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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently. Exercise was proven to: Increase the number of neurotransmitters in the brain. Absolutely.

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Challenge Your Students with Parkour

Gopher PE

Looking for a challenging content domain to motivate children to learn a broad range of motor skills? 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. Consider parkour! plinth) and narrow (i.e.,

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Health Benefits Of Physical Education In Schools

PLT4M

Instead, it helps to empower them with motor skills, physical literacy, and a vast array of other health and wellness tools to promote overall health. Physical education programs should be: Quality – PE programs are more than just playing sports and “rolling out the ball.”

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Physical Activity and Sport-Skill Development Activities Afterschool Programs Provide

Skillastics

Sports and activities are ever-evolving, taking on surprising forms over the recent years that help encourage kids to not only get and stay active, but to consider their whole body health. Don’t believe sports are ever-changing? Now, there are 16 different sports including Ski Mountaineering and Skeleton. The Summer Olympics?

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5 Tips To Technology Use In Physical Education

PLT4M

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Goal setting and individualization should accompany fitness tracking Use technology in physical education to promote student-centered learning Technology use in physical education can be useful in building motor skills .

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A Bridge Between the Concrete and Abstract

Montessori Physical Education

The sports materials are concrete physical objects. However, the sports equipment is often symbolic of a concept from the classroom. From a solely concrete perspective, they are using sports balls to work on different gross motor skills. This ties a physical material to an abstract idea.