Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. This early commercialism can overshadow the fundamental aim of youth sports: enjoyment, character development, a growing love for the sport, and holistic well-being.

Sports

Gopher Sport

APRIL 17, 2025

Although the course is geared specifically towards PE teachers at the elementary and middle school levels, there is certainly much to take away regardless of what you teach and the age of students you work with! This is a huge factor in their success, as well in their ability to see fitness and exercise as a lifetime activity.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

From kindergarten to high school, students grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. What do middle schoolers need to build confidence and motivation? How do we prepare high school students for lifelong fitness? How do we prepare high school students for lifelong fitness?

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JULY 31, 2025

An engaging and dynamic health class in high school can be a game-changer for students’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. This article explores five keys to fostering a successful and impactful health class in high school. >>> It’s more than just textbook learning—it’s a chance to build lifelong skills.

Health Class

PLT4M

JULY 15, 2025

A high-quality health curriculum is more than a requirement—it’s a powerful tool that equips students with lifelong wellness skills. Schools today are looking for resources that are current, relevant, and skills-based. When schools provide a strong wellness curriculum, they help students build healthy habits that can last a lifetime.

Health

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

As a PE teacher in a Montessori school, I know my situation is unique compared to PE teachers in traditional schools. I recognize that I have it easier compared to many of my peers, especially in the public school setting. I also only meet with each class once a week. It was an eye-opening and fulfilling exercise.

PE Teacher

Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Development of specific skills and strategies that include throwing and catching, chasing and fleeing, as well as flag pulling are targeted learning outcomes.

Academics

Montessori Physical Education

JULY 6, 2025

something that is respected and pays well. Now, if you’re thinking, "The boy is in kindergarten, it doesn’t matter what he says now," well, you're not wrong. When I got to high school, it was a rude awakening. There is a part of me that wishes he had said he wanted to be a doctor, lawyer, etc.—something I know it's silly.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 2, 2025

Skills-based health education is transforming how schools approach health instruction—shifting the focus from memorizing facts to developing real-life skills students can use to lead healthier lives. The 8 National Health Education Standards are: Use functional health information to support health and well-being of self and others.

Health Education

Montessori Physical Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

One of the most notable changes is the differentiation between the game's middle school and upper elementary school versions. First, the middle school game also has an extra level of competition where one team is directly playing against another.

Middle School

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When a school is celebrating a sports championship, they often go big: rallies, trophies, and loud cheers all around. What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ? It might be a great fit for your school.

Health

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Health-literate students can understand how their decisions affect their health and well-being and the health and well-being of those around them. Implementing these activities in middle school can help lay the foundation for making healthy choices throughout adolescence. Let’s take a look.

Middle School

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Every November, schools throughout Kentucky celebrate Kindness Across the Commonwealth , a week-long event started by KYSHAPE in 2020 to spread kindness throughout our state while promoting lessons and activities from SHAPE America’s health. such as teamwork, gratitude, kindness, wellness, and mindfulness. ® FUNdraiser.

Schooling

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. An example of this is to run, then add kicking a ball, or skip and then lunge.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JUNE 12, 2024

Middle school health curriculum is critically important because it targets students at a pivotal age when they are developing habits and attitudes that will influence their future health. Challenges Of Middle School Health Curriculum There has never been a sole curriculum or singular approach to health education within schools.

Middle School

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Filling up an entire semester of middle school physical education units can be challenging. But there are plenty of fun and engaging middle school physical education units to choose from. The Need For Variety With Middle School Physical Units Middle school physical education is unique!

Middle School

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This will include ways to integrate prevention education into your health classroom, how prevention education intersects with health and wellness, and introduce free resources that are available to you. Know the Facts. Most kids don’t drink.

Health

Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Here is an extended trailer of the film: Find out where to view this documentary, but better yet, bring it to your organizations, your schools, your communities across the country. The program won four Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, two Critics Choice awards, as well as a dozen other industry recognitions.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schools of Nursing and local school district nurses are uniquely positioned to strategically support each other’s missions and visions. How fortunate my Camden City School District (CCSD) is to have the investment and dedication of the Rutgers-Camden School of Nursing as a partner in health and learning!

Health

SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did. It’s Official.

