SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., Roger, however, arrives late, having dropped off his younger siblings at school. 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.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

The high school physical education curriculum plays a critical role in shaping students’ long-term relationship with health and fitness. For many, high school physical education class marks the final formal experience with structured physical education before transitioning to an independent, active lifestyle beyond the walls of school.

High School

PE for Parents

JUNE 6, 2025

AFHK Resource Library Our activities and resources will help inspire lifelong healthy habits. EnergizEd Our EnergizEd program is a comprehensive approach to physical activity and active play. Collective Impact Together with Active Schools and other powerful organizations, we create sustainable change for kids.

Wellness

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We explore what student participation in PE means, how school districts can create a lasting impact, and provide actionable strategies to apply in schools. >>> Free Download: Lifetime Fitness Playbook with 12 Free Lessons Participation In PE By The Numbers The U.S Report Card on Physical Activity For Children and Youth.

PE

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

. >>> Free Download: Lifetime Fitness Playbook with 12 Free Lessons Importance Of Physical Education Electives The goal of physical education is to equip students with skills, knowledge, and interest to pursue a lifetime of fitness, health, and wellness. Should physical education be required? ”

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. Some don't develop the confidence in their competence to continue to pursue being physically active through sport when they enter adolesence. However, it is my experience that in many systems, school sports requirements have waned since the 1990's.

Sports

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. The goal is not to discourage early physical activityindeed, free play and basic motor skill development are crucial for young children.

Sports

PE for Parents

JUNE 26, 2025

AFHK Resource Library Our activities and resources will help inspire lifelong healthy habits. EnergizEd Our EnergizEd program is a comprehensive approach to physical activity and active play. Collective Impact Together with Active Schools and other powerful organizations, we create sustainable change for kids.

Nutrition

Gopher Sport

APRIL 24, 2025

Hosting a Unified Field Day for High School Students Have you heard of Unified Field Day? Hosting a field day event for adapted physical education students in their communities is an initiative that fosters inclusivity, promotes physical activity, and builds strong connections.

High School

Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

Lets be honest most after-school and expanded learning programs arent staffed with certified fitness trainers or PE teachers. The wonderful people running these programs are often educators, childcare professionals, or part-time, young adults who wear many hats, and leading physical activity might not be their comfort zone.

Physical Activity

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 3, 2025

This is well beyond a level thats safe for childrens hearing, which is generally a maximum of 