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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Are you losing your gym space for a class period, a day, a week or longer? At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. No Problem!

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3 HALLOWEEN FITNESS ACTIVITIES for the Gym, Classroom, or Home

Keeping Kids in Motion

Why not add some Halloween exercises to the mix? I present to you three Halloween challenges for the classroom, gym, or home. There’s nothing that excites kids more than Halloween. The anticipation of parties, costumes, and candy is almost unbearable. Each activity is a.

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13 Winter-Themed Indoor Activity Ideas for PE!

Gopher PE

As the winter season blankets much of the US in snow, it’s the perfect time to add the magic and joy of the season into your PE classes. In this blog, we’ve compiled 13 creative and enjoyable winter-themed indoor activity ideas that you can do with your students, turning your gym into a winter wonderland of movement and fun!

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PE: Co-curricular or Extracurricular?

Montessori Physical Education

I am a physical education teacher and I have my own classroom, whether it be the gym or outside.” Classrooms are typically much smaller than gym settings, indoor or outdoor. As a physical education teacher, you know PE is not expendable. They will only see that PE looks like recess, and the kids already have recess.

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Running While You Study – Not As Crazy As it Sounds

Physical Education Update

She began studying during exercise sessions. Soon, hitting the books became synonymous with hitting the gym. In fact, this study-exercise combination helped her to drop 30 pounds and elevate herself from a recreational jogger into a second-team All-Canadian runner over the course of several years. They love her.

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Can You Use CrossFit In Physical Education Classes?

Physical Education Update

A trend in physical education has been to make PE classes less difficult so that every student can enjoy them. The video above shows an example of how Crossfit concepts can be used in a high school physical education setting, as a program for students who want to work harder than in their traditional PE classes.

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PE Activities Without Equipment

PLT4M

PE teachers can choose from endless PE activities without equipment. We share six examples of fitness-focused pe activities without equipment and provide a downloadable PDF of even more lessons for your physical education class. Outside of school, many students will not have access to equipment for exercise.

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