Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

They suggested 5 main-theme models for physical education, each with a different focus on the notion of what is 'good' for students to learn in order for them to continue to pursue physical activity beyond the school gates. Sport Education. A season of sport. The SEM has 6 defining features: 1. A formal competition schedule.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

Schools are moving beyond traditional team sports to provide more choice, variety, and accessibility. From elementary PE lesson plans all the way through various high school pe electives, PLT4M has everything you need for PE! Does PLT4M have health curriculum? FAQ Does PLT4M offer other units and lesson plans?

Fitness

Montessori Physical Education

JULY 6, 2025

A New Career Aspiration Fast forward to the end-of-the-year ceremony this year, and this time, he says he wants to "invent new sports." Trying to get the kid who "isn’t good at sports" to play is literally one of the driving forces behind how I create games. When I got to high school, it was a rude awakening.

PE Teacher

SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did. It’s Official.

High School

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If you ask most elementary students what their favorite subjects are, the most common answers are usually physical education and recess. Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This expansion helps introduce the sport at younger ages (which mirrors the growth of the sport across the country) and helps reinforce many of the transferable skills that students are learning at those grade levels — but in a new way, with a new activity. Using the Lacrosse Lesson Plans.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

I started high school in 1973 — just one year after Title IX went into effect. Growing up, I really had no idea that there were inequities when it came to girls and boys sports. Here are just a few of the differences that were firmly in place while I was growing up: Organized sports for boys (Little League, CYO, etc.)

Elementary

Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 31, 2022

My point is…the excitement in sports isn’t determined by big salaries, big budgets and media hype. And that can happen at any level, including elementary and high school – as I’m sure all of you involved in scholastic sports already know! Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com.

Sports

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. While I was not a wise old man, I certainly understood the world better than high school students did. It really is a “grown up” decision.

Schooling

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

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Technology is bound to affect sports in ways we could never imagine. Coaching, in sports where coaching usually doesn’t occur during games , i.e. tennis, golf, badminton. Certainly at the elementary and high school level, this shouldn’t be a problem. An example happened last week in the NBA. And what’s next?

Elementary

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Authors Note: In recent years, the larger educational community has explored if any subject should be required, especially at the high school level. It empowers elementary school, middle school, and high school students to build up a wide variety of tools to live healthy lifestyles. Find a Time.

Physical Education

Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-Imagined For Physical Education & Sport “Lifting any weight that increases resistance on your muscles is the key. During strength training in sports and in physical education class, how can one measure the progress of our most vital muscle? We live in a high tech world.

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

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week. 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.

Physical Education

Sport World School

JANUARY 21, 2021

Enroll in Sport World School (SWS) an international online school with a methodological approach specifically designed to match young athletes’ needs. SWS provides online programs for elementary, middle, and high school. Help your child transform their athletic career from struggling to successful.

Sports

Every Kids Sports

MARCH 8, 2023

Alaska Airlines commits to community development in Oregon by providing over 500 kids from income-restricted families with access to youth sports. BEND, OR (January 19, 2023) – Every Kid Sports, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is pleased to partner with Alaska Airlines to increase access to youth sports throughout Oregon.

Sports

Every Kids Sports

MARCH 8, 2023

Alaska Airlines commits to community development in Oregon by providing over 500 kids from income-restricted families with access to youth sports. BEND, OR (January 19, 2023) – Every Kid Sports, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is pleased to partner with Alaska Airlines to increase access to youth sports throughout Oregon.

Sports

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

Gopher Sport

JUNE 3, 2024

The phrase “Field Day’ brings you back to the end of a school year. It is a chance for middle school and elementary students to come together to play tug of war, kickball, or even softball against other classes. Kids racing on foot to see who will be the fastest in school followed by popsicles and water balloons.

Dance

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 24, 2023

It is my hope for the students to know what’s coming, the parents to trust and appreciate our program, and community members in and out of the school to know that our program is different, different than what they had when they were an Elementary student. Example Lesson for Racquet Sports

Physical Education

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This instructional video is part of a larger fitness lesson utilized at the middle and high school level. . 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. . This can still be a piece of high school pe lesson plans!

PE

Whole Child Sports

MARCH 26, 2020

The Bound Brook High (N.J.) Alexander Lewis / MyCentralJersey/USA TODAY Sports Network. And know this: Youth sports needs MORE WOMEN coaching girls. Kate Tempesta , who brings a love of golf to kids with an incredible sensitivity to age appropriateness in sports tutelage. . Men and women are different. Aren’t we?

Wellness

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

Gopher Sport

MARCH 16, 2023

SHAPE America Standards and Grade- Level Outcomes: Elementary (S1.E14) E14) Manipulative Overhand Throw Elementary (S1.E25) E25) Manipulative Striking, Long implement Middle School (S1.M2) M2) Games and Sports Invasion and field games – Throwing Middle School (S1.M20-M21) High School (S1.H1)

Middle School

Montessori Physical Education

JUNE 19, 2022

He believes after school sports could rescue the downward trend of reduced PE in school. His call to action included lobbying teachers and administrators to increase PE in school, and to develop a lifelong exercise habit like hiking. In a world where PE is expendable, why are after school sports thriving?

Academics

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

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Teachers who have strong emotional ties to sports are more likely to emphasize those sports in their PE curriculum (Ferry & Mcoughtry, 2013). Canton High School Wellness, Health & PE National Spotlight 16 Jun 2022 Read more.

Assessment

PLT4M

APRIL 26, 2023

” As the nation’s largest membership organization for physical educators, Shape America has impacted elementary to high school physical education since its founding in 1885. In addition, they also have national health education standards, dance, sport, and other national standards.

Physical Education

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

He has taught physical education at preschool, elementary, and high school levels and courses related to exercise science, coaching, health, and wellness at the university level. Alex has an undergraduate degree in Physical Education Teaching and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy , 22 (6), 563–579. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy , 23 (1), 54–65. Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D. link] Fröberg, A., & Raustorp, A.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

Using a powerful case study at one high school in Illinois, Ratey made the case that “even moderate exercise will supercharge mental circuits to beat stress, sharpen thinking, enhance memory, and much more.” Over 1,500 schools across the country use PLT4M to promote the importance of physical education and activity.

Physical Activity

Heartzones

AUGUST 17, 2021

Darrel Salmi, Stillwater High School, MN teaching physical literacy using Heart Zones Methods. Funding is readily available for your school physical and health education program. This is federal not local funding which has already been allocated to your school. It is easy to request. It is easy to get it. Be Persistent.

Schooling

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

SHAPE America

JULY 25, 2023

PPS provides more health education than many school districts in the United States. Students in our district receive health education every year in grades K-8 along with two required semesters in high school, with daily lessons/classes ranging from 9-18 weeks each year depending on the grade level.

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. Henrietta Lacks (HeLa) Timeline by National Human Genome Research Institute. Read “ The ‘Hidden Figures’ of Physical Education ”.

Physical Education