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

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

SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

Photo courtesy of the East Hampton High School yearbook. In 1983 — my junior year — girls soccer became an official sport at my high school. Amanda Amtmanis Amanda Amtmanis is a physical education teacher at Macdonough Elementary School and Spencer Elementary School in Middletown, CT. It’s Official.

High School

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. There are also local and national sporting organizations looking to support youth angling.

Recreation

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

Physical Education Update

MARCH 6, 2023

Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) is a sport in which participants use a variety of gymnastics, tumbling and balance moves to run quickly through an urban environment. While Parkour is not competitive, its close relative, “Freerunning,” is a competition sport.

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. Here is a short list of some of the problems they discussed.

Physical Education

Slow Chat PE

JUNE 2, 2023

Just as a sports team reviews game films to engage in honest conversations on how to improve, we must adopt a similar mindset when reflecting on our actions, decisions, and interactions. Among these valuable insights, one stands out as the most important: the significance of being critical—of ourselves, others, and the world around us.

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

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It would be safe to assume that the most popular sport in South America is fútbol, or in the United States, soccer. However, as we explore the different countries of South America, we see each has a rich history of popular traditional or indigenous sports. The country of Columbia is no different.

Sports

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

AASP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

<p>The landscape of youth sports has changed significantly in the last 20 years with the emergence of club sports and more athletes focused on developing elite-level skills rather than sport enjoyment. </p> <p>Based on the current findings, sports specialization had varying effects on families.

Sports

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Even though it is widely accepted that 60 minutes a day of physical activity helps elementary school students all the way through high school students, only one-quarter of this group is actually getting the recommended amount of physical activity. . And at schools, physical activity is getting the cut.

Academics

Gopher Sport

JULY 10, 2024

Finally, our school district holds an annual 5th Grade Track and Field event at each of the four high schools for all 19 elementary schools. The previous two years, I have designed the onsite Field Day around “Traveling the World,” since my school is an International Studies school.

Elementary School

Arizona Health and Physical Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In Mesa, at the elementary level, the adapted physical education specialists will work with students in both a small group environment and the general physical education class. When students transition from elementary school to secondary, their services may change, depending on what is offered in each school.

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 14, 2023

Some of her former students are fully grown adults with children of their own, while others are in elementary school right now. At our school this past Friday, we had our annual Grandparents Day, where grandparents come to visit their grandchildren at school. That is quite a legacy.

Elementary School

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

13% of students do not graduate from high school, with minority populations and low-income students disproportionately affected. Long story short, elementary through high school students are struggling. Instead, all grade levels, including high school students, can reap the health benefits of physical education.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Parkour can contribute to meeting the SHAPE America’s National Standards and Grade-level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education in elementary schools. A basic vault that can be introduced in lower elementary grades is the speedstep, which can be refined and extended. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 89 (4), 429-439.

Elementary School

Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The thoughtful, gentle, yet self-determined teen simply wanted to do what teens do—be independent, get a job, play sports, and, most important, learn how to drive. “I When Isaac was in elementary school, he endured a lot of bullying, but his twin brother, Isaiah, always looked out for him, and so did his older brother, Jr.,

Elementary School

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Here, Alexa and Hunter go through a full dance fitness routine that middle school students can follow along to. And while tennis and badminton have long been the most popular and accessible racket sports, this new variety has become one of the most popular instructional units for middle school students. Get Access Here.

Middle School

Skillastics

MARCH 10, 2022

Over twenty years ago, Speed Stacks® founder Bob Fox watched Sport Stacking for the first time on a late night tv show. An elementary school teacher by trade, he quickly became a sport stacking enthusiast, and began sharing the sport with others. But is Speed Stacking a sport?

Physical Activity

Sports for Schools

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Figures like 40% to 60% of elementary school girls (age 6 to 12) are concerned about being too fat , or worry about gaining weight, are red flag signals. Encourage your child to take part in any form of physical activity, sport at school or out of school sports at clubs or leisure centres.

