Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA). Her advice to other PE teachers? “Be

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PLT4M

JUNE 13, 2025

What Are Instant Activities for Elementary PE? Instant activities for elementary PE are quick, minimal-setup PE games that students begin as soon as they enter the gym. Build Routine: Kids know what to expect when they enter the gym with a quick game. Let’s dive in! Get kids’ heart rates up and bodies moving.

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Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

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. Keep learning and sharing with other PE teachers to stay inspired.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

Our coach would run drills and teach us the rules, and we would play friendly games among ourselves. It was not unusual for my girls volleyball team to be kicked out of the gym because the football team needed an indoor space because of bad weather. When I was in sixth grade in 1971, I played basketball intramurals.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Each lesson includes a one page lesson overview, equipment checklist, game setup, teaching cues, standard alignment and more! Standards-Aligned Jump Rope Activities for Elementary PE Beyond being fun, jump rope games and activities also address specific SHAPE Standard 1 (Developing a variety of motor skills) sub-standards: PreK-2: 1.2.16

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PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Challenges Finding Elementary PE Lesson Plans For elementary PE teachers, finding the right lesson plans can feel like navigating a disjointed maze of resources. Some focus heavily on teaching individual skillslike dribbling or jumpingbut lack engaging, fun activity ideas. Mike won “Elementary P.E.

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Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

As they reach school age, we also need to provide them with high-quality PE that teaches them how to be active for a lifetime and before- and after-school opportunities to practice what they learn in PE. Sometimes, the skills our kids learn by playing and participating in PE will translate into a love of sport.

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Gopher Sport

JULY 12, 2024

This approach increases student engagement and fosters more organized and efficient teaching for you! I am a big believer in teaching through gameplay! Find games that incorporate your objective and teach it to your students. This plan should include specific, ensuring you teach all necessary standards throughout the year.

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Heartzones

JUNE 13, 2023

Reach Outside of the 4 Walls of the Gym During my 20 year career as a PE teacher in Vinton, Iowa, my school would hold an open house the first few weeks of school. Parents and their children would go from class to class to hear from the teachers about what they could expect their children to be learning in the coming year.

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PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

Whether PE teachers want a quick game for an instant activity or fun variations to fill an entire PE class, there are countless options to choose from. Physical education teachers can easily adapt tag games to work indoors or outside, offering flexibility based on available space. Download Now! Download Now!

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Montessori Physical Education

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Do what you are told, and you can go to PE. This means classroom teachers think one of the best uses of your class is to be the carrot on a stick. Unfortunately, this means some classroom teachers view gym class as not having enough worth on its own to be something that would never be considered skippable.

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Physical Education Ideas

JANUARY 3, 2020

This sounds simple enough, but I’m constantly amazed at the number of teachers that forget this part of the teaching pendulum. I always have my PE curriculum map enlarged and sitting above my desk. I’ll never forget taking over from someone who left our gym resource room in a mess. The next tip is to plan. Seek it out.

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School Yard

APRIL 3, 2020

We PE teachers are masters of walking into a storeroom and using whatever equipment is there to create amazing opportunities for students to move, collaborate, and be physically literate. Tips and Reminders for PE Teachers: Your students need to see you working to create opportunities to learn outside of school like you do in your gym.

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PLT4M

MARCH 18, 2025

However, there are plenty of fun variations and activities that can be introduced in PE to keep soccer exciting and engaging for elementary students. Physical education teachers can modify soccer games to work inside the gym or outdoors, allowing for flexibility depending on the space available. Download Now! Download Now!

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PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. By keeping things simple, PE teachers can introduce students to the basic elements of gymnastics with some soft mats, balance beams (or even lines painted on the floor), and boxes or other elevated surfaces.

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Physical Education Ideas

JANUARY 11, 2024

It doesn’t matter how many years you have been teaching, our students always find new ways to make us bend… but please don’t break. Having good classroom management is a must if you want to effectively teach. It does not matter how good of a teacher you are, or how much you know about the content if you have poor classroom management.

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Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

We teach the concept of sportsmanship to all our students so that they may have the complete Social and Emotional (SEL) toolkit available to them as they grow and mature. Students who dislike gym are typically less physically gifted than some of their counterparts. We are still utilizing SEL and team-building concepts in the PE.

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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. PLT4M went from a little upstairs shoebox in a friend’s gym to their own space with a PLT4M branded gym that you see on all the videos today! .

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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. No equipment, no problem. A physical education class participates in a no equipment workout.

