Montessori Physical Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Elementary School Outcomes K- Grade 5 Standard 1. Demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns Elementary School Outcomes 6-8 Standard 1. These standards charts are posted on the website now and will be continually updated as more lessons are included.

Motor Skills

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This underscores the futility of making high-stakes decisions about a childs athletic future in elementary school. Michigan State Universitys Institute for the Study of Youth Sports has repeatedly highlighted that many professional athletes across different sports did not specialize until mid or late adolescence.

Sports

Changing the Game Project

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I looked around at the lifelong friends that he had played with since he was in elementary school, and I thought of all the hours that he spent on the field mastering his craft. “I just can’t believe that 12 years of soccer has now come to an end,” he said choking up.

High School

Lampe

JUNE 3, 2025

After completing my studies at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences many years ago, I began working as a physical education (PE) teacher in Norwegian elementary schools. Over the past 25 years, Ive also had the chance to teach a wide range of other subjectslanguage, mathematics, science, and music.

Elementary School

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

Elementary PE Sub Plans In many elementary school physical education lessons, some level of equipment or setup is required. At PLT4M, each elementary PE lesson plan includes a simple 1-page activity sheet that outlines all the important information for the class.

PE

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Six year old Ruby Bridges stepped into the history books in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans becoming a national icon for the civil rights movement. Today her story continues to inspire the next generation of leaders to end racism together one step at a time.

Elementary School

Montessori Physical Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

One of the most notable changes is the differentiation between the game's middle school and upper elementary school versions. First, the middle school game also has an extra level of competition where one team is directly playing against another.

Middle School

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a proud alum of the New York public school system who was nourished and supported by the amazing efforts from teachers, coaches, professors, and community members who guided me. As a child, I was privileged and fortunate to have attended elementary school and middle school in one of New York City’s most diverse districts.

Physical Education

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. because of the lessons (and there are a lot of them) and because I receive a lot more giveback to my school.

PE

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

After great feedback I decided to do it again, and after the Relentless School Nurse taught me about Ms. 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. Collins I changed the 2 to a 3 and now 13 Leaders sit outside my door.

Elementary School

Keeping Kids in Motion

JUNE 18, 2025

In the 1970s, my siblings and I played on the same swing set at my elementary school that my mom had used back in the 1950s. Those swings endured for decades, staying in place until 2005 when they were removed. Everyone loved them.

Elementary School

Human Kinetics

JUNE 5, 2023

That’s a necessary commitment that policy makers, school and community leaders, funders, and the public and private sectors have to make for generations to come. Promoting Elementary School Physical Activity is a key resource that will help make that commitment happen. By Laurie P. Whitsel, Ph.D,

Elementary School

SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

Build Excitement With School-Wide Events There is something special about having your entire school together. At Tyler Elementary, we have several health and wellness events that have been done over the years, with some of them becoming established annual traditions. We make time for it. The research is clear.

Wellness

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.

Elementary School

Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 27, 2022

A school nurse was asked by a parent at her elementary school’s open house if she was trained to respond to COVID, Monkeypox, and an active shooter. I was tagged in this Tweet and when I read the content, my heart rate soared and my mind raced. I sent the nurse a message to see if she would share her response.

Schooling

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.

Elementary School

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. I called the New York Mets in May 2022 and simply said, “I work at an elementary school nearby. Over the last few years, I have won quite a few grants.

Physical Education

Elementary P.E. Games

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Looking for a new and exciting tag game to engage your elementary school students in PE class? Conclusion: -Toilet Tag is a fantastic addition to your inventory of tag games for elementary PE classes. With no equipment required, it’s easy to set up and play within your designated playing area.

Elementary

Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Here I am, a School Nurse. I subbed in my children’s Catholic elementary school several times. I worked as a substitute school nurse for three years in various public and non-public preschools to High Schools in South Jersey. I loved it and the rest is history.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 28, 2023

Meg Jenkins, MS, BSN, NCSN My journey to school nurse certification began in 1994 when I was hired by the Gilford (NH) School District. I spoke with the Elementary school nurse, a fellow Salve Regina graduate as well as my beloved mentor, Rosanne Sheridan, who encouraged me to go for it.

