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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Are you losing your gym space for a class period, a day, a week or longer? 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. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible.

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Dance Without Limits: A Life Changing Adapted PE Dance Program

Gopher PE

Not only can you sing it, but when you hear it, it brings you back to a place in time: a school dance, a wedding, first heartbreak or a backyard BBQ. The same rings true in my adaptive PE program! Ten years ago, I decided that we would dance! Benefits of this Six-Week Dance Unit Include: 1.

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10 Holiday PE Activity Ideas Shared on Social Media!

Gopher PE

Holiday Shapes (Holiday version of Shipwreck) Activity Idea by Shannon Irwin , shared on PE Universe Get ready for a festive warm-up! Holiday Spirit Tag Activity Idea by Doyle Smith shared on PE Universe Get ready for some festive fun with Holiday Spirit Tag! View a video demonstration on PE Universe!

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PE Activities Without Equipment

PLT4M

PE teachers can choose from endless PE activities without equipment. We share six examples of fitness-focused pe activities without equipment and provide a downloadable PDF of even more lessons for your physical education class. One group does a pe activity with equipment, while the other does an activity without equipment.

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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

SHAPE America

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Whether the activity is basketball or fencing, dance or “circus arts,” it generally has well-defined rules, a time-driven structure, and adults to studiously facilitate.

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End of the Year Chaos Got Ya Juggling? Reach for Some Scarves!

Gopher PE

Inexpensive, portable, simple to use, easy to store – scarves should be in every PE teacher’s repertoire, especially towards the end of year when you find yourself teaching somewhere other than your gym! Use scarves as a prop during a dance unit. curriculum that teaches better breathing with scarves.

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Virtual PE Lessons with Free Downloadable PDF

PLT4M

Virtual PE is becoming an increasingly popular way to provide physical education to students. Virtual PE is a great way to engage students in physical activity while teaching important physical education concepts. Virtual PE in the Age of Virtual Schools Virtual schools are here to stay. No matter where they are.

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