PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

Motor skills, fitness education, social-emotional learning, sport skills, and personal wellness all come into play. From foundational movement to advanced fitness, our programs are structured, flexible, and student-centered. These skills are essential building blocks for more complex movements later on.

Motor Skills

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 4, 2025

The Māori are renowned for their warrior culture, exemplified by the powerful haka—a ceremonial dance performed to convey challenge, unity, or celebration. Helpful to the preservation of the sport were the French soldiers from WWII, who learned the game from Māori soldiers of the 28th Māori battalion.

Dance

Association for Physical Education

JUNE 30, 2023

30/06/2023 A new report published by the Sport and Recreation Alliance demonstrates the role movement and dance can play in creating a healthier and happier nation and why it should […] The post The Social Value of Movement and Dance to the UK appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education | P.E.

Dance

Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This module does address development of movement concepts, movement patterns, and strategic knowledge commonly associated with invasion sports. All participants are given the opportunity to explore the movement concepts in a fun and engaging environment where everyone can feel successful.

High School

Open Phys Ed

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Created by: Doug Hallberg, Dan Tennessen, Jo Dixon, Mike Martinez, Kevin Daviero, Nikki Schaap, Jim Huggins Special Contributions by: Andrea Hart, Aaron Hart, Eliza Kuhn Flag football is one of the fastest growing sports for youth, especially girls. Identifies the rules and etiquette for physical activities/games and dance activities.

Middle School

Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Created by: Dan Tennessen, Doug Hallberg, LaDonda Porter, Stephanie Dickson, Shannon Maly, Nichole Wilder Special Contributions by: Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart MODULE OVERVIEW: Invasion games and sports involve an offensive team working to maintain possession of an object while attacking (or invading) a defensive team’s goal or target area.

Middle School

Gopher Sport

MAY 4, 2023

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. Ten years ago, I decided that we would dance! One day an administrator walked through our gym, and I asked if we could perform our dance for him.

Dance

Open Phys Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Manipulative Skills: (Grade 6-8) Refines manipulative skills to improve performance in dance, fitness, and sport activities. Locomotor Skills: (Grade 6) Safely and purposefully uses mature locomotor skills in rhythms and patterns in dance, fitness, and sport environments.

Middle School

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., The ability to synchronize movements with rhythm is fundamental to children’s ability to pull to a stand, walk, run, skip, and gallop.

Physical Education

Active Schools Us

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Unfortunately, students just weren’t signing on (maybe 4 out of 15 students) or were signing on but with parents or grandparents doing something in the room that wasn’t conducive to movement. When we’re in-person, I end every session with five minutes of dancing with a bubble machine, and they love it. . One of the best?things?parents

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Because we are the movement experts. This is a cute circle game where the child in the middle gets to make up a dance/movement that the others copy, all while singing the song “Punchinello” together. In addition to these simple games and activities, we would ask our students what games and sports they enjoyed playing.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

An introduction to all things movement and fitness! Each lesson begins with a guided warm up, followed by movement education and technique work. Here, Jackie breaks down the points of performance of the lunge, one of the foundational human movements. 4) Dance Let’s turn up the music and have some fun!

Middle School

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed. Utility argument.

Teaching

PLT4M

JUNE 15, 2023

For example, physical literacy development occurs during activities like learning to ride a bike or participating in youth sports. See more here on the differences between physical activity vs. physical education.) Physical literacy is about learning a wide range of functional movement skills across different activities.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

The Many Benefits of Juggling: As physical education teachers, we are always coming across articles with data on the many benefits of movement, and juggling is no exception! physed #elempe #pe pic.twitter.com/8s2mHVwQ5P — The PE Thinker (@thepethinker) May 19, 2023 10 Additional Uses for Scarves in Physical Education: Dancing!

Coordination

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. Option to modify the movement by bringing your feet further apart.

PE Teacher

Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Created by: Doug Hallberg, Dan Tennessen, Jo Dixon, Mike Martinez, Kevin Daviero, Nikki Schaap, Jim Huggins, Nichole Wilder Special Contributions by: Andrea Hart, Aaron Hart, Eliza Kuhn Flag football is one of the fastest growing sports for youth, especially girls.

Dance

Gopher Sport

JANUARY 3, 2024

Objective: To allow for movement that develops different locomotor skills and spatial awareness, and to help students understand the food groups and proper nutrition. Get ready to combine fitness and nutrition in an engaging nutrition activity! This activity can be done in the classroom or the gym.)

Nutrition

Aspire-Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over 90 primary school PE teachers, senior leaders, business managers and governors booked to join us at Millennium Point, all on a mission to boost their PE, school sport and physical activity offering. Will Roberts - Chief Operating Officer – Youth Sport Trust. Jim Morris - National Development Manager - Youth Sport Trust.

