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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

My name is Casey Page and I am a physical education teacher in Shelby County, Kentucky, which is a suburb of Louisville. I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. That’s when the wheels started turning and the idea of advanced PE came to life.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

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To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom. Our bikes became tools for community service, whether it was cleaning up litter at Ridge Road Recreation or handing out water to protesters at Black Lives Matter Plaza.

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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

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Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Planning a Different Kind of Outdoor Recreation Outing When planning our first Gone Fishin’ trip, we began by looking for collaborators around the school building. Family involvement fills the gaps.

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This Is How My School Stocks Up on Kindness … and PE Equipment

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As a physical education teacher, I have been doing school fundraisers for 23 years. FUNdraiser , and 2022-2023 was our fifth year of participation. So far, we have supported our local Police Canine Unit (helping them get a new dog) and our Parks and Recreation Department. Kindness-Themed Lessons for Health & PE I use the health.

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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

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They open the door to a more student-centered, purposeful PE environment where everyone feels seen and heard. Students move in ways they enjoy, explore their strengths, and reinforce skills that transfer to recess, sports and recreational life. Is physical education an important class for kids to take? Why or why not?

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas. Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Take your classes outside!

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

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. They all asked me, “How do you build a snowball?”