Open Phys Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This interactive event is designed for both the classroom and physical education. Activities and lessons bring students together through fun, snowman-inspired challenges that build leadership skills, foster community, and strengthen school spirit. Works independently and safely in self-selected physical activities.

Physical Education

Mr. Kirsch

MAY 18, 2025

Field Day is more than an end-of-year event for elementary physical education teachers. Its a celebration of movement, community, and the spirit of childhood. As an elementary PE teacher, I spend the entire year helping students build skills, confidence, and a love for physical activity.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

The high school physical education curriculum plays a critical role in shaping students’ long-term relationship with health and fitness. For many, high school physical education class marks the final formal experience with structured physical education before transitioning to an independent, active lifestyle beyond the walls of school.

High School

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. Grade 10: 53.3% Grade 11: 40.2% Grade 12: 33.0%

PE

Active Schools Us

DECEMBER 17, 2024

AFHKs dedication to whole-child health aligns seamlessly with our mission, allowing us to work together to promote physical activity as a vital component of student success. Our annual campaigns showcased the power and impact of physical activity. Champions like you are vital to the Active Schools movement.

Schooling

PE for Parents

JUNE 6, 2025

NourishEd Our NourishEd program is a comprehensive approach to nutrition education and improved food access. EnergizEd Our EnergizEd program is a comprehensive approach to physical activity and active play. Financials Take Action Join the movement to help every kid be healthy, in whatever way works for you!

Wellness

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.

Physical Education

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

They are not educated or trained to understand whats necessary to properly develop our youth. Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running. This phase also triggers changes in bone density and joint architecture.

Sports

PE for Parents

JUNE 26, 2025

NourishEd Our NourishEd program is a comprehensive approach to nutrition education and improved food access. EnergizEd Our EnergizEd program is a comprehensive approach to physical activity and active play. Financials Take Action Join the movement to help every kid be healthy, in whatever way works for you!

Nutrition

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

Some don't develop the confidence in their competence to continue to pursue being physically active through sport when they enter adolesence. However, frequent participation in sports during adolesence has been associated with the liklihood to be highly physically active as an adult (Tammelin, 2003).

Sports

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. This is because physical education teachers are educators.

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 6, 2025

This research explored how the differing educational experiences of Montessori and traditional students impacted brain development. This idea is rooted in the Cosmic Education principle, which teaches students to explore ideas from “whole to part to whole.”

Physical Education

Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

The wonderful people running these programs are often educators, childcare professionals, or part-time, young adults who wear many hats, and leading physical activity might not be their comfort zone. But heres the truth: you dont have to be a fitness expert to foster active, healthy habits in young learners.

Physical Activity

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making. Physial education teaching is therefore a goal directed activity.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 16, 2025

This standard emphasizes how physical activity can be a powerful tool to help students build communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills—especially in a group setting. While all SHAPE standards are important in elementary PE, Standard 3 directly supports social-emotional learning and interaction through structured movement.

Elementary

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. Meet Mike Graham, PE 4 Every Kid Founder Mike Graham, PE teacher, brings nearly three decades of experience to the PLT4M team as a passionate elementary physical educator.

PE Teacher

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The focus is on age-appropriate exercises such as bodyweight movements, light resistance training, and core stability work. Students also learn proper form and the importance of regular physical activity for overall health. These exercises improve strength, coordination, and help prevent injuries. What is Mindfulness?

Flexibility

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.

Elementary

PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

Invasion games for elementary PE offer more than just excitement and energytheyre a powerful tool for teaching key movement concepts like offensive and defensive positioning, teamwork, spatial awareness, and agility. What Are Invasion Games? Grades 35: 2.5.3 These include: PreK2: 1.2.8

Elementary

Gopher Sport

APRIL 24, 2025

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. Every March, our school invites other local schools to participate in our Unified Field Day.

High School

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

teaches Physical Education in a very small school called The Builders School. A Morning Full of Movement PE happens on Mondays and Fridays in the morning. But movement doesn’t stop there. Every weekday, students start their day with a “Physical Activity Period” from [7:30] to 7:50 a.m. Just 20 students!

PE Teacher

S&S

JULY 11, 2025

We all know that regular physical activity helps kids grow stronger, stay healthy, and develop lifelong fitness habits.

Physical Fitness

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Teaching Underhand Roll Via Bowling Lesson Plans For Elementary PE Bowling provides an exciting and engaging way to teach the underhand roll in elementary physical education. Unlike traditional bowling alleys with long lanes and heavy balls, bowling in physical education is designed to be adaptable and accessible for young students.

Teaching

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

Physical Education is more than just sportsits about teamwork, leadership, and lifelong fitness habits. Building Character Through PE Maryrose and her team focus on character development alongside physical fitness, ensuring students grow mentally and socially as well as physically.

PE

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. Defense : Deny space during gameplay by cutting off routes and anticipating movement.

Elementary

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

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.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Beyond motor skill development, these games also support other standards like Standard 3 (Developing social skills through movement). Makes safe choices with physical education equipment. Uses communication skills to negotiate roles and responsibilities in a physical activity setting. Grades 3-5: 3.5.2

Elementary

Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This module provides lead-up activities and small-sided games aimed at developing movement concepts and movement patterns that can carry over into a variety of other physical activities. Identifies the rules and etiquette for physical activities/games and dance activities.

Academics

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2025

This goes beyond just physical activity. A comprehensive approach combines physical education with health education focused on essential life skills like decision-making, goal setting, and communication. And building a curriculum from the ground up takes time—something most educators don’t have to spare.

Health

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Fun and engaging activities that emphasize movement, ball control, and coordination help students develop foundational skills while keeping them active and engaged. Applies movement concepts and strategies for safe movement within dynamic environments. Examples include, but are not limited to: 2.5.1

Elementary

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

When a physical education teacher can’t be in class, whether due to illness, professional development, or personal matters, the show must go on. Effective PE sub plans are essential to ensure that students continue to engage in meaningful physical activity no matter who is leading the class.

PE

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason).

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. It is time to explore what our surroundings have to offer, while maintaining our physical health. Never underestimate your ability to create and teach new games and activities.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a physical education teacher in New York City who is committed to embracing a more inclusive and empathetic teaching style in physical education. I consider myself to be an anti-racist teacher — and by embracing this approach, I aim to co-create inclusive learning environments in physical education.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. Here are some examples of the types of grants I’ve received, along with my advice on how you might find similar grants for your physical education classes.

Physical Education

Active Schools Us

MAY 24, 2022

By now, everyone knows the extensive benefits of physical activity. Schools, in particular, seem to be becoming more aware that they need to take a wholistic approach to education based on a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model (WSCC; Lewallen et al., University of Northern Colorado.

Physical Activity