High School

Open Phys Ed

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Created by: Nichole Wilder & Andrea Hart, RDN CDN Special Contributions: Aaron Hart Studies have shown that healthy students get better grades, attend school more, and often behave better in class. The post Health & Wellness (Middle School) appeared first on OPEN Physical Education Curriculum.

Middle School

Open Phys Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It has been known to improve health-related and skill-related fitness components, as well as helping to establish foot work and motor skills that can serve individuals in many other sports or activities. The post Jump Rope (Middle School) appeared first on OPEN Physical Education Curriculum.

Middle School

Human Kinetics

MARCH 22, 2021

Human Kinetics books can be found in our Health Education , Physical Education , and Adapted Physical Education Collections , including books by Karren McConnell and Terri Farrar such as Live Well Middle School Health , Health for Life and Health Opportunities Through Physical Education. . .

Middle School

Human Kinetics

MARCH 22, 2021

In the presentation below, Human Kinetics Director of Sales Holly Whitaker gives an overview of Live Well Middle School Health and its balance between content coverage and skills-based learning while giving you flexibility you need to reach all of your students, whether in-person learning or remote learning. . . . .

Middle School

Open Phys Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It has been known to improve health-related and skill-related fitness components, as well as helping to establish foot work and motor skills that can serve individuals in many other sports or activities.

Middle School

Human Kinetics

MARCH 22, 2021

By Adam Mullis, Middle School Health and Physical Education Teacher and Coach. In the presentation below, Adam Mullis discusses his experience of leading Wellness Week, a school-wide celebration of health and wellness. Learn creative ways to promote health and wellness for students, faculty, and staff. . .

Wellness

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

High school is an essential time for students to develop their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. From group activities to individual reflection, a variety of SEL activities can be used in the high school classroom. This article will explore 10 SEL activities for high school students. Social Emotional Learning wheel.

High School

PLT4M

MAY 3, 2023

Schools have a unique role in helping students develop the skills and knowledge to maintain physical and mental well-being. This article will discuss the importance of fitness and mental health in schools and the need for schools to take action through a deeper investment in physical education.

Fitness

Alexandra Lemm

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

For elementary school teachers, intervention might be something that is done weekly and can be handled with your eyes closed. However, with middle school and high school teachers, station groups with a teacher table are not necessarily common. Once stations are in place, they are a well-oiled machine.

Teacher

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 1, 2024

“You usually don’t have generational wealth that would allow you to focus on your education or to pursue unpaid experiences like research; instead, you are working to pay rent in college and medical school. During medical school, she did community outreach through the Latino Medical Student Association.

Academics

Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 5, 2022

Start slowly with family walks, Frisbee games, bike riding, or hiking in the weeks leading up to school. This visit can be combined with an annual wellness exam and is often required before starting school or participating on organized sporting teams. According to Dr. Boyd, easing into sports is a good way to kick things off.

Sports

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

She’d wanted to be a nurse from the time she was growing up in Colombia and had the chance to shadow a nurse at a hospital when she was in middle school. I was the only Spanish-speaking child at my school, and it was a huge transition. In high school, she studied hard to get into college while living in foster care.

Middle School

Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In a recent survey of elementary teachers, it was found that most start off the school year with some form of rules/procedures coupled with games of low organization (fun, teamwork, cooperation). It is used to transport the body (to school and back, to the store and back, to the bus and back, or to the car and back). Record times.

Cardiovascular

Montessori Physical Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

Whether that is incorporating them more in the overall gameplay, complimenting them on a job well done, or offering encouragement during mistakes, all these actions make teammates feel good. The mantra, “be fun to play with, be fun to play against,” works very well with younger children. An opponent today may be an ally tomorrow.

Middle School

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Schools have a lot to cover and only so much time. Authors Note: In recent years, the larger educational community has explored if any subject should be required, especially at the high school level. ” The old school term “gym class” usually elicits images of rolling out the balls and playing dodgeball.

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

If you are lucky enough to have the sport at your school, you are probably already getting tired of putting and taking down the volleyball net. When I played this game with my middle school students, I noticed that it did a much better job of practicing volleyball skills than Newcomb. You might be interested.

Middle School

Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In fact, the high school senior recently committed to dive for the University of California, Berkeley, for next fall. Scott dives for both his high school team and the Santa Clara Diving Club, a part of USA Diving, the governing body of elite divers. He’s a well-rounded diver who competes on all levels of springboard and platform.

High School