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Mindful Movement: Best Exercises to Elevate Your Mental Health

The Sporting

Mind-Body Connection: The 10 Best Exercises for a Happier, Healthier You Ways to improve the mind-body connection through exercise and help improve mental resilience and relieve anxiety. Studies show that exercise of around 45 minutes two to five days a week can significantly improve mental health and physical fitness.

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Exercise Modification Examples

PLT4M

Exercise and fitness should not be a one size fits all approach. Modified exercises allow every individual to succeed in fitness. In this blog, we will explore 5 exercise modification examples that are an excellent addition to any physical education class or workout. Let’s use the push-up as an example. Get Access Here.

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Classroom Games For St. Patrick’s Day – Move and Freeze!

Elementary P.E. Games

The Move and Freeze series is a fun freeze dance activity for kids. 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. I like using this St. Stay Connected.

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Encanto Workout Game – Guess The Character!

Elementary P.E. Games

I’ll go into further details down below or you can go straight to the video You can use this activity as an Encanto brain break, Encanto quiz, or just as a fun movement game to get some exercise! – Animal Race Showdown , Leprechauns On The Run , and Yoga Freeze Dance! . PE Games: Yoga Freeze Dance.

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Turning Red Workout Game For Kids – Find Mei!

Elementary P.E. Games

Each round will progressively get harder (more stars to hide behind, more movements, quicker transitions, distractions, etc.). There are 5 different rounds in this Turning Red game! Earn 1 point for each correct answer.

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Gymnastics Lesson Plans

PLT4M

At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. From here, teachers can create stations where students can spread out into smaller groups and practice different types of exercises. Each exercise has written and video instruction.

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Movement Breaks For The Classroom – 15 Free Activities

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Movement breaks, or brain breaks, are opportunities for students during the school day to get up out of their seats and move. In this article, we explore the benefits of movement activities and provide 15 different free movement breaks for the classroom. First, movement breaks promote increased focus and attention span.