Montessori Physical Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Aligning Montessori Physical Education Lessons with SHAPE America's National Standards My journey to becoming a PE teacher may not be as typical as most PE teachers. It makes sense with two parents who were teachers. I had many classes with students getting their physical education degree in the same department.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dance is a polarizing subject in the world of physical education: some teachers love to teach it, other teachers can’t even imagine themselves teaching it. Regardless of your personal comfort level with the activity, I believe dance should be a part of every student’s physical education experience.

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PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. From here, teachers can create stations where students can spread out into smaller groups and practice different types of exercises. From PE games to fitness activities, PLT4M has countless options.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Roxeanne Bush, a middle school PE teacher in Illinois, describes the need for variety and choice , “Students at this level crave choice and different options. As teachers, we need to help foster that with various activities, units, and opportunities throughout the year. Let’s explore.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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. 5) Dance What better way to get moving and exercise than dance?

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Schools introduce and teach units like general fitness , weightlifting , yoga , dance, bootcamp , and other physical fitness units with PLT4M to address the 6 ISBE PE standards. Plus other physical literacy and nutrition units help to address the health education components of the ISBE PE standards.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

PE teacher Sue Mathewson displays PLT4M curriculum options on a smart board at Hammond Central High School. While students complete and explore the fitness activities above, many teachers also incorporate cognitive health and wellness plans that help to create a complete picture of exercise. Ready to WOW your Admins?

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S&S

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

School: Ravenwood Elementary Activity: Movement Concepts Stations Skills: Locomotor Movements, Pathways, Levels, Speeds, Balance, Dancing Grade: K-5 Movement Concepts Description This is a stations based activity where students work on different types of body movement. We utilize lots of equipment … Read More.

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Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

Lets be honest most after-school and expanded learning programs arent staffed with certified fitness trainers or PE teachers. Physical Activity: Its Not One-Size-Fits-All One of the biggest lessons for staff to understand is that physical activity doesn’t have to look like traditional PE.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Physical education teacher resources are anything that can help support the physical education class. Challenges Finding Physical Education Teacher Resources Physical education teacher resources have been disjointed and spread across the internet for many years. Ones made for PE specifically!

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PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2023

Therefore, virtual PE must have a complete course offering of lesson plans that can be achieved and completed at home with limited or no equipment. 2) Is the virtual PE class going to be synchronous, asynchronous, or a combination of both? Dance Fitness Let’s turn up the music and have some fun!

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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. Primary Dance in PE (PRACTICAL). Steph Donovan - PE Coordinator.

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PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, many wrongly assume that a pe teacher just “rolls out the ball” for a typical PE class. But anyone who has observed or taken part in a quality physical education program knows that the subject of PE is one of the best opportunities for students’ physical health development.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

” Jessica Shawley, a PE teacher at Lewiston High School, succinctly highlights the unique challenge physical education programs face. There are countless physical education curriculum models that PE teachers can adopt. As a result, PE planning can feel like a never-ending puzzle.

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PLT4M

APRIL 2, 2024

Lifetime fitness activities include: Walking/Jogging/Running Strength Training Yoga Pilates Dance Swimming Lifetime Sports (Tennis, Pickleball, Tennis, Golf, etc.) While traditional games and sports have long been popular physical activity options, PE teachers have turned to lifetime fitness activities to promote long-term active lifestyles.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 30, 2021

Developments in curriculum frameworks around the world have formalised a rationale for critical thinking, problem solving and creativity in PE as elements in both curriculum design and in the wording of student achievement standards.

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Elementary PE Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2017

So, below is a 16 song Kidz Bop Christmas playlist that you can play during your classes: If you aren’t into Kidz Bop, below is a 19 song Spotify physed Christmas playlist with some great songs: Dance. The last days before Christmas break is a great time to introduce some fun festive dances to your students. Stations/Activities.

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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. But physical education programs also want to incorporate full follow-along workouts like dance, yoga, bootcamp, and more.

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PLT4M

JULY 19, 2023

And while tips and tricks are helpful , PE teachers need actionable plans and strategies for the classroom. ” Jessica Shawley, a PE teacher at Lewiston High School, succinctly highlights the unique challenge physical education programs face. As a result, PE planning can feel like a never-ending puzzle.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

PE teacher Adam Hughes reviews with a student how to scale a movement with a PVC pipe. Whether it is general fitness, like the examples highlighted, or other things like yoga , pilates , dance , or boxing , there are always ways to modify workouts for different groups of students. Not sure where to start?

