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. Many teachers will consider splitting the class into two more manageable small groups.

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Mindful PE

MAY 20, 2020

Our school has been closed since March, but today I got the chance to go in and take a peek at the gym and pack up my old classroom. I'm following a wonderful PE teacher and have some very big shoes to fill. I also plan on trading out the background in my Virtual PE Class (read more HERE ) to match the school gym.

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Mr. Kirsch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This idea is from Jon Peterson, PE Teacher Robert Frost Elementary Do not run into one another.

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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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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Physical Education Framework for California Public Schools is a 342-page document that outlines the California state standards for PE. But to start, it is helpful to understand the overarching goal and mission of the California State PE standards. But they don’t need to take on this task alone!

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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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Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

After a couple weeks of reflecting on this coaching/fatherhood experience, I have been reminded about the many reasons I cherished this experience and the many reasons I so value youth sports, physical education (PE) and physical activity in all its forms. The relationships we’ve built with our boys and girls extend far beyond the gym walls.

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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. It was such a shift from my world as a classroom teacher, where I had eight hours a day, five days a week to establish and reinforce a system.

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Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

When I was a kid, I thought the point of PE was having fun. Is the goal of PE to learn the rules of basketball and baseball? The answer to all of these is yes, but they are not the goal of PE. These are all objectives that should be addressed in PE. This is no different in PE. How do we do that in PE?

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Gopher PE

APRIL 10, 2024

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! Click on a button below to view videos of BlazePod being used in PE! Have all the students start in the middle of the gym. Set up several cones with BlazePod on top.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

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. Megaera Regan Megaera Regan is a retired elementary physical education teacher from the Port Washington School District on Long Island. This was probably my first real “Title IX Battle.”

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Carly's P.E. Games

MAY 23, 2021

Today I am sharing some fun and easy scooter activities for your PE classes. My gym allows for 7-8 roads. Place 2 scooters under a gym mat. This has become a well known game in the PE teacher community. The first thing to mention is that sometimes I allow "Turbo Speed" and sometimes I do not. Video coming soon!

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2022

School districts are investing and prioritizing athletic PE, especially at the high school level. Check out the rising tide of athletic PE, examples from schools across the country, and how your school can take steps to add more athletic physical education classes! Students are taking part in athletic PE. But what is it?

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

(Source: Physical Activity Alliance ) While physical education teachers advocate for improving physical fitness and the PE curriculum’s important role, many still see PE as a “gym class” where teachers roll out the ball and let kids do whatever they want.

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Physical Education Ideas

JANUARY 11, 2024

3) Rewarding Good Behavior – PE Class of the Fortnite How do you reward positive student behavior and consequently, how do you establish effective consequences for negative student behavior? The class who has accumulated the most green pegs becomes our PE class of the Fortnite.

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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. Organizing Your Day While each day is the same, I found as a PE Teacher that I had to be just as organized during my planning time and time in between classes as I was during my teaching time.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 21, 2023

Being an adapted physical educator, the first couple weeks of school for us is all about trying to figure out which schools we will be covering, who the physical education teachers are at that school and what the PE schedule will be for the kids on our caseload. Simple right? Simply put, visuals! along with the PECS pictures.

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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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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. Ok, so I get that we are in the last month of school and the last thing you’re thinking about is professional development.

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Mindful PE

AUGUST 4, 2021

Emotions in PE can sometimes run wild. Students that are interfering with others and posing risk to themselves and/or others are asked to sit out for a few minutes in my PE class. 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.

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PLT4M

JULY 22, 2022

2012 – 2016 The Early Years of PLT4M Sam Breslin, a high school PE teacher, football coach, and strength coach, was spending countless hours in front of the computer trying to program workouts for his students and athletes. PLT4M's new office and gym decked out for the company holiday party 2019. Ready to Learn More? .

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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. Do you incorporate breathwork into your classroom or PE classes?

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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.

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Elementary PE Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

I have received requests from fellow physical educators regarding PE activities that can be performed in a small space – such as a classroom setting. Some teachers aren’t blessed with a gymnasium and have to hold their classes in classrooms, lunchrooms or any open space they can find.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In summary, four of the key benefits include: Injury prevention amongst athletes Proper long-term athletic development for ALL students Improved athletic performance and long-term health Increased safety in the gym and on the field Notice in all these benefits listed that there is no mention of gender. So where are the girls at?

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PE with Palos

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

My classroom teachers run the stations, and parent volunteers move the classes around. The classes enter the school to do a station in the gym or multipurpose room, and to go to the library to receive a free book. That schedule allows the classroom teachers to have plenty of plan time and breaks.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Jordan Manley, Shape America Teacher of the Year, explains the common fault that many instructors make when adding fitness to their lesson plans, “A lot of times, fitness gets added to PE lessons as a time filler. ” A teacher explains the points of performance of an air squat during physical education class.

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Aspire-Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over 90 primary school PE teachers, senior leaders, business managers and governors booked to join us at Millennium Point, all on a mission to boost their PE, school sport and physical activity offering. PE Deep Dive. Drawing from his experience and expertise, Greg shared: How to prepare for a PE deep dive.

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PLT4M

JUNE 7, 2022

Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education Often the responsibility for motivation is placed solely on the student in physical education (PE) classes. Teachers can fall into the trap of believing certain students don’t have the disposition for physical activity or exercise, which is far from the truth. Bonus Content!

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School Yard

JUNE 29, 2020

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. If your gym floor is carpeted, you can use a Velcro system or colored discs placed on the floor.

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Physical Education Ideas

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If your students can’t be within six feet of each other, try incorporating a socially distant PE unit. 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. I did this with success.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Concept based learning and thematic curriculum for physical education have been suggested for reconceptualisation of PE curricula that is more educatively focused and strengths-based. Basketball as a concept might be the focus of one term of PE which is dedicated to the theme: education in movement.

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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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Elementary PE Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This week’s post is a description of the PE activity “Snowman’s Playground” Snowman’s Playground is a fun indoor winter activity (as long as you have a gym or an auditorium). An orange cone will be placed on the other side of the gym from each group. Items Needed.

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Elementary PE Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Butthere are always a handful of students in every PE class who dread physical activity. If you have students who whine and moan every time they enter the gym, here are a few techniques you can use to get them engaged. Get to Know Your Students Outside the Gym. Many students love physical education. Keep Yourself Motivated.

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PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2023

Trainheroic – A personal training app that many gym owners and personal training businesses utilize. Sam Breslin, a high school PE teacher, football coach, and strength coach, was spending countless hours in front of the computer trying to program workouts for his students and athletes. How did PLT4M start?

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