S&S

JULY 14, 2025

But beyond movement and fitness, PE offers something just as powerful: the chance to teach essential life skills that shape how … Read More The post From Gym to Classroom – Using PE to Teach Life Skills That Support Student Success appeared first on S&S Blog.

Gyms

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

Physical Education is more than just sportsits about teamwork, leadership, and lifelong fitness habits. At the International School of Creative Science in the UAE, PE teacher Maryrose Camara is bringing all of this to life in a dynamic, culturally rich program thats engaging students in ways that go far beyond the gym.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

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. Challenges Finding Elementary PE Lesson Plans For elementary PE teachers, finding the right lesson plans can feel like navigating a disjointed maze of resources.

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. These activities also promote cardiovascular endurance, agility, and perseverance, making them a valuable part of any PE curriculum. Grades 3-5: 1.5.6

Elementary

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. Download Now! Grades 35: 2.5.3

Elementary

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

Physical activity and fitness orientated physical education. Physical education therefore needs to provide time to achieve physical fitness and/or physical activity objectives, teach goal setting for physical activity to achieve health outcomes, and teach students how to design physical activity and/or fitness programs.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

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!

Gyms

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside. When snowplows create large piles of snow outside our school, each PE class gets a hill of snow to create a snow fort.

Elementary

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. All three of these tenants of PE can be better utilized in classroom settings.

Physical Activity

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. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, I invited my fifth graders and their classroom teachers to my gym for a special event. Is there any equipment you can possibly donate?”

Physical Education

SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you often find yourself wondering or asking in an online community what you should do in PE this week or next week or how to start, then you picked the right article to read. Here are my top 5 tips for using the National Physical Education Standards as a foundational base in everything you do as a PE teacher. #5:

Physical Education

Keeping Kids in Motion

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I present to you three Halloween challenges for the classroom, gym, or home. The anticipation of parties, costumes, and candy is almost unbearable. Why not add some Halloween exercises to the mix? Each activity is a.

Gyms

SHAPE America

MARCH 14, 2023

Overall, we have found fishing a great fit for our students developmentally across the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains. It’s also a great help to own or borrow enough rods to use them in PE classes prior to the trip. They explore, make adjustments, and learn from experience and the environment.

Recreation

Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Students log in miles in school gyms and playgrounds, to keep Paul company. His daily journal provides information about the place he has just run through in addition to a tip about fitness and health. It’s a great way to teach students about other places, while developing a fitness habit. Fitness Foundation (P.A.C.E.

Endurance

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 12, 2022

A trend in physical education has been to make PE classes less difficult so that every student can enjoy them. It uses a fitness program called CrossFit to make special classes more difficult and challenging. It’s also a commercial enterprise, with over 10,000 affiliated gyms now using it in their exercise offering.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. Engaging students in winter-themed activities not only promotes physical fitness but also adds a festive twist to traditional activities.

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Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

When I was a kid, I thought the point of PE was having fun. That was until it was time for the Presidential Fitness Test. Funny enough, these tests were designed to evaluate students for “ military preparedness” more than evaluating fitness. Are these fitness evaluations the best way to measure progress in our students?

PE

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Not long ago, while rubbing the sleep from my eyes and nudging the dog off the bed, I overheard the Romanian announcers discussing the state of physical education and youth fitness in their country. Many students don’t take PE because they don’t wish to carry their gym clothing with them during the school day.

Physical Education

PLT4M

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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. Free Fitness Lessons For P.E. No equipment, no problem. Get Access Here.

PE

Physical Education Update

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we think of physical education classes, we automatically envision students exercising in a gym. Three PE Update.com articles that describe in-class physical education activities are: Non-Elimination Musical Chairs , Fitness Breaks , and Favourite Sports Routines.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 6, 2023

Soon, hitting the books became synonymous with hitting the gym. Trumpeting the advantages of combining physical with mental exercise, TrekDesk now makes complete workstations that fit over any treadmill and allow you to walk while you work. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here!

Exercise

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Arguments Against Physical Education in Schools To thoroughly explore the question “should physical education be required” let’s start with the arguments against PE. Much of this criticism comes from outdated stereotypes of “gym class.” ” PE can't seem to shake the dogeball stereotype. .”