Primary School

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Your Guide to Rhythmic Gymnastics – The Sport Blurring the Lines Between Sport and Art Rhythmic gymnastics is mostly performed by women, combining coordination, artistry and elegance. This year marks 63 years since rhythmic gymnastics was first recognised by the International Gymnastics Federation , making it a relatively new sport.

Coordination

Skillastics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sports and activities are ever-evolving, taking on surprising forms over the recent years that help encourage kids to not only get and stay active, but to consider their whole body health. Don’t believe sports are ever-changing? Now, there are 16 different sports including Ski Mountaineering and Skeleton. The Summer Olympics?

Physical Activity

Open Phys Ed

MARCH 20, 2022

Students will also benefit from the Form 101 component of this module, which teaches fundamental athletic skills, running posture, leg movements, and arm movements. MOVEMENT SKILLS & CONCEPTS. Students demonstrate skill competency and can apply concepts and strategies to movement and performance.

Middle School

Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Spider Crawls: Get into a plank position and crawl forward, moving one arm and the opposite leg at the same time, mimicking a spider’s movement. Skeleton Skip: Students skip through the ladder, adding a playful skip to their movements like dancing skeletons.

PE

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

To achieve this recommendation, children and youth must participate in a quality physical education program and physical activity throughout the day in addition to recreational or competitive sports. Being physically active leads to the development of cognitive skills among children.

Physical Education

Open Phys Ed

JULY 10, 2023

Created by: Charla Krahnke, John Strong, Skyler Boles, Nichole Wilder Special Contributions: Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart, Victor Spadaro This module is intended to be a 15-day Sport Education season with 6 teams that remain the same for the entire season.

Dance

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 30, 2021

Cleland’s (2011) depiction of an enriched learning environment in PE should be considered together with M cBride's (1991b, 1997) suggestion that PE teachers need to use teaching styles that promote inquiry, in addition to creating movement contexts and activity environments designed to foster the dispositions that support thinking processes.

Convergent Discovery

PLT4M

JUNE 20, 2023

A few high level examples of modeling in physical education include: A teacher demonstrates a movement/exercise to the class highlighting key points of performance and tips and tricks for success. Students lead and plan a warm-up routine to start physical education class and model the different movements to the rest of the course.

Physical Education

Skillastics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Sports and activities are ever-evolving, taking on surprising forms over the recent years that help encourage kids to not only get and stay active, but to consider their whole body health. Don’t believe sports are ever-changing? Now, there are 16 different sports including Ski Mountaineering and Skeleton. The Summer Olympics?

Physical Activity

PLT4M

JUNE 17, 2022

Fitness, yoga, weightlifting, and dance are often the most popular and utilized options. In fact, boxing classes have become widely popularized across the country much like yoga, pilates, and dance. And just like yoga, pilates, and dance are taught in physical education as a step towards lifetime fitness, so should boxing!

High School

PLT4M

APRIL 2, 2024

Lifetime fitness activities are workouts, exercises, and sports that people can continue to enjoy and benefit from at any stage of their lives, regardless of their age or fitness level. Foundational human movement skills like squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull will transition to almost every single other lifetime fitness activity.

Fitness

Skillastics

JULY 1, 2022

Faced with the unique obstacle of continuing physical activity and movement while living and learning remotely, we rose to the challenge and created our own programming: Digital Programs that could be used in remote, hybrid, or onsite classroom environments. If you don’t know how to teach Folklorico dance? That’s okay!

Physical Activity

Skillastics

JULY 1, 2022

Faced with the unique obstacle of continuing physical activity and movement while living and learning remotely, we rose to the challenge and created our own programming: Digital Programs that could be used in remote, hybrid, or onsite classroom environments. If you don’t know how to teach Folklorico dance? That’s okay!

Physical Activity

Gopher Sport

JULY 26, 2024

Additional Events Throughout the Year To continue on with the importance of bringing love into our world, I have two, sometimes three events starting in December: Movement with Moms in PE Playing with Pops in PE “Gigglin’ & Groovin with the Grandparents in PE” Families love these events, and ALL are welcome to every event.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Historically, sport coaches and strength coaches have worked with high school athletes, but now physical education teachers are getting involved. Lastly, there is the added complication of student-athletes on different sports and team schedules. In some school settings, this foundation may have been built at the middle school level.

High School

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., The ability to synchronize movements with rhythm is fundamental to children’s ability to pull to a stand, walk, run, skip, and gallop.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 26, 2023

Mission: To advance professional practice and promote research related to health and physical education, physical activity, dance, and sport. The 5 Shape Standards are : Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2022

Historically, many schools have chosen a sport education model for students. In this model, students are exposed to different sports and games. But when sports are the primary focus throughout a semester, many students quickly lose interest. Fitness Curriculum Playbook (PDF) .

Physical Education