PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These include: STATE GOAL 19: Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Picture from Prairie Ridge High School where students workout during physical education class.

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School Yard

AUGUST 27, 2024

The discussion also explores the evolution of play-based learning from early childhood through high school. Play is a way to support children’s healthy development and create positive movement opportunities that can have a lasting impact on their physical activity levels into adolescence and adulthood.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

Many PE classes at the high school level look to take essential steps to transition students from school to an adult life that still values and prioritizes personal fitness and wellness. Let’s delve into Standard 2 and an important sub-standard at the high school level. Ready to WOW your Admins?

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Rise Of 1 To 1 Devices In Schools Over the years, many school districts pushed to introduce one-to-one programs within schools, especially middle and high schools. School districts saw technology as a powerful tool to improve everything from curriculum integration to assessment.

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PLT4M

JUNE 15, 2023

(See more here on the differences between physical activity vs. physical education.) Physical literacy is about learning a wide range of functional movement skills across different activities. In this curriculum model, students learn and develop functional movement skills like squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull.

Physical Education

PLT4M

MAY 3, 2023

And if the lack of physical activity isn’t enough, let’s look at what is happening in schools: 50% of high school-age students attend physical education only class once a week. So what can schools do to invest in fitness and mental health via physical education? lesson plans and high school P.E.

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Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 5, 2022

Kids who play hard also need plenty of sleep and quality nutrition to give their bodies time and fuel to recover after a long day. I think they need to move their bodies in a lot of different ways because they’re still developing their basic movement skills, and you don’t want to isolate just one set of movement patterns in one sport.”.

Sports

PLT4M

JULY 22, 2022

Over the last 10 years, PLT4M has set out to change the game of physical education, athletics, and wellness for school districts all across the country. 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.

Physical Education

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, a PE teacher might aim to introduce different movements like the squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull in a foundational human movement unit. This instructional video is part of a larger fitness lesson utilized at the middle and high school level. . This can still be a piece of high school pe lesson plans!

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PLT4M

APRIL 26, 2023

” As the nation’s largest membership organization for physical educators, Shape America has impacted elementary to high school physical education since its founding in 1885. Over 1,000 schools nationwide are utilizing PLT4M for middle and high school physical education.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

” Jessica Shawley, a PE teacher at Lewiston High School, succinctly highlights the unique challenge physical education programs face. And there are still countless options for middle school PE lesson plans and high school PE lesson plans that focus on fitness education.

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Spark PE

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Seven different grade-level outcomes within the Movement Patterns and Movement Skills-Manipulative Skills over-arching TEKS standard can be addressed simply by selecting specific Content Skill Cards that are available in the corresponding SPARKfolio or on SPARKfamily.org. 2) Movement patterns and movement skills—non-locomotor skills.

Movement

PLT4M

JUNE 22, 2022

We need to dedicate time to movement and activity. So why sign up for a fitness and movement program? ” Start with this 5 week Stride Enrichment Program to build a foundation of movement, fitness, health, and wellness. Here’s a sample of me breaking down just one movement that you’ll learn.

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PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2022

Sue is a high school P.E. teacher in Arizona Her school just signed up for PLT4M, and the P.E. She loves that this program is mostly bodyweight, and provides every student with a foundation of human movement (squat, lunge, hinge, push, pull). Meet Sue! chair has invited her and the other P.E. Take a Self-Guided Tour.

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Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Often athletes throw and swing the bat from the same side, so the constant repetitive rotational movements can cause spine and hip misalignment issues. Because of the constant lateral movements, young tennis players are also susceptible to lower body injuries, such as stress fractures in the feet or legs.

Sports

PLT4M

AUGUST 20, 2024

So, even with upper-grade levels and volleyball lesson plans for high school, physical education teachers would be best served to introduce different game elements through skill and drill practice. For example, 6 vs. 6 volleyball will typically involve many short and unsuccessful rallies.

Physical Education

First Beat

MARCH 7, 2024

After completing his sports studies at university in Germany, he began working in the high school education system, before transitioning into full-time coaching for the Marburg basketball team where he has worked for the last six seasons. I’m excited to use Movement Load with the premium version and see how that plays in.

Coaching

PLT4M

JULY 18, 2023

When using this curriculum mapping framework to create a vertically integrated PE Curriculum, that means starting with high school students and your upper grade levels. This means beginning to plan from the middle school level, with the high school courses in mind.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

By teaching students the basics of exercise, nutrition, and healthy habits, they can develop the skills to make smart lifestyle choices that will benefit them for a lifetime. Other key steps to promote a comprehensive fitness education for students include: Create movement opportunities throughout the school day.

Fitness

PLT4M

JUNE 16, 2022

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kyle Barth too, has seen the impact that data can have on student participation and engagement. “The ability to see a graph that shows progress in a certain movement gets kids excited. The teachers at Quincy High assign each student to a workout station, pairing 3-4 students from different grade levels.

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