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As we approach the spookiest time of the year, bring some Halloween magic to your gym class! From witch broomstick relays to haunted header soccer challenges, these activities are sure to make your PE lessons a ghoulishly good time. Pumpkin Patch Pick-Up Scatter orange beanbags (pumpkins) around the play area.

PE

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Spider Web Scooter Tag: Create an intricate “spider web” with black ropes or yarn, intricately weaving a web throughout your gym area. physed #graveyardtag pic.twitter.com/tXRY7trr4x — Mr. Theodore – Montgomery PE (@PeMontgomery) October 19, 2022 4. When a ghost gets tagged they sleep in their grave.

Gyms

Keeping Kids in Motion

MARCH 25, 2023

There are the transitions between classes where one class leaves the gym while the next class is waiting at the door. Transition time can be one of the trickiest parts of teaching physical education. Our goal is to get the incoming class moving as.

Gyms

Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

Inexpensive, portable, simple to use, easy to store – scarves should be in every PE teacher’s repertoire, especially towards the end of year when you find yourself teaching somewhere other than your gym! Can the walk across the gym while trapping the scarf between their feet and a partner’s feet? How about their shoulder?

Coordination

Gopher Sport

APRIL 2, 2024

If there is one piece of equipment that I would suggest for you to purchase for your PE program, it’s Hula Hoops. From Hula Hooping around your body to rolling the hoop around the gym and jumping through it, hula hoops have endless possibilities. They are so versatile. First there are many sizes as well as shapes (flat and round).

Gyms

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 14, 2023

Plus, with their vibrant colors and customizable banners, these pits will add a pop of excitement to any gym or playground. FlipFrenzy Set is a game that combines speed, strategy, and exercise for an electrifying PE session. With equipment for up to 36 players, teamwork and fitness come together in this energetic game.

Gyms

PLT4M

JUNE 13, 2023

Functional fitness is any exercise or workout that improves your body’s natural movement patterns. This article will discuss what functional fitness is, why it is important, and how to incorporate it into physical education and everyday life. Functional Fitness on full display!

Fitness

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. As always, PE teachers can use their discretion and experience to determine what structure and format makes the most sense for their class and audience. Let’s take a closer look at a drill example from each of the 6 categories.

PE Teacher

The PE Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Cricket in Primary Schools As summer fast approaches (hopefully bringing the sunny weather with it), so do the ‘summer sports’ in PE. However, cricket can be played in various settings, from playgrounds to gyms or even smaller indoor areas. This isn’t the case and shouldn’t be so in your PE lessons.

Primary School

PLT4M

JULY 22, 2022

What started as a passion project for our two co-founders while they were teaching and coaching has since grown into a nationwide fitness and health movement. Thank you to all of the teachers and coaches who share our mission of empowering students with the love and skills for lifelong fitness. Free Fitness Lessons For P.E.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JULY 12, 2024

Effective Physical Education (PE) instruction hinges on thorough lesson planning. These can include fitness tests, skill assessments, or even game rules recall. Attainable (Realistic Goals) Set attainable goals based on your student’s current fitness levels and abilities.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

AUGUST 18, 2022

Yoga for high school students opens the door to a lifetime of physical fitness and mental health benefits. In this article, we take a closer look at how Canton is incorporating yoga into its’ pe curriculum. . By practicing yoga in PE, students build up the confidence to eventually do yoga independently.

High School

Heartzones

AUGUST 5, 2024

Young student demonstrates their strength while doing a pushup during gym class. Unfortunately, these errors can significantly impact the validity and reliability of your program’s fitness and health assessments. Here are 11 common mistakes when executing health and PE (HPE) assessments: Mistake #1: Avoid ranking your students.

PE

The PE Hub

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Rainy Day PE: As a primary school teacher, you may be no stranger to wet weather causing havoc during the school day! Rainy days also often affect your lessons, especially when it comes to outdoor activities like PE. However, with some creativity and flexibility, you can still give the children high-quality PE, even with limited space.

Primary School

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2023

Virtual PE is becoming an increasingly popular way to provide physical education to students. Virtual PE is a great way to engage students in physical activity while teaching important physical education concepts. Virtual PE in the Age of Virtual Schools Virtual schools are here to stay. No matter where they are.

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