PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

Invasion games for elementary PE offer more than just excitement and energytheyre a powerful tool for teaching key movement concepts like offensive and defensive positioning, teamwork, spatial awareness, and agility. What Are Invasion Games? Download Now! Grades 35: 1.5.10 Demonstrates throwing in a variety of practice tasks. Download Now!

Elementary

PLT4M

JULY 16, 2025

Cooperative games for elementary PE are more than just playful group activities—they foster teamwork, communication, and social-emotional growth among young students. This standard emphasizes how physical activity can be a powerful tool to help students build communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills—especially in a group setting.

Elementary

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA).

PE

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Elementary physical education teachers have a lot to cover! We have put together a free sample of elementary PE lesson plans that are sure to spark excitement with elementary students in physical education class.

Elementary

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Report Card on Physical Activity For Children and Youth from the Physical Activity Alliance has long served as a trusted resource for measuring and monitoring data surrounding overall physical activity and more specifically, physical education. Grade 10: 53.3% Grade 11: 40.2% Grade 12: 33.0%

PE

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Mike Graham, PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid, is joining forces with PLT4M to enhance elementary physical education for students and teachers alike. Together, this partnership marks a major step in bringing a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate elementary PE curriculum to schools nationwide.

PE Teacher

Active Schools Us

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We want to spotlight Washington Elementary for receiving five badges and the Distinguished School honor in 2024! The Active Schools National Summit was another milestone, bringing educators and physical activity advocates together to share best practices, promote collaboration, and celebrate the benefits of physical activity.

Schooling

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. This is because physical education teachers are educators.

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark has been in the field of education since 1976. Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

Physical Education

PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

Tag games for elementary PE are more than just fun ways to get students movingthey help young learners build essential skills like offensive and defensive movement, evasion tactics, change of direction, and spatial awareness. Want more than just tag games for elementary physical education class? Download Now!

Elementary

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Jump rope activities for elementary PE are more than just a way to get kids movingthey help students develop essential motor skills, rhythm, timing, and coordination. Fun Jump Rope Activities for Elementary PE There are many different ways to make jumping rope fun for elementary students in physical education class.

Elementary

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By: Gopher Community Physical Education teacher Heather Burd is not just an educator; she’s an example of resilience, compassion, and empowerment. Born with right hemiplegia, a partial paralysis on her right side—a condition as rare as she is unique—Heather has faced physical challenges from day one.

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Bowling in Physical Education can look, feel and play out like being at a bowling alley, but it doesnt have to. The primary goals of teaching Bowling in Physical Education do not include teaching the routines of how you play at a bowling alley. Bowling can also help students learn discipline, sportsmanship, and teamwork.

Physical Education

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. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

Education

PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Throwing and catching games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Makes safe choices with physical education equipment. Uses communication skills to negotiate roles and responsibilities in a physical activity setting.

Elementary

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At PLT4M, we teach and practice the underhand roll via fun and dynamic bowling activities for elementary PE. Teaching Underhand Roll Via Bowling Lesson Plans For Elementary PE Bowling provides an exciting and engaging way to teach the underhand roll in elementary physical education. Get Free Sample Lessons!

Teaching

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

But physical education isn’t one-size-fits-all. From kindergarten to high school, students grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. Quality physical education programs adapt and change with their students. PLT4M’s physical education curriculum is built with and by PE teachers—for PE teachers.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Basketball games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Dribbling games for elementary PE in particular provide an excellent way for students to build confidence and control with the basketball.

Elementary

Montessori Physical Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Aligning Montessori Physical Education Lessons with SHAPE America's National Standards My journey to becoming a PE teacher may not be as typical as most PE teachers. I had many classes with students getting their physical education degree in the same department.

Motor Skills

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 24, 2025

As March rolls in, the spirit of celebration is in the air, and what better way to join the festivity than by recognizing the incredible contributions of our amazing physical education (PE) teachers, health teachers and administrators? Calling all shamrock shakers and fitness fanatics!

Physical Education

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This underscores the futility of making high-stakes decisions about a childs athletic future in elementary school. Skill Acquisition and Motor Learning in Adolescence During adolescence, children can handle more complex cognitive and physical training.

Sport

Montessori Physical Education

JANUARY 12, 2025

Ready to Play in Your Classroom : Whether you teach primary, elementary, or even middle school-aged children, you’ll leave with the knowledge and confidence to bring this game back to your classroom the very next week. It's a perfect addition to your sustainability curriculum!

Middle School

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

It works for all fitness levels and is quickly becoming a popular elective in physical education programs across the country. Walking for fitness classes are helping redefine what success looks like in physical education. Yes, PLT4M has health curriculum and takes a skills based health education approach!

Fitness

PLT4M

MARCH 18, 2025

Soccer games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Fun Soccer Games For Elementary PE Soccer is one of the most popular sports around the world, and many students may have already experienced playing outside of school. Download Now!

Elementary

Gopher Sport

JULY 16, 2025

It’s specifically designed for physical education.” Bo Phillips from Salt Creek Elementary experienced this exceptional service personally. Collin Vander Wal from Mary Stark Elementary experienced this firsthand: “When I had questions on ordering, I’ve been able to contact someone and talk to them right away.

PE Teacher

Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 21, 2025

Nominate them today and let their excellence shine!

Middle School

Montessori Physical Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The Clock of Eras is one of the more important and interesting lessons in the Montessori elementary class. This is especially impactful for elementary-aged children, who are in a sensitive period for developing abstract thinking.

Elementary

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

When a physical education teacher can’t be in class, whether due to illness, professional development, or personal matters, the show must go on. Effective PE sub plans are essential to ensure that students continue to engage in meaningful physical activity no matter who is leading the class.

PE

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

Montessori Physical Education

JULY 6, 2025

I continued this trend in college, pursuing a biology degree and detesting the physics of exercise physiology due to the extensive applied math. Catherine University—specifically the upper elementary component—that I had a mathematical renaissance.

PE Teacher

Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 29, 2025

April 2025 Greetings Arizona Health and Physical Education Members, Spring is in the air!! Matt has been teaching physical education for nearly 30 years (if not more) and has been received numerous awards, including the Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2010 and the Priscilla Iosca Memorial Service Award in 2023.

Schooling

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. For more information, ( Click Here).

Elementary School

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Prior Knowledge: This lesson could be taught when your students are doing studies on the continent of Asia for lower elementary. Upper elementary students may benefit when they are doing their Imaginary Islands. Jerseys and pinnies are optional but help eliminate confusion.

Gyms

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. The goal was to make understanding the game as straightforward and enjoyable as possible, and these enhancements will definitely help accomplish that.

Middle School

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

As a physical educator in northern Minnesota, I have to be prepared for long winters with lots of snow! Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside.

Elementary

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a physical education teacher in New York City who is committed to embracing a more inclusive and empathetic teaching style in physical education. I consider myself to be an anti-racist teacher — and by embracing this approach, I aim to co-create inclusive learning environments in physical education.

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. Here are some examples of the types of grants I’ve received, along with my advice on how you might find similar grants for your physical education classes.

Physical Education