SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas.

Physical Activity

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Due to a variety of factors including less opportunity for physical activity throughout the day, more seated classroom time, and fewer foundational motor experiences (swinging, climbing trees, jumping rope, building forts, and kicking the can in the alley), children’s fundamental motor skills are on the decline ( Brian et al.,

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 13, 2021

Engaging in this contested space, I did my doctoral study on curriculum and pedagogical innovation for sport teaching, which I termed sport literacy as I theorised sport teaching in PE using multi-literacy theory (Drummond & Pill, 2011; Pill, 2009, 2010). if interested, see here ).

Sports

Arizona Health and Physical Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

standard deviation points away from the mean on the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2). 1402 (25)].

Physical Education

Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

As a basketball fanatic and coach, I challenge all sports fans and caring community members to take a quick break from March Madness to advocate for one often overlooked part of our education system that is critical to the development of the student athletes who are wowing us during this year’s tournament: physical education.

Coaching

Arizona Health and Physical Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often struggle with motor skills, making it difficult for these children in physical education classes because they may not be able to keep up. Below are some strategies and ideas for teaching students with autism in physical education. Teaching Elementary Physical Education.

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 26, 2023

The sports materials are concrete physical objects. However, the sports equipment is often symbolic of a concept from the classroom. From a solely concrete perspective, they are using sports balls to work on different gross motor skills. This ties a physical material to an abstract idea.

Motor Skills

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Our digital specialty programming , like Pilates, Folklorico, and Basketball can help kids achieve personal goals as they work to master new skills. Absolutely. That’s 20 opportunities to win!

Movement

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. These types of games work well in smaller spaces and help children develop valuable skills like teamwork, strategy, and coordination, which can transfer to other sports and activities.

Primary School

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Alex has an undergraduate degree in Physical Education Teaching and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education. APA programs may include a variety of physical activities such as swimming, cycling, dance, yoga, and other sports that are adapted to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Due to a variety of factors including less opportunity for physical activity throughout the day, more seated classroom time, and fewer foundational motor experiences (swinging, climbing trees, jumping rope, building forts, and kicking the can in the alley), children’s fundamental motor skills are on the decline ( Brian et al.,

Physical Education

Skillastics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sports and activities are ever-evolving, taking on surprising forms over the recent years that help encourage kids to not only get and stay active, but to consider their whole body health. Don’t believe sports are ever-changing? Now, there are 16 different sports including Ski Mountaineering and Skeleton. The Summer Olympics?

Physical Activity

Learning Through Sport

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

In Play with Purpose: Game Sense to Sport Literacy I include Rushall & Siedentop's (1972) shaping strategy as a guide for planning game-based teaching episodes as one of the strategies they emphasise is priming. Exercise training improves motor skill learning via selective activation of mTOR. "how did it happen."

Motor Skills

Whole Child Sports

JANUARY 20, 2020

One result: potentially delayed development of motor skills. If you are teaching your child a game or technique, correct her only once or twice each outing. Beyond Winnning: Smart Parenting in a Toxic Sports Environment (Lyons Press, Connecticut). appeared first on Whole Child Sports.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Technology can be useful at enhancing teaching and learning in physical education by increasing physical activity (PA) levels (Melton et al., 2015) and motor performance (O’Loughlin et al., 2015), motivation (Melton et al.,

Physical Education

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for physical activity and physical fitness.” For instance, when a math teacher has to teach a unit on multiplication, they don’t typically create lesson plans on their own.

PE

Skillastics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Sports and activities are ever-evolving, taking on surprising forms over the recent years that help encourage kids to not only get and stay active, but to consider their whole body health. Don’t believe sports are ever-changing? Now, there are 16 different sports including Ski Mountaineering and Skeleton. The Summer Olympics?

Physical Activity

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

JUNE 8, 2021

They go in-depth and discuss their experiences, how they navigated the pandemic and student teaching, and the keys to becoming a successful APE teacher. In this episode we join them in one of their undergraduate APE classes, where they had a panel of recent APE student teachers and their mentors they worked with in the field.

Teacher

PLT4M

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Physical Education programs teach children the skills and knowledge needed to establish and sustain an active lifestyle. For example, if they participate in sports, marching band, or prove they participate in some other type of physical activity, they don’t have to take PE. Physical Activity is bodily movement of any type.

Physical Activity

Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Looking for a challenging content domain to motivate children to learn a broad range of motor skills? Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 89 (4), 429-439. Generalization from physical education to recess during an elementary sport education season. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education , 41 (3), 492-501.

Elementary School

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But the California State Standards for PE can still be achieved by teaching basic water safety and dry-land swim skills. Below is an example of how PLT4M teaches dryland and in water flutter kicking, which is a core component to successful swimming. For example, not all physical education programs have access to a pool.

PE

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

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

AKA Sports

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Through sport, not only do we have the methods to physically tend to mental health struggles and to improve our personal bio-chemistry, we also have sport as the most dynamic vehicle to support, address and make aware the subject of mental health. Sports can be an excellent way to let go and just do what you do.

Health

PLT4M

JUNE 20, 2023

Modeling is the process of demonstrating and exhibiting a behavior or skill to students. It is a powerful teaching tool that allows physical education teachers to show students how to do something correctly and with proper form. Here is where technology modeling in physical education proves to be a powerful teaching strategy.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 7, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. multiple variations of a task focusing on the same motor skill). Use reciprocal and self-check teaching styles. Explain why you are teaching something and why it is important in accomplishing the overall learning objective.

Motivation

Informed Practitioner in Sport

MAY 30, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: To celebrate the imminent release of the new title ‘ Sports Parenting: Negotiating the Challenges of the Youth Sports Journey to Help Kids Thrive ’ we are sharing this special post. In the case of youth sports, clearly we should be thinking on a longer timeline.

Private Schools

PLT4M

MAY 17, 2023

” – Vanderbilt University – Special Education Resource Project Long story short, education research leads to research findings that use data and evidence to show the effectiveness of a teaching strategy. All of this isn’t to say that many of the best practices in teaching aren’t backed by educational research.

Education

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

PE games for elementary students promote and enhance physical activity while helping students develop important motor skills, teamwork, physical literacy, and more. In this article, well explore various types of PE games for elementary, from tag games to team sports. Download Now!

Elementary

PLT4M

MAY 13, 2025

From foundational movement skills to cooperative games and sport-based activities, each unit is designed to engage young learners and promote lifelong physical literacy and physical activity. Each lesson includes a one page lesson overview, equipment checklist, game setup, teaching cues, standard alignment and more!

Elementary