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. Every weekday, students start their day with a “Physical Activity Period” from [7:30] to 7:50 a.m.

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

Physical Education is more than just sportsits about teamwork, leadership, and lifelong fitness habits. 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.

PE

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative ideas, but most schools dont fund these purchases. These challenges emphasize the need for accessible, affordable, and complete resources that help educators deliver engaging lessons while meeting standards and promoting lifelong physical literacy.

Elementary

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

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

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. Unlike traditional bowling alleys with long lanes and heavy balls, bowling in physical education is designed to be adaptable and accessible for young students.

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

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

PE lesson plans have to balance structure with creativity. In PE, there are many directions you can go. PLT4M’s physical education curriculum is built with and by PE teachers—for PE teachers. Every unit, lesson, and activity is designed to meet national and state standards while also creating a meaningful experience for students.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

In this article, well explore how these games align with SHAPE standards, preview our full slate of game options with activity descriptions, and share a full lesson sample from PLT4Ms K-5 offering to help bring these skills to life in your classroom. Makes safe choices with physical education equipment. Grades 3-5: 3.5.2

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 20, 2023

It is time to explore what our surroundings have to offer, while maintaining our physical health. Going outside to be physically active helps increase a person’s mood, their fine motor skills, social skills, and personal wel-being. Never underestimate your ability to create and teach new games and activities.

Physical Activity

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

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?

Creativity

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Due to a variety of factors including less opportunity for physical activity throughout the day, more seated classroom time, and fewer foundational motor experiences (swinging, climbing trees, jumping rope, building forts, and kicking the can in the alley), children’s fundamental motor skills are on the decline ( Brian et al.,

Physical Education

School Yard

AUGUST 27, 2024

Kathy and Jennifer highlight how structured recess and physical activities foster healthy habits and enrich social interactions. Our expert guests share creative examples of play activities, emphasizing the benefits of peer teaching and inclusion.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It’s a paradox: we want children to be more active, yet we use their active time as a punitive measure to manage classroom behavior. 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.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

When every school across the country went remote in March of 2020, there was a collective spirit around the benefits of physical activity for students. We celebrated the ingenuity of physical education teachers and students to find creative ways to workout at home. Then we went back to school. Get Access Here.

Physical Activity

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Can science really confirm that physical activity affects the way we learn? Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. But the connection to how the brain and physical activity work together goes much deeper. Absolutely.

Movement

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. For these students, physical activity often feels overwhelming or disconnected from their everyday lives. STFS is a C.A.R.E.

Movement

School Yard

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

There is much research supporting family engagement in children’s education being one of the building blocks for academic success, but what about physical activity and living an active and healthy lifestyle for a lifetime? When families are active together, they spend additional time together and experience health benefits.

Physical Activity

Skillastics

MARCH 10, 2022

According to Speed Stacks® , the company that manufactures all of the official equipment required for competition, “By increasing bilateral proficiency, a student develops a greater percentage of the right side of the brain, which houses awareness, focus, creativity and rhythm.” 30-Day Digital Speciality Programming - leave it to the experts!

Physical Activity

Skillastics

MAY 10, 2022

Here are five easy ways to increase student engagement and movement in your students by 50%. If your program takes 10 minutes to set up, kids may be on phones, started another play activity with other kids, or even subdivided into smaller groups. If kids are interested, and activities look fun they’re guaranteed to join in.

Movement

Physical Education Ideas

MARCH 14, 2024

The Importance of Easter-Themed Games in PE: While the Easter games are filled with fun and laughter, they also serve an important role in a Physical Education program. Here's why incorporating these egg-citing activities can benefit students: 1.

PE

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 14, 2023

And for an extra twist, encourage creative movement as they flip their way to victory! From volleyball to basketball, football to playground balls, these soft and durable itty balls are great for quick activities and for getting all students engaged in physical activity!

Gyms

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. This was demonstrated by the fact that a majority of children voluntary participated in parkour during recess when they learned it in physical education 1. Types of Movement Families: 1.

Elementary School

Open Phys Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

For decades, children have been jumping rope as a form of movement-based fun. Jump rope participation provides students with valuable physical activity experiences that provide a relevant context for a variety of fitness-related lessons. Grade 8) Discusses ways to increase enjoyment in self-selected physical activities.

Middle School

Open Phys Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

For decades, children have been jumping rope as a form of movement-based fun. Jump rope participation provides students with valuable physical activity experiences that provide a relevant context for a variety of fitness-related lessons. Grade 8) Discusses ways to increase enjoyment in self-selected physical activities.

Middle School

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A goal is the culmination of knowledge and habits we hope to instill for lifelong physical activity and health. It doesn't have to be running; many different movement modalities exist. We want to give the child as many potential possibilities as we can by exposing the child to as many different types of movement as possible.

PE

Skillastics

AUGUST 22, 2022

What can your afterschool program do to help keep kids engaged and active, while instilling a life-long love of fitness that doesn’t get lost in the shuffle? Get creative Change the scenery, order of exercise, or even topic. Creativity prevents boredom, and mixing it up a little bit keeps your program fresh.

Fitness

School Yard

JANUARY 23, 2019

Motivating students to develop a life-long love of healthy movement and physical activity is just one of several unique challenges for PE educators. A class period full of agility and skill-building movements can be fun and an adventurous change of pace. Creative Tools for Your PE Obstacle Course.

PE

Teen Health 101

MAY 17, 2022

Exercise is known to affect your physical health substantially, but movement also has many benefits on your mental health and well-being. Physical activity can help manage mental health problems. Mindful movement is also a helpful distraction from anxiety and helps one become more present. and Melinda Smith, M.A.

Exercise

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Due to a variety of factors including less opportunity for physical activity throughout the day, more seated classroom time, and fewer foundational motor experiences (swinging, climbing trees, jumping rope, building forts, and kicking the can in the alley), children’s fundamental motor skills are on the decline ( Brian et al.,

Physical Education

The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The unit was built on the following grade-level outcomes: Performs a teacher and/or student-designed rhythmic activity with correct response to simple rhythms (S1.E5.2) Identifies physical activities that provide self-expression (S5.E3.2) Perform actions/movements to the beat and rhythm of a song.

Dance

TinCan Physed

JULY 24, 2021

The SHAPE Standards are VERY thorough and sets a great curricular pathway that would give the students the skills needed to be active for life, but there are over 100 outcomes and it just seemed that it was missing something. How do all of these outcomes create a value for sport and physical activity?

Assessment

TinCan Physed

JULY 24, 2021

The SHAPE Standards are VERY thorough and sets a great curricular pathway that would give the students the skills needed to be active for life, but there are over 100 outcomes and it just seemed that it was missing something. How do all of these outcomes create a value for sport and physical activity?

Assessment

Skillastics

AUGUST 22, 2022

What can your afterschool program do to help keep kids engaged and active, while instilling a life-long love of fitness that doesn’t get lost in the shuffle? Here are some quick tips that will help your kids learn to love physical activity for years to come while mixing in fun, making it meaningful, and adding in a little education on top!

Fitness

Heartzones

MARCH 8, 2022

is the most powerful community outreach strategy for changing the minds of our community members as to what physical education is all about. To create advocates for physical education. Show Me How much Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity is in Your Physical Education Class? . “The Day in The Life of.”

Physical Education