Digestive system

Sports for Schools

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Figures like 40% to 60% of elementary school girls (age 6 to 12) are concerned about being too fat , or worry about gaining weight, are red flag signals. Encourage your child to take part in any form of physical activity, sport at school or out of school sports at clubs or leisure centres.

Digestive system

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So take a deep dive into your grade level and see if any of the resources provided can help you build out your PE lessons for an entire school year. . Elementary PE Lesson Plans Elementary pe is the first step for students on their lifelong fitness and wellness journey.

PE

Gopher Sport

MARCH 22, 2022

Think about when you were in elementary school. Wasn’t your field day the most fun day of the school year every single year? I love seeing them grow, act as leaders, and work hard to make field day fun for the elementary students. The school provides lunch for the volunteers as a way to say “thank you” for their efforts.

Elementary

Physical Education Ideas

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The lead up for Xmas for me means finishing 300 assessments across the school, reports, organising our junior school swimming carnival, managing/coaching as part of our interschool sports program and planning lessons on top of that… oh, and writing this blog. It’s elementary school, but I love the 2 Stars and a Wish approach.

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Very valuable with back to back classes like I have at the elementary school! The warm-up time allows me to talk to individual students personally, you know, and find out something about them, how they are, what they did last night, things like that.

PE

Whole Child Sports

MARCH 26, 2020

Alexander Lewis / MyCentralJersey/USA TODAY Sports Network. And know this: Youth sports needs MORE WOMEN coaching girls. In my travels over the past decade, to interview, chronicle or film different coaches I have crossed paths with three female coaches who truly embody the ethos we champion at Whole Child Sports.

Wellness

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With the right amount of physical activity, everyone from the fidgety elementary school student to the exhausted high school student can perform better in school and form more positive relationships with peers and teachers. This could be recess for younger students and sports and clubs for older students.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

Even before the book was first published, school districts were making slow but steady progress in prioritizing a fitness-first physical education program. Physical education teachers pushed to go from a traditional game and sports model to a more comprehensive fitness and wellness model.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

JULY 25, 2023

is the assistant director for Health and Adapted/Physical Education in Portland Public Schools in Portland, OR. She began working in education in 2003 as an elementary school teacher. Over the last 20 years she developed a passion for bringing inclusive health, wellness, physical education, and sport to young people.

Health Education

SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Use Sports Stories to Talk About Discrimination. An easy and natural way to discuss Black History Month in health and physical education is through Black American pioneers in sports. Who do you think most commonly were the kinds of patients this happened to? Henrietta Lacks (HeLa) Timeline by National Human Genome Research Institute.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I recently watched an elementary school cross-country meet and was struck by the amount of talent that ran past me. I don’t know what it’s like in your region when it comes to cross-country participation, but our elementary school numbers are quite high. The meets in our area regularly draw between 600 and 1600 runners.

Obesity

Active Schools Us

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Associate Professor in Sport Pedagogy. revealed that although participants’ beliefs about the importance of physical activity and self-reported personal participation in physical activity were associated with the presence of an active school, principals’ individual and school characteristics were more meaningful predictors.

Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Henrietta Lacks (HeLa) Timeline by National Human Genome Research Institute USE SPORTS STORIES TO TALK ABOUT DISCRIMINATION An easy and natural way to discuss Black History Month in health and physical education is through Black American pioneers in sports. Who do you think most commonly were the kinds of patients this happened to?

Physical Education

Slow Chat PE

JANUARY 18, 2021

My elementary school was 90 something percent white. My middle and high school years were much more diverse although white was still the majority. Growing up I participated in many activities including Boy Scouts, 4-H, summer camps, and played multiple varsity sports in high school.

Teaching

Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

Across the globe, efforts to promote social distancing directly affected physical activity of youth by closing schools, which affected physical activity opportunities including physical education, recess, after-school sports and activities, and walking and biking to school. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

Physical Activity