SHAPE America
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
In my award application, I wrote about introducing students to new lifetime activities in my, what I think is unique, advanced PE class. A Different Type of PE Class This is my 13th year of teaching physical education, but I have also taught other subjects along the way, such as health, wellness and weightlifting.
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.
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SHAPE America
DECEMBER 3, 2024
and as students slowly file into the gym, curiosity fills the air. To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom. The 20-minute bike ride serves as more than a “gym class.” The bell rings at 9 a.m.
SHAPE America
MAY 22, 2025
When I ask for other examples, the gym falls silent. Their feedback can offer insights we might never see from the front of the gym. They open the door to a more student-centered, purposeful PE environment where everyone feels seen and heard. Physical activity doesnt have to mean a gym workout or structured HIIT circuit.
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.
Montessori Physical Education
JUNE 8, 2025
Well, here’s the quiet part out loud: Far too many PE teachers are failing to integrate their content with the broader school curriculum. Too often, it is stuck in isolation like a dusty gym mat in the corner. There is a chicken-and-egg argument over why PE teachers are looked down upon. How ridiculous did that sound?
Mr. Kirsch
JANUARY 21, 2025
Feed The Alligators State Standard: 1, 3, & 4 Equipment: Mats, Cones, Baskets, and Scooters Grade: K-2 Purpose of Event: Moving in General Space, Manipulative Skills, and Throwing Time: 18-25 minutes Organization: Scatter ball pit balls all over the gym floor. Set six color-coded baskets in the middle of the gym on top of the four mats.
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