Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By: Gopher Community Physical Education teacher Heather Burd is not just an educator; she’s an example of resilience, compassion, and empowerment. Born with right hemiplegia, a partial paralysis on her right side—a condition as rare as she is unique—Heather has faced physical challenges from day one.

PE Teacher

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 6, 2025

This brings me to a thought I’ve been exploring in Montessori Physical Education (MPE). 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.

Physical Education

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. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

Education

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Strategies for coaches to reclaim play in sports: Incorporate games that develop fundamental skills but remain fun and creative. Lost autonomy: Children who are constantly under adult scrutiny may fear making mistakes, stifling creativity and risk-taking. Reward effort and improvement more than outcomes like goals scored or games won.

Sports

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 2, 2025

As many of you know, as a Montessori PE teacher, I've always focused on integrating physical Education with the classroom curriculum. In doing so, we can help lessen the creative burden and, more importantly, share fresh, meaningful materials that reflect our current world and the technological tools we now have at our disposal.

Education

Open Phys Ed

JANUARY 27, 2025

Created by: Nichole Wilder, Andrea Hart Special Contributions by: Aaron Hart, Eliza Kuhn To celebrate Heart Month during the month of February, we have compiled K-5 resources for educators to utilize both in the classroom and during physical education class.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By offering web-based programs and device-flexible solutions, embracing technology in education doesn’t have to come at the cost of productivity or focus. Physical education can tap into educational technology and enhance the learning experience just like any other subject.

High School

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Elementary physical education teachers have a lot to cover! We have put together a free sample of elementary PE lesson plans that are sure to spark excitement with elementary students in physical education class. Platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative ideas, but most schools dont fund these purchases.

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

JULY 25, 2025

But physical education isn’t one-size-fits-all. From kindergarten to high school, students grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. Quality physical education programs adapt and change with their students. PE lesson plans have to balance structure with creativity.

Motor Skills

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 18, 2025

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. Rockefeller and the General Education Board (GEB) —alleging that the American educational system was designed to mold obedient, efficient workers to serve industrial interests.

Movement

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

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

teaches Physical Education in a very small school called The Builders School. The school believes that children are creative, caring, and full of great ideas. Meet Coach Jose from The Builders School in the Philippians Coach Jose Magpantay Jr. Just 20 students! But even with a tiny school, Coach Jose makes a big impact.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

It works for all fitness levels and is quickly becoming a popular elective in physical education programs across the country.   Walking for fitness classes are helping redefine what success looks like in physical education. A walking for fitness class is a fun, accessible way to get students moving.

PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

In this article, well break down how invasion games connect to SHAPE standards, provide a range of fun and adaptable game ideas with clear instructions, and share a full sample lesson from PLT4Ms K-5 physical education curriculum to help you confidently implement these activities in your classroom. What Are Invasion Games?

Elementary

PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

In this article, well explore how these engaging tag games for elementary PE align with SHAPE standards, highlight a variety of game options with detailed activity descriptions, and share a full lesson sample from PLT4Ms K-5 physical education curriculum to help you bring these skills to life in your classroom. Get Free Sample Lessons!

Elementary

Montessori Physical Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Change in Philosophy: Making Montessori Physical Education More Accessible It’s hard to believe how much time has passed since I first put Montessori Physical Education on the web. I believe deeply in the Montessori method, so much so that I wanted to integrate it into teaching physical education.

Physical Education

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. Makes safe choices with physical education equipment. Examples include, but are not limited to: PreK-2: 3.2.3 Grades 3-5: 3.5.2

Elementary

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

By incorporating creative and developmentally appropriate challenges, basketball can remain an exciting and accessible part of the elementary PE curriculum. Want more than just basketball resources for elementary physical education class? Focus on both station dribbling and dribbling while moving.

Elementary

Montessori Physical Education

JANUARY 19, 2025

From designing new resources to connecting with educators worldwide, this year has celebrated creativity, growth, and community. As we dive into the new year, reflecting on all the accomplishments 2024 brought to my Teachers Pay Teachers journey is fun.

Teacher

SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. I once taught physical education classes outside — in Minnesota — for a full school year (and a month into the next year) when our gymnasium was being renovated.

Gyms

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As a middle school health and physical education teacher, I know first-hand that initiatives impacting the whole school and surrounding community can be powerful. Get creative and use your connections! Teachers come up with so many creative and inspiring ideas! has a passion for teaching health and physical education.

Health

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

As a physical educator in northern Minnesota, I have to be prepared for long winters with lots of snow! Each fort is required to have slides, safe tunnels, shelters for students to go in, a creative space where students get to create anything, and walls built by snow boulders to protect the fort.

Elementary

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

KYSHAPE provides daily slides with prompts, as well as activities and social media posts for each daily theme that administrators, health and physical educators, and other classroom teachers can use. As a health and physical education teacher, I teach kindness as part of my curriculum. She is the KYSHAPE health.

Schooling

Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Do you suffer from a lack of physical education equipment? Are your students always complaining that they can’t perform physical fitness activities because of that lack of equipment? tags]physical education,dance,agility,fitness,tumbling, routine/code> [/tags] If so, show them this video.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. Show off your creativity side: Revise rules from old games and change them to new and different rules to fit the new game. National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Christi Meyer is a long-time advocate for quality physical education programs. Check out her actionable steps to funding physical education programs. Challenges Of Funding Physical Education Programs School districts have a lot of different school programs they need to consider funding.

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

The goal of Family PE Week is to help families, schools and communities understand the importance of physical education. Families can also participate in the Active Family Challenge and discover creative ways to incorporate PE at home as a family.

Physical Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As technology becomes more prevalent in the classroom, physical education teachers must create classroom technology rules to ensure students use technology appropriately and safely. But, integrating technology in the classroom for physical education requires a unique set of classroom rules.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Lynne Kenney with Zainab Khokha Physical Education class is an optimal setting for students to develop and practice the precursor skills that precede learning. Moreover, Physical Education promotes cognitive development by stimulating neural pathways associated with socialization and learning. 2019 ; Hardy et al.,

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Lots of them But the excuse notes for physical education class can be the most creative and entertaining of all. tags]physical education excuse notes,physical education comedy,physical education humor,physical education humour,PE humour,PE comedy,Pe excuses [/tags].

Physical Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Finding the right grants for physical education can help take your PE department to the next level. Physical education grants can fund new curriculum, technology, professional development, and equipment. The Need For Physical Education Grants Physical education is a subject worth investing in!

Physical Education

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. Recently, I came upon a question asked on social media regards what is skill, or to be skilful and what does it mean for Physical Education (PE).

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 28, 2023

The physical education landscape is changing; from activities our students participate in outside of the classroom, uses of technology within the classroom, and options for students to choose their path in PE to name a few. However, in the mindset of all this change, we should revisit a playground classic, 4-square.

Physical Education

Keeping Kids in Motion

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

I use cylindercising as an instant activity. Students enter the gym and on the screen they see the following: I’ll match up partners as they enter and off they go to retrieve one foam cylinder and an open space. As I filter throughout the.

Creativity

Association for Physical Education

OCTOBER 11, 2022

11/10/2022 The Leeds 2023 Creative Learning Programme will give all children and young people of school age the chance to take part in the Year of Culture. The post LEEDS 2023 Creative Learning Programme appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education | P.E.

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