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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

SHAPE America

Traditional approaches in physical education can lack joy, choice and relevance to students lives. The negative association with fitness can affect students perception of physical activity and the value of physical education. When I ask for other examples, the gym falls silent. Grades 9-12 2.12.7

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2025 Adapted Physical Education Blog, Welcome Back Edition

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Adapted Physical Education Blog, Welcome Back Edition, July 2025 (reposted from July 2023 and updated) Greetings Arizona Health and Physical Educators! Welcome to physical education class for a student with Autism. What teaching strategies can we use to help our students enjoy physical education class?

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. This is because physical education teachers are educators.

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Hosting a Unified Field Day for High School Students

Gopher Sport

Hosting a field day event for adapted physical education students in their communities is an initiative that fosters inclusivity, promotes physical activity, and builds strong connections. These are posted around the gym so all visiting students can see their school name and colors.

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PE Curriculum for K–12: Student-Centered, Standards-Based

PLT4M

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. PLT4M’s physical education curriculum is built with and by PE teachers—for PE teachers.

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Bringing Disco Bowling to Your PE Class

Gopher Sport

It is fun and awesome way for the kids to experience and become completely engaged with bowling in their Physical Education classes. Students start at a close range (size of the gym could determine where you start) and only try to knock 3 pins down. We do not worry about scoring. Then students go from 3 to 5 pins.

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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.