in helping students rediscover their love for movement and physical activity. Simon and his colleagues work tirelessly to reignite the students’ awareness of the importance of movement for life and vitality. STFS is a C.A.R.E.

Movement

Gopher Sport

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., The ability to synchronize movements with rhythm is fundamental to children’s ability to pull to a stand, walk, run, skip, and gallop.

Physical Education

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

Fit and Fun Play

DECEMBER 12, 2023

However, creative minds can keep a classroom fresh and lively simply by transforming the classroom space with a theme. – Written By Dr. Timothy Davis – As we head into winter, I often see teachers dreading the long cold days when children may have minimal opportunities to play outside.

Movement

Skillastics

MAY 10, 2022

Here are five easy ways to increase student engagement and movement in your students by 50%. If you capture their attention right away with a creative, engaging activity you’ll keep their interest for the duration. The post Five Ways to Increase Student Movement and Engagement appeared first on Skillastics.

Movement

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 aren’t many pieces of equipment that you can say that about right out of the box!

Coordination

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. An immersive, fun adventure!

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

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

PE teacher Adam Hughes reviews with a student how to scale a movement with a PVC pipe. With almost any movement, exercise variation can allow more students to find a great modification that promotes proper form and better body awareness. Get Access Here.

Exercise

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In my view, we can find more creative and productive ways to encourage positive student behavior without isolating them while their peers enjoy physical activity. While some students are naturally inclined to be active and prefer movement over talking, there are also those who would rather engage in conversation than physical activity.

Physical Activity

Physical Education Ideas

MARCH 14, 2024

Boosts Creativity and Imagination: The festive nature of Easter games encourages students to use their creativity and imagination. Wrapping Up: As the egg-cellent adventures of our Easter-themed PE class come to an end, we're left with hearts full of laughter, bodies full of movement, and minds full of fond memories.

Motor Skills

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 28, 2023

According to Carolyn Temertzoglou in her article posted on the Gopher Sport blog, “Non-Traditional Sports in PE” Carolyn references non-traditional games “provide new experiences, opportunities for positive social interaction, and develop movement competence within fun/joyful experiences.” Skills Developed: Forehand/backhand.

Physical Education

The Sporting

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Lucca is a player who thrives in a team that focuses on transitional play rather than controlling possession, but he needs to work on his link-up play to improve on combinations and movement between the lines, which would make Lucca the complete forward. The right-footed starlet is a creative maestro. passing accuracy.

Agility