Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

While recreation sport in curriculum time didn't feature in any of the schools I worked in, when I started my teaching career in the late 1980s, in many jurisdictions school sport was still in curriculum time. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise , 54 (2), 299-306. Wilhite, K., Lonsdale, C., & & Reece, L.

Sports

Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 31, 2025

The beginning of the school year is always a time of anticipation and excitement about what we are going to teach, maybe unpacking new equipment, meeting new students and figuring out the ‘specials’ schedule. What teaching strategies can we use to help our students enjoy physical education class? Simple right? Simply put, visuals!

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. Town/neighborhood: I have lived in San Tan Valley for over 12 years, but I teach at Faith Mather Sossaman in the Queen Creek Unified School District.

Education

MSU

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For example, teach your athletes how to set goals or how to manage their time. She teaches courses in the Sport Coaching, Leadership, and Administration online graduate programs. Her research interests include coach education, online teaching and learning, positive youth development through sport, and modified youth sports.

Psychology

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 3, 2025

Although 40 hours per week may sound like a lot, kids often use earbuds or headphones -in school for doing independent work -at home for watching videos or playing video games -at home or at athletic venues while playing sports or exercising -even in bed, while they sleep This adds up quickly! – Provide plenty of device-free time.

Academics

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

teaches Physical Education in a very small school called The Builders School. He teaches two PE classes, one for Grades 1 to 3 (11 Students) and one for Grades 4 to 6 (9 Students). They follow fun exercise videos and mindfulness moves to get their bodies ready for learning. Just 20 students! But movement doesn’t stop there.

PE Teacher

Montessori Physical Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

I graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in exercise physiology in the kinesiology department. Funny enough, I would take an assistant teaching job at a Montessori school in Chicago while I was "trying to find myself" and realized that teaching was, in fact, my calling.

Motor Skills

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. biomechanics, skill acquisition, exercise physiology, etc).

Physical Education

The Everlearner

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This is the hitting zone for PE teachers and highly influential subject knowledge for us all whether teaching Key stages 1-5 or teaching a PE qualification such as GCSE or A-level or BTEC. Every PE teacher knows the principles of training and there is zero confusion about what the principles mean and how to teach them, right?

Teaching

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Some focus heavily on teaching individual skillslike dribbling or jumpingbut lack engaging, fun activity ideas. Others offer exciting games but fail to connect those activities to broader goals, such as physical literacy or teaching foundational skills. Another significant challenge is the cost of high-quality resources.

Elementary

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

PE classes run twice a week, incorporating not just skill-building exercises but also ethical sportsmanship, teamwork, and leadership trainingall while blending local cultural values with global best practices. Challenges of Teaching PE in an International School Teaching in a multicultural environment comes with its challenges.

PE

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Four days a week, I teach two classes in the afternoon, and on Fridays, I have middle school all morning and one more 6-9 class to finish out the week. It was an eye-opening and fulfilling exercise. I also only meet with each class once a week. On the other days, they go to other co-curriculars like drama, music, and art.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 31, 2025

Students need relevant content that builds health literacy and teaches them how to evaluate and apply information. Include Student Voice and Choice In High School Health Class Health education standards provide a clear guide on teaching and developing essential health skills.

Health Class

Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

Physical activity isnt just about exercise its about brain breaks, social-emotional growth, and giving children the space to recharge and refocus after a long school day. Staff dont need to memorize complex exercises or create workout routines from scratch. Kids need movement.

Physical Activity

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. Perhaps not surprisingly, math and geometry became two of my favorite subjects to teach in the classroom, and I had numerous kids (and parents) appreciate my enthusiasm for the subject.

PE Teacher

The Everlearner

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Almost all PE teachers teach about the heart whether in GCSE or A-Level and I hope these eight facts may come in useful at some point. To celebrate this marvellous day for rose growers, chocolatiers and card companies, I thought I would nab the opportunity to write about the heart a little bit.

Teacher

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

Each lesson includes a one page lesson overview, equipment checklist, game setup, teaching cues, standard alignment and more! Simple exercises, games, or activities with clear instructions ensure the substitute can manage the class with ease. Even when the teacher is absent, PE should still promote movement and exercise.

PE

PLT4M

JULY 30, 2025

>>> Free Download: The Essential Guide To Teaching Weight Training What Coaches Look For in a Strength and Conditioning Program Template Coaches want a clear structure that organizes lifts, movements, and conditioning pieces. Add and adjust exercises, notes, sets, reps, and percentages with ease. Even better?

Strength

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 1, 2025

Beyond clinical care, school nurses are increasingly involved in health education efforts, teaching students about nutrition, exercise, stress management, and hygiene to promote healthier lifestyles. Another area where school nurses are stepping up is emergency preparedness.

