Drowning in the Shallow

JANUARY 29, 2023

How can we ensure that experience of PE does no harm? One way is to improve our ethical decision making, which requires a shift in mindset in how we see PE, how we advocate for PE and how we respond to other people’s stories of their experience of PE.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 29, 2023

If you’ve been watching the World Cup of soccer, you’ll have observed many occasions in which players, although seemingly untouched, have dropped to the ground and writhed in pain for many minutes. They’re “diving,” you might say! Perhaps, but I have a more likely explanation. It’s the vuvuzelas! Vuvuzelas, a fixture in South African soccer, are plastic horns based on the traditional kudu horns used to call distant South African villagers to meetings.

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Montessori Physical Education

JANUARY 29, 2023

I wanted to thank everyone who came to my presentation on Sportsmanship and SEL at the WMA conference in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. I have been presenting at the Wisconsin Montessori Association conferences for years, and the turnout this year was exceptional. It was great to see some familiar faces from Coulee Montessori in the audience (and at Uno Venti later).

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The Sporting

JANUARY 29, 2023

The Problem With ‘All-Time’ All-Star Team Rankings Compiling ‘all-time’ All-Star teams or ranking the top 100 players of all time, using convoluted algorithms and formulae, is a skewed, ultimately meaningless exercise - Norman L. Macht The Hartford Dark Blues, a 19th century baseball team based in Conneticuit Baseball from the nineteenth century through the Deadball Era has no more relevance to today’s game than WW I warfare has to today’s conflicts.

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Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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The Sporting

JANUARY 29, 2023

The NBA’s Greatest Passers of All-Time Basketball is generally considered an exciting sport to watch, that is an obvious fact. Slam dunks, death-defying layups, fast breaks, and blocked shots usually make up the highlight reels on a nightly basis. However, there is another aspect of basketball that does not get nearly enough attention, and that is the Assist.

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