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. Physical activity doesnt have to mean a gym workout or structured HIIT circuit. I often ask my students, How do you improve your fitness? Almost every time, they respond, run. Dont stop there.
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. It’s not unusual.
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SHAPE America
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
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. Rock climbing at LEF Climbing gym in Lexington, KY. As a PE teacher, you already know the gym gets stolen from you all the time.
SHAPE America
DECEMBER 3, 2024
and as students slowly file into the gym, curiosity fills the air. The 20-minute bike ride serves as more than a “gym class.” It shows my students the bigger picture: locations, costs and customers who typically have access to these different health and wellness spaces. The bell rings at 9 a.m.
SHAPE America
OCTOBER 12, 2023
such as teamwork, gratitude, kindness, wellness, and mindfulness. KYSHAPE provides daily slides with prompts, as well as activities and social media posts for each daily theme that administrators, health and physical educators, and other classroom teachers can use. The impact of health.
SHAPE America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The gym is not the only place where students can move, interact and learn by doing. We need classrooms to be more active and engaging like the gym! If we pause to take a panoramic view of our current landscape, we are reminded that our country has an obesity epidemic, rise in hypokinetic diseases, as well as mental health concerns.
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. Our students deserve a more straightforward, purer path: one subject, one brain cell, one glorious monoculture of thought.
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