SHAPE America

MARCH 14, 2023

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. As our date approached, we used several physical education classes to help students prepare for the day and what to expect.

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

No matter how you refer to it, lacrosse is a great game to teach your students in physical education class! SHAPE America and USA Lacrosse recently collaborated on an updated, comprehensive physical education lacrosse curriculum. UDL and SEL complement and overlap one another in physical education. Additional Resources.

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PLT4M

JUNE 13, 2025

The right instant activities for elementary PE can help kick off physical education class with energy and structure. In this article, we explore a variety of instant activities that physical education teachers can tap into throughout the year. What Are Instant Activities for Elementary PE? Let’s dive in!

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As a physical education teacher, I have been doing school fundraisers for 23 years. In spring 2019, my school, Odessa Upper Elementary, was one of the pilot schools for SHAPE America’s health. Kristi Bieri, PE teacher at Odessa Upper Elementary, shows off her school’s Amplify Kindness mural.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason). Therefore, I encourage educators to incorporate more HPE into every classroom, every day.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Elementary physical education teachers have a lot to cover! We have put together a free sample of elementary PE lesson plans that are sure to spark excitement with elementary students in physical education class. Educators are left deciding whether to pay out of pocket or rely on limited free options.

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SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

Educators feel the pressure all around them. This leaves educators feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, searching for something to take off their plates. This leaves educators feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, searching for something to take off their plates. As a principal, I certainly do as well. Don’t do it!

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Mike Graham, PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid, is joining forces with PLT4M to enhance elementary physical education for students and teachers alike. Together, this partnership marks a major step in bringing a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate elementary PE curriculum to schools nationwide. The obvious choice?

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PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

Tag games for elementary PE are more than just fun ways to get students movingthey help young learners build essential skills like offensive and defensive movement, evasion tactics, change of direction, and spatial awareness. Want more than just tag games for elementary physical education class? Download Now!

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Jump rope activities for elementary PE are more than just a way to get kids movingthey help students develop essential motor skills, rhythm, timing, and coordination. Fun Jump Rope Activities for Elementary PE There are many different ways to make jumping rope fun for elementary students in physical education class.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

How do you know what to teach in your physical education classes? I am a National Board Certified elementary physical education teacher with more than 13 years of experience. In 2022, I was honored to be named the SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark has been in the field of education since 1976. Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Basketball games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Dribbling games for elementary PE in particular provide an excellent way for students to build confidence and control with the basketball.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 23, 2023

On February 15, 2023, more than 130 dedicated health and physical education professionals from 33 states attended SHAPE America’s SPEAK Out! At this annual event, members of the HPE community meet with representatives of Congress to advocate for continued support and robust funding for health and physical education.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Arizona Health and Physical Education would like to announce that Larissa Talamantes, Mesa Public Schools is the Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. This award is part of the Honor and Recognition Awards and will be presented on Wednesday, October 25th at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

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PLT4M

MARCH 18, 2025

Soccer games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Fun Soccer Games For Elementary PE Soccer is one of the most popular sports around the world, and many students may have already experienced playing outside of school. Download Now!

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PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Throwing and catching games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Makes safe choices with physical education equipment. Examples include, but are not limited to: PreK-2: 3.2.3 Uses communication skills to share space and equipment.

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Active Schools Us

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Active Classrooms Month, Play All May, and Family PE Week reached educators, students, and families nationwide, showcasing that fostering a culture of activity is a collective effort. We want to spotlight Washington Elementary for receiving five badges and the Distinguished School honor in 2024!

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA).

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 27, 2023

March 27, 2023 Dear Leader Schumer, Speaker McCarthy, and All Members of 118th Congress: This morning, three children and three educators were hunted and killed by a 28-year-old female with assault weapons in Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. More than 13.7 Enough is enough!

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Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Nurse Holly is educating herself and her students as she grows her display featuring Black healthcare leaders during Black History Month. As a school nurse in an elementary school, I believe it is important to showcase influential Black leaders in nursing and medicine to our students.

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Carly's P.E. Games

MAY 23, 2021

Today I am sharing some fun and easy scooter activities for your PE classes. The first thing to mention is that sometimes I allow "Turbo Speed" and sometimes I do not. I refer to " Turbo Speed " as to when the student gets a running start (3-5 steps), then gets on their knees or belly.

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 16, 2025

In todays fast-paced educational landscape, it is more critical than ever for physical educators to be intentional and purposeful in lesson planning. In the realm of elementary physical education, this means transforming routine activities into engaging, interactive experiences that resonate with every student.

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Heartzones

MARCH 25, 2024

” ~ Bennett Ranch Elementary School (BRES) Administrator What was your first experience with Physical Education technology? Bennett Ranch Elementary generously was loaned the Heart Zones’ sensors during the 2019/20 school year. org and follow him on Instagram @bresphysed or Facebook at BRES Physical Education.

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Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Bowling in Physical Education can look, feel and play out like being at a bowling alley, but it doesnt have to. The primary goals of teaching Bowling in Physical Education do not include teaching the routines of how you play at a bowling alley. Bowling can also help students learn discipline, sportsmanship, and teamwork.

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Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Not long ago, while rubbing the sleep from my eyes and nudging the dog off the bed, I overheard the Romanian announcers discussing the state of physical education and youth fitness in their country. tags]physical education problems,Romania [/tags]. The situation sounded familiar, yet different. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com.

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Relentless School Nurse

MAY 6, 2023

This is achieved by utilizing LACDMH staff to provide threat prevention and management assistance to educational institutions and law enforcement agencies throughout the county. Educational institutions are supported in adopting a multidisciplinary approach to help prevent and mitigate potentially volatile situations.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2023

This is not a far-flung script for a crime show, this is real life and it happened this past Friday at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia. . I strongly believe that we can do so much more than issue notices, we can provide safe storage education and gun locks at back-to-school nights and health fairs.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Report Card on Physical Activity For Children and Youth from the Physical Activity Alliance has long served as a trusted resource for measuring and monitoring data surrounding overall physical activity and more specifically, physical education. Be designed to show that physical education is for everyone , not just the athletically gifted.

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PE Scholar

DECEMBER 1, 2022

To explore PA levels and sedentary time in German elementary school PE lessons and relate them to selected personal and environmental.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

SHAPE America’s National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education outline what a student should know and be able to do as a result of a highly effective physical education program. There are currently five National Standards for physical education. National Standards — What Are They?

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 24, 2025

As March rolls in, the spirit of celebration is in the air, and what better way to join the festivity than by recognizing the incredible contributions of our amazing physical education (PE) teachers, health teachers and administrators? Lets shower our deserving PE teachers with the recognition they deserve!

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SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

Megaera Regan Megaera Regan is a retired elementary physical education teacher from the Port Washington School District on Long Island.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

So should physical education be required? Suppose the big-picture goal of education is to equip students with a robust set of skills and knowledge to live successful lives. In that case, a quality physical education program should be a staple of any comprehensive educational system. Why Should PE Be Required?

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

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. Daryl Siedentop extensively researched physical education curriculum.

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PE Scholar

JUNE 27, 2024

This paper understands the personality traits and cluster types of physical education (PE) teachers in elementary schools.

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