Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Ask most elementary students what their favorite school activity is, and they will most likely respond “RECESS”! And as Physical Educators, we can, and should, serve in making recess the best possible experience for our students. Here are just a few as outlined by the CDC: Increasing their level of physical activity.

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 21, 2024

Proposals will be selected based on their target audience (elementary or secondary) and the needs of our members.

Recreation

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Adapted physical education and adapted physical activity programs play a critical role in promoting physical activity and overall well-being for individuals with disabilities. Alex has an undergraduate degree in Physical Education Teaching and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education.

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Adapted physical education is a sub-discipline of physical education with an emphasis on physical education for students with disabilities. Determining who is qualified to provide services to students with disabilities (including physical education services) is left up to each state. . Now what do I mean by settings?

Physical Education

Spark PE

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What are standards and why are they a critical component of physical education? Standards establish well-defined and measurable objectives that encompass the skills and knowledge that students need in order to maintain a healthy and physically-active lifestyle. 5) Movement patterns and movement skills—rhythmic activities.

Movement

PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

Be on the lookout for lots of great content from Sean as he helps take the academic angle of physical education best practices. Technology can be useful at enhancing teaching and learning in physical education by increasing physical activity (PA) levels (Melton et al., The Physical Educator , 76 (1), 135–155.

Physical Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

3) Identify curricular models, including the activities that will allow students to reach the outcomes stated in the standards Aligning the student learning objectives, assessment strategies, and learning activities is known as instructional alignment (Lund & Tannehill, 2015). References: Colquitt, G., Pritchard, T.,

Assessment

The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Learning About Dance in Physical Education This whole post started based on a conversation I had with a fellow #PhysEdU community member on how to teach dance in elementary PE. Identifies physical activities that provide self-expression (S5.E3.2) You can access those here.

Dance

Whole Child Sports

MARCH 26, 2020

Which is not, in any way, shape or form, to suggest or insinuate that co-ed and boys teams (at the recreational and travel levels) do not sorely need more female coaches too: THEY DO. To wit, check out Bound Brook’s killa Coach Jen. And know this: Youth sports needs MORE WOMEN coaching girls. High school teams may be nominated here.

Wellness

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 25, 2024

One boy was a teenager in high school, the other a child in early elementary school. The sessions are shorter than usual, with frequent recess; and especial attention paid to recreation,” wrote Jessie Treat, chairman of the home. They shared similar, life-threatening cancer diagnoses and were enduring many of the same treatments.

Schooling

Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

One of the many aspects of life affected was physical activity. All in-person recreation was closed, including youth sports, dance, martial arts, and exercise classes. But there is a possibility the reduction in physical activity could impact the COVID-19 pandemic itself. Pandemic benefits of physical activity.

Physical Activity