Gopher Sport

APRIL 16, 2025

By thoughtfully integrating a variety of skills and activities, we ensure that every studentespecially those who identify as non-PE or non-athletehas the opportunity to achieve success, develop confidence, and ultimately discover their unique movement niche. Why Gamification in PE?

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its a game of strategy, skill, and movement that challenges players to work together while having a whole lotta fun! These creative adaptations make Boardball an invaluable tool for PE classes, offering endless opportunities for fun and skill-building across various sports and activities. Think Volleyball meets Spikeball.

Fitness

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

Some districts lower graduation requirements, citing sports or outside activities as enough. Whether a school offers foundational fitness, in-depth health education, sport-based modules, weight lifting, yoga, personal fitness, or game-based electives, PLT4M has it covered. PLT4M has elementary physical education curriculum.

High School

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. What I do: I’m one of the physical education teachers at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, currently in my 18th year teaching in Arizona.

Education

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

Motor skills, fitness education, social-emotional learning, sport skills, and personal wellness all come into play. In PE, schools often patch together different programs for elementary, middle, and high school—if they have curriculum resources at all. These skills are essential building blocks for more complex movements later on.

Motor Skills

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

Sport Education. The Sport Education model (SEM: Siedentop, 1995) defines the content of physical education as representation of authentic sport experiences. A season of sport. 2009) is a very good resource for integrated physical education in primary/elementary physical education. A formal competition schedule.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

A fitness walking class encourages students to be active, consistent, and intentional with their movement—laying the foundation for lifelong fitness. >>> Schools are moving beyond traditional team sports to provide more choice, variety, and accessibility. Each lesson in Walk Fit blends movement and learning.

Fitness

Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Motor Skill Development: The act of bowling requires coordinated movements, improving hand-eye coordination, balance, and throwing mechanics. Lifetime Activity: Bowling is a sport that can be enjoyed at any age, encouraging students to maintain an active lifestyle beyond school. Get all your Bowling Equipment Needs from Gopher Sport!

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The movements of the offense and defense become rhythmic when it is played at an advanced level. Whenever I research traditional Indigenous sports, I'm always looking for the story's origins and what the sport might reflect of the culture that invented the game. Jerseys and pinnies are optional but help eliminate confusion.

Gyms

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. If you ask most elementary students what their favorite subjects are, the most common answers are usually physical education and recess.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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. 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.

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. You may have seen or heard of schools that have large projector screens with sensors that detect and register movement from a student. In 2021, Jim received the Dr.

Physical Education

Carly's P.E. Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

My goal is to MAXIMIZE our time together with lots of movement, exercise, sports and games. Sports Skills - We learn about a different sport skill and/or physical activity each week. My rules and procedures are the same each year, so the students know what to expect and everything runs smoothly.

Schooling

Carly's P.E. Games

AUGUST 24, 2018

My name is Carly Glanzman, and I've been teaching Elementary P.E. I have a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Movement Science (aka. Physical Education), and a minor in Elementary Education. YOUTH SPORTS Your child will receive a Get Sweaty calendar soon. since 2005. I love teaching P.E.! teacher, Mrs. Glanzman

Schooling

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

Montessori Physical Education

JANUARY 15, 2023

Xikunahati is a ball sport created by the indigenous Paresi-Haliti people of Brazil. The sport's origins descend (pun intended) from their sky god, Wazare. Therefore, they would create a sport to signify the head's importance with a game that only allows the use of the head. Modern Brazil's favorite sport is fútbol.

Sports

Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In a recent survey of elementary teachers, it was found that most start off the school year with some form of rules/procedures coupled with games of low organization (fun, teamwork, cooperation). As the year progresses, most continue with units focusing on fundamental movement skill development (FMS). Purposeful Walking.

Cardiovascular

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

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Ask most elementary students what their favorite school activity is, and they will most likely respond “RECESS”! Because we are the movement experts. This is a cute circle game where the child in the middle gets to make up a dance/movement that the others copy, all while singing the song “Punchinello” together.

Physical Education

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 may fall during a unit.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. Option to modify the movement by bringing your feet further apart.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Physical activity defined by Shape is “any bodily movement that results in energy expenditure.” It empowers elementary school, middle school, and high school students to build up a wide variety of tools to live healthy lifestyles. ” Physical education is backed by national standards, like other core subjects.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Long story short, elementary through high school students are struggling. And again, we must reiterate that the health benefits of physical education are not limited to only our very young people in elementary schools. This is the largest average score decline in reading since 1990 and the first-ever score decline in mathematics.

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. There are five different movement families within parkour: (1) landings, (2) spins, (3) vaults, (4) wall movements and (5) swings. Types of Movement Families: 1.

Elementary School

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

An introduction to all things movement and fitness! Each lesson begins with a guided warm up, followed by movement education and technique work. Here, Jackie breaks down the points of performance of the lunge, one of the foundational human movements. 3) Boxing Wait, boxing is a middle school physical education unit?

Middle School

Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

The Many Benefits of Juggling: As physical education teachers, we are always coming across articles with data on the many benefits of movement, and juggling is no exception! There is nothing like the versatility of juggling scarves for elementary physical education! Use scarves as a prop during a dance unit.

Coordination

Gopher Sport

APRIL 10, 2024

Over the past 4 years I have been our districts Physical Education consultant enabling me the opportunity to adjust the curriculum and provide Professional Development throughout our district to the Elementary and Secondary Physical Education programs.

Motivation

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. One of the simplest ways of adapting an activity is to modify or substitute the movement involved. Ready to Learn More?

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

MARCH 16, 2023

SHAPE America Standards and Grade- Level Outcomes: Elementary (S1.E14) E14) Manipulative Overhand Throw Elementary (S1.E25) M2) Games and Sports Invasion and field games – Throwing Middle School (S1.M20-M21) M20-M21) Games and Sports Fielding and striking games – Throwing and Catching Middle School (S2.M10-M12)

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

Montessori Physical Education

JUNE 19, 2022

He believes after school sports could rescue the downward trend of reduced PE in school. In a world where PE is expendable, why are after school sports thriving? The strength of a school’s sports program can influence enrollment far greater than the strength of the school’s physical education curriculum.

Academics

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, a PE teacher might aim to introduce different movements like the squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull in a foundational human movement unit. Elementary PE Lesson Plans Elementary pe is the first step for students on their lifelong fitness and wellness journey. Physical education should do the same!

PE

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 16, 2022

While this can be useful in lower elementary with more mature students, it really comes into its own in upper elementary. For this age group, we have a new mantra, and it goes: Value the Long Term Over the Short Term From a strict sports perspective, this means we need strive for success in achieving the ultimate goal: a championship.

Achievement

PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. For example, a teacher can focus on teaching the cognitive and psychomotor learning domains at the beginning of the year, such as the critical elements of resistance training movements (i.e. frequency, overload, progression, etc.)

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The biggest addition is that Grades 7-12 units and lesson plans were added and given equal billing to the elementary program. Most philosophies will include personal physical activity habits, developing and enhancing movement competency and motor skills, and a cognitive understanding of movement principles.

Physical Education

Heartzones

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brian Nassif sees that all his students are engaged when they get instant visuals of their heart rate and how their movement impacts them. He grew up playing all sorts of sports. What do you fin d most fun for you and for your students using Heart Zones Move Solution? Brian Nassif was born and raised in Apple Valley, California.

Schooling

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. Mission: To advance professional practice and promote research related to health and physical education, physical activity, dance, and sport.

Physical Education