Schooling

SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

Amanda Amtmanis Amanda Amtmanis is a physical education teacher at Macdonough Elementary School and Spencer Elementary School in Middletown, CT. In 2019, she was a pilot school coordinator for SHAPE America’s new health. service-learning program. Follow her on Twitter @AmandaAmtmanis.

High School

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.

Elementary

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The needs of our students, families and our school staff for that matter, gave me us endless opportunity for broad reach and influence. In some ways, it has been harder from this view. I can see now the way their foundation and life experience in early years lays the groundwork for a series of negative effects they face later in life.

Schooling

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.

Recreation

Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The story of the third grader at Parkside Elementary School highlights the critical role that school nurses play in ensuring the well-being of students. T he timely intervention of the school’s licensed nurse, Rachel Ocampo, proved to be life-saving for Kassie Machado’s daughter, Mia.

Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At this time, we are only surveying teachers in Arizona elementary schools (or schools that serve children in grades K-6 including K-8 and K-12). The link below will take you to the online survey, which will take about 20 minutes to complete. After completing the survey, you can add your email to win one of 15 $25 gift cards.

Physical Activity

PE Scholar

JUNE 27, 2024

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

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

MARCH 18, 2023

This series was produced by Katina Taylor, Vice President of the Jason Taylor Foundation, in partnership with the Strong Women, Strong Girls program, Strong Women, Strong Girls is a nationally recognized mentoring program dedicated to raising the aspirations and self-esteem of elementary school girls.

Elementary School

The PE Specialist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With this post I want to cover one of the most common questions I hear teachers discussing which is… How do you handle grades in Elementary PE Class? What’s up Phys Ed Fam? Well, it can definitely get super complicated, but I have a pretty simple system that I use to keep my sanity and […]

Phys Ed

Physical Education Update

MARCH 6, 2023

Here’s a video that is a compilation of a 3-week parkour unit for elementary school students. However, you can use the sport’s growing media-generated “buzz” to make it a popular addition to your gymnastics unit. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here!

Elementary School

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

While a quick check in Wikepedia shows that physical education is mandatory in elementary school and that their system includes specialist PE high schools, Romanian physical education does have its problems – just as it does in North America. The situation sounded familiar, yet different.

Physical Education

Human Kinetics

MAY 17, 2023

Russell Pate discusses the promotion of physical activity in children, specifically in the school setting. Resources by Presenter Learn more from Russell Pate by checking out Promoting Elementary School Physical Activity.

Physical Activity

Peaceful Playgrounds

JUNE 22, 2015

Hope to see you next week at the National Elementary School Principals' conference in Long Beach. Drop by our booth and say Hi.

Elementary School

Slow Chat PE

JUNE 2, 2023

Notably, we observe positive shifts in areas such as elementary school fitness testing, the reconsideration of dodgeball, and the adoption of skills-based health education. Taking a critical lens to our profession can make meaningful change.

Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The kids at Irene Lopez Elementary School had a ball on Thursday, and students at over 600 other schools throughout Arizona will soon follow suit thanks to a new partnership between the Arizona Coyotes and Equality Health. Those educators then incorporate that very curriculum into their P.E.

Elementary School

Arizona Health and Physical Education

OCTOBER 30, 2023

in the Tempe Elementary School District. Please reach out if I can help in any way~! =) Respectfully, Chelsey Sands Adapted Physical Education teacher Tempe Elementary School District #3 Hello amazing AZHPE members!!! =) My name is Chelsey Sands. In my free time, I like to hike, travel, and listen to live music.

Physical Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It empowers elementary school, middle school, and high school students to build up a wide variety of tools to live healthy lifestyles. ” As a result of the varying requirements, many elementary school physical education programs only meet once a week throughout the school year.

Physical Education