Wellness

SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. Here are some of my favorite tips for teaching physical education without a gym. Teach your students about boundaries and that outdoor PE class is different than recess. Start by making it clear to students and parents that teaching outside is not recess.

Gyms

SHAPE America

AUGUST 12, 2024

on a rotating schedule to lead staff in 40 minutes of exercise. Health and Wellness Experts Bringing in professionals that can teach us about gut health, healthy cooking, Buti yoga, and a variety of other topics related to health and wellness has been extremely helpful. Wellness Mondays We try and keep Mondays as a meeting-free day.

Wellness

SHAPE America

AUGUST 11, 2022

These notes became the foundation for a two-part series we would later write for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), “Transitioning From Students of Teaching to Teachers of Students.”. The heat really gets turned up as students enter the internship or student teaching phase. Running the Race.

Physical Education

Active Schools Us

JUNE 6, 2024

It teaches us valuable lessons, builds character, and can help us reach our highest potential. Adversity teaches us valuable lessons about ourselves, the power of endurance, and the importance of occasional discomfort. My goal is for this exercise to help students in the future when they need a moment of inspiration.

Teaching

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Start a Multisport Camp at Your School When teaching and coaching youngsters the rules, tactics and strategies of sports, the focus especially during the early years is to help them learn a variety of sports (sports sampling) and encourage multisport participation. Show how these skills are developed across sport.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. Brain scans show that bouts of aerobic exercise enable students’ brains to activate and be more ready to learn. Teach students how to learn and to love learning. Active and healthy students are better learners.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

Exercise and fitness should not be a one size fits all approach. Modified exercises allow every individual to succeed in fitness. In this blog, we will explore 5 exercise modification examples that are an excellent addition to any physical education class or workout. Let’s use the push-up as an example. Get Access Here.

Exercise

Reinventing the Game

JUNE 15, 2021

These pair of words may sound simplistic and maybe even having negative literal connotations at first, especially if you have never encountered it with relation to learning and probably off-putting to someone who wants to teach better and got no appetite for seemingly obscure concepts. The concept of non-linear development comes in.

Physical Education

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. Which leads us on to our next point… Teaching gymnastics is in line with the national curriculum.

Primary School

Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 29, 2023

Not taking your lunch is not a badge of honor, it is teaching people that you don’t need breaks, when in fact, you absolutely do! Try deep breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, or simply taking a moment to focus on your senses and the present moment. Mindfulness can help reduce stress and improve focus.

Schooling

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We explore benefits, tips, and strategies for teaching the 4 strokes of swimming in physical education. Why Teach The 4 Strokes of Swimming In PE At the very least, students should be able to perform all the basic lifesaving swimming skills like treading water, breathing, floating, and getting back to the wall or shallow water if fatigued.

Teaching

The Everlearner

JUNE 19, 2024

The new International Baccalaureate Sport, Exercise and Health Science course will be taught by PE teachers around the world starting September 2024. This course, the first-ever PE/sport course to sit alongside biology, chemistry and physics as a core science , will challenge teachers by its structure, dynamics and classroom requirements.

Teaching

Physical Education Update

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we think of physical education classes, we automatically envision students exercising in a gym. However, the reality is that many teachers don’t have a gymnasium in which to work. That leaves them with the challenge of finding activities that students can perform in their classroom.

Physical Education

Relentless School Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

They were guided in this powerful exercise by their gifted and devoted art teacher, Lisa Wallenburg. Wallenburg has been teaching art in the Camden City School District for more than three decades. Camden, New Jersey, High School students explored the impact of gun violence through the use of art as activism = Artivism.

Schooling

Carly's P.E. Games

APRIL 16, 2020

I am also posting a really FUN exercise video, and a read a aloud for you! Small pieces of paper with exercises written on them (Same number as eggs.) Note: if you do not have plastic eggs, simple use paper to make your own paper eggs, then write exercises on the back side. This is a great book which teaches about SPORTSMANSHIP!

Fitness

Keeping Kids in Motion

APRIL 8, 2023

Maybe you’re teaching students the Virginia Reel in PE to connect with a Westward Expansion unit or using measurement skills to determine distance while practicing track and field events which naturally. Making cross-curricular connections is a key part of designing a PE curriculum.

Exercise

Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Make these classes an exercise in transportation. Tell them to think of it as an exercise in personal freedom and emancipation from their parents. Tell them to walk to the mall and time how long it takes. Walk for 15 minutes down a street. How far did they get? Have them walk in the rain with umbrellas. Have them walk in the snow.

Teaching

Elementary P.E. Games

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I’ll go into further details down below or you can go straight to the video You can use this activity as an Encanto brain break, Encanto quiz, or just as a fun movement game to get some exercise! Next, students will have 30 seconds to perform the dance, exercise, or yoga pose that matches with the correct character. -At

Dance