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

As a result, physical education teachers have to figure out if every student should be on the same training program or if there need to be multiple programs going on in the weight room at one time. Next, not all PE teachers tasked with running a weight room class have experience in writing and creating strength and conditioning programs.

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Aspire-Ed

APRIL 26, 2022

Liam had great teachers, two of them being PE teachers. With sports-mad children, Teresa has taken her daughters to dance, gymnastics and swimming from a young age. All this means most of Liam’s days are taken up by sport. And why teaching? Liam wants to be that role model and difference in a child’s life.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 21, 2023

Being an adapted physical educator, the first couple weeks of school for us is all about trying to figure out which schools we will be covering, who the physical education teachers are at that school and what the PE schedule will be for the kids on our caseload. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance ,

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

” Therefore, when looking align physical education classes to the California state standards for PE, teachers can and should mold and adapt PE lesson plans , assessments, and technology to serve the unique demands and needs of their students and schools. But they don’t need to take on this task alone!

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PLT4M

AUGUST 31, 2023

Using Smart Boards In The Classroom With PLT4M Smart boards in the classroom for physical education offer an exciting opportunity for PE teachers and students. With PLT4M, PE teachers can take their smart board technology to the next level via lesson plan delivery, tracking student activity and progress, and much more!

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PLT4M

APRIL 5, 2023

Bigger Faster Stronger was created over 45 years ago and was a pivotal first step for high school strength training. A high school PE teacher and coach gives feedback to a student lifting. Greg Shepard helped to get a premier performance program into high school coaches’ hands for the first time. ” Read More!

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The PE teacher therefore needs to find out what is meaningful to students, and build from there. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 71 (5), 19-25. Meaning is seen as precursor. Kretchmar (2000a) suggested meaning needs to be flipped from being positioned as a precursor to a product. Quest, 52 (3), 260-272.

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Gopher Sport

MARCH 22, 2022

What does that mean for PE teachers? We have done everything from simple tag games, dance parties to wrapping teachers in toilet paper and riding tricycles and pulling sleds. Planning a Non-Competitive Field Day! Spring is here! FIELD DAY is happening soon! You can feel the buzz in the air. Things to Consider: 1.

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PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2022

At PLT4M, we work with over 1,500 school districts and have seen PE teachers masterfully blend fitness, sport, health, and wellness all into one curriculum. At PLT4M, we work with over 1,500 school districts and have seen PE teachers masterfully blend fitness, sport, health, and wellness all into one curriculum.

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PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

Physical education teachers pushed to go from a traditional game and sports model to a more comprehensive fitness and wellness model. In doing so, students are introduced to new units like functional fitness, yoga, weightlifting, dance, mindfulness, and other lifelong activities. But we need to have PE teachers backs!

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PLT4M

JUNE 17, 2023

While we offer hours of curriculum and lesson plans for PE teachers, we also support teachers in every single classroom with fun and engaging movement breaks for the school year. PLT4M has hundreds of hours of full PE lesson plans. Featured are 15 different movement breaks for the classroom.

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PLT4M

MAY 10, 2023

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Collins -Teacher & Coach (@p3collins) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Collins -Teacher & Coach (@p3collins) Wyomissing High School Another great example of physical education empowering young people in the pursuit of connecting exercise and self esteem.

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PLT4M

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Now, a quality physical education program offers a wide range of physical activity options like pickleball, yoga, dance, and other lifetime fitness activities. As a result, what was once considered a class for athletically gifted students to succeed and others to feel embarrassed, has gotten a new look.

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PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2023

As a bonus, our team comprises former teachers and current coaches who are directly involved in the world of high school physical education and athletics. That means we want students to explore everything from strength and conditioning to yoga, pilates, dance, boxing, bootcamp, and more! Does PLT4M track heart rate data?

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PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

Many school websites provide teachers with their own platform to post materials about their class and program. This will help PE teachers advocate and build their programs with the involvement of the community, enhancing the health and fitness experiences for all involved. Education Sciences , 10 (4), 110.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

During instructional units, teachers can use formative assessments to track progress and get a sense of how students are experiencing the delivery of curriculum. Plickers is a technology tool that is gaining popularity with elementary PE teachers. Formative assessments help guide future instruction with student input.

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PLT4M

JUNE 5, 2023

For example, PLT4M provides various options like dance, yoga, boxing, pilates, boot camp, strength training, and more. In many physical education classrooms, teachers allow students to pick and choose what workout they want to do during a given class period.

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