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The PE Hub

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A multi-skills teaching bag can also be a great resource, offering a range of tools to keep pupils engaged and ready to go as and when needed. Consider preparing a set of adaptable games that are easy to set up in a gym or hall, such as bench ball or dodgeball.

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Mindful PE

JULY 23, 2021

One of the biggest changes I experienced moving from a classroom teacher position to the PE teacher position was figuring out what to teach and when for all grades, K-5, for the entire year. Because of that, I am recommending some of my favorite PE books to help fill in the gaps with grade-level specifics.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

MAY 9, 2023

We’re all ready to put the equipment away (hopefully somewhat organized), submit those final progress reports or grades, and shut the gym, wrestling room, multipurpose room doors for at least 6ish weeks. What’s a teacher on summer break to do?! Believe me, I get it. I’m right there with you! But let’s be realistic.

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Gopher Sport

AUGUST 28, 2024

Here are five reasons to start teaching tennis in your PE classes: 1. You’ll find detailed lesson plans and instructional videos that can be adapted for spaces as varied as basketball gyms, hard courts, or even fields using simple barrier tape around poles, cones, or chairs. We are PE teachers.

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Gopher Sport

JULY 15, 2024

STEM Sports has been a game changer for many PE programs across the country, as the curriculum fosters physical literacy with lessons designed for the physically active learner by taking students out of the traditional classroom setting and into the gym or on to the field.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 21, 2023

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!

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 10, 2024

Teaching Physical Education for 17 years in the Topeka Metropolitan area has been a labor of love and a highlight of my life. They literally enter the gym asking me if we are going to use them.” - Trent Suzuki 2022 SHAPE America Western District PE TOY See BlazePod in Action! Have all the students start in the middle of the gym.

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Gopher Sport

AUGUST 1, 2024

Warm Welcomes at the Gym Door The first part of our routine begins at the gym doors. Our students wait outside the doors until a PE teacher welcomes them in with one of three greetings, which is student choice. There is a small poster attached to the gym door as a reminder.

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Mindful PE

JULY 28, 2021

As a new PE teacher, coming from the classroom, I was not prepared for the number of times I would need to reestablish the ground rules and expectations for PE class. Respecting our gym was the most broad way of including the equipment, the room itself, as well as the routine and schedule we had in place.

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PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2023

Virtual PE is a great way to engage students in physical activity while teaching important physical education concepts. In this article, we’ll explore the benefits of virtual PE, the curriculum opportunities, and the technology that makes it possible. A PLT4M activity dashboard that gives PE teacher insights on activity.

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School Yard

JUNE 29, 2020

Social distancing in physical education is exactly the opposite of what educators try to teach. However, with a little creativity, PE teachers can help students safely participate in activities by maintaining physical distance while still promoting skill-building and lifetime fitness. (See Mike Smith.

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Heartzones

AUGUST 24, 2022

Looking back over her years of teaching, she noticed that some things were great for the kids, some were just ok, and some were horrible – like mixing 6th – 8th grade co-ed classes into a small gym with 117 students… Yep, not a smart decision. Sandy Moore, Retired PE Teacher & Heart Zones Regional Manager.

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Mindful PE

JULY 14, 2021

One of the most impactful tools I use, both when I taught elementary, as well as now as a PE teacher, are Brain Breaks. Brain Breaks in the gym are just as important. In PE, kids need just as much help with regulation, both energizing as well as relaxing. We all know how much movement matters to children (and adults!)

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

As a result, physical education teachers have to figure out if every student should be on the same training program or if there need to be multiple programs going on in the weight room at one time. Next, not all PE teachers tasked with running a weight room class have experience in writing and creating strength and conditioning programs.

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Mindful PE

AUGUST 4, 2021

As a classroom teacher, I taught about emotions, but realize now as a PE teacher that students feel and experience things very differently in a gym. Incorporating the practice of naming emotions in PE class is incredibly important, and not just when things feel out of control.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

” Therefore, when looking align physical education classes to the California state standards for PE, teachers can and should mold and adapt PE lesson plans , assessments, and technology to serve the unique demands and needs of their students and schools. But they don’t need to take on this task alone!

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Physical Education Ideas

DECEMBER 31, 2020

I’ve heard of PE teachers that cannot be in their gym and are confined to a classroom where students are not allowed to be physically active or over-exert themselves. If that is the case, maybe now is the time to teach students about mental health. I know, we teach P.E. Now may be the time they need it most.

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Mindful PE

JULY 26, 2021

Creating a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly schedule as a PE Teacher is much different than creating one as a classroom teacher. That leaves every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday to dive into the units of study and teach skills, work in stations, play mini-games, and incorporate sportsmanship, agility, and assessment.

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