PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And as much as we like to pretend children have control over their day, most of it is mapped out by everyone other than themselves. At the elementary school level, recess used to be upwards of 30 min – 60 minutes a day. And at schools, physical activity is getting the cut.

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Academics Physical Activity Elementary School Physical Education 98

Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

At any point in the round, if all balls are taken from the playing area, everyone loses the game regardless of how many balls they have at home base. Even though the students were all aware of the last rule, inevitably, someone took the last ball, which instantly ended the game for everyone. That’s an excellent way to confuse a child.

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PE Teacher Strength Middle School 79

FACTS Management

JULY 5, 2022

School safety seems to be the phrase everyone’s talking about these days, but the concept of building safety into the school day isn’t new. The sad reality is that some schools haven’t yet made the shift away from outdated systems that don’t have the capacity to build in the safety measures needed to meet these new expectations.

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Montessori Physical Education

JANUARY 29, 2023

I wanted to thank everyone who came to my presentation on Sportsmanship and SEL at the WMA conference in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. I wish I could have spent more time with everyone. PE class and recess are part of the school, so we need to abide by the best ideals of sportsmanship because we are in school.

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Schooling Sports Sports Sport 65

Stanford Childrens

JULY 5, 2023

In their first few days of life, both boys needed surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to remove large portions of injured bowel. A challenging genetic disease During Zalinski’s pregnancy with Jaxon, she and her husband had learned they both carry the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis. Still, everyone was cautious.

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Digestive system Coordination Endurance Health 103

Montessori Physical Education

OCTOBER 2, 2022

They missed a test day and need to make it up. You are taking away the instruction time that they need. Everyone knows that PE is valuable from a health perspective. The students need physical activity, which PE provides. PE needs to become a crucial part of the curriculum again. How do we do that?

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PE Gyms PE Teacher Teacher 85

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Consistent – To be both quality and comprehensive, physical education teachers need to see students consistently. Sports, recess, and other daily physical activity options are good but cannot serve as students’ only means of physical exercise. Physical education is an academic subject, just like math or science.

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Physical Education Health Education Education 98

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Does every student need to be able to throw with perfect form? In comparison, the stem cell becomes what the body needs; the child manifests as a combination of their talent (nature) and education (nurture). Some argue they are intellectuals who do not need their physicality. So how do we get everyone involved?

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PE Physical Education Movement Exercise 89

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 5, 2023

However, a group of athletic students loved to play basketball together at recess and wanted to play for a school team. We knew not everyone would have the same priorities as us, but we also knew that the league thought similarly to ours. The more teams that need to be scheduled, the harder scheduling becomes.

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Sports Sports Sport Schooling 73

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 9, 2022

Eventually the students who really want to play will ask (or tell) the misbehaving students that they need to stop talking so we can start. However, similar to a parent who needs to stand firm with a petulant child, consistency is paramount. That usually is enough to get everyone on board to start the lesson.

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Gyms PE PE Teacher Teacher 52

PLT4M

JUNE 17, 2023

Everyone benefits from movement breaks. But young students and older students need more than just a few minutes throughout the school day. Students need dedicated time for quality physical activity. Yes, young students get recess, but that isn’t enough. Finally, movement breaks offer social and emotional benefits.

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Movement Physical Activity Physical Education Academics 52

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And again, while inappropriate behavior needs immediate attention, we should remember the students struggling to focus or stay on task. Even if it is not affecting the entire class, many students need to learn and practice better positive behaviors when it comes to paying attention. Students exercise during a physical education class.

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Physical Activity Physical Education Exercise Teacher 52

Physical Education Ideas

JUNE 15, 2019

When it comes to exercise, this is all language you probably don’t need to tell your students. This is the language we need to be promoting to our students and encourage them to get out there and lead a healthy, active lifestyle. How much exercise do children need? Everyone (young and old) benefits from regular exercise.

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School Yard

JANUARY 12, 2022

There are a myriad of ways you can incorporate social emotional learning (SEL), throughout Physical Education class and at recess and enable students to practice the five core competencies of SEL as defined by CASEL: self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, social awareness, and self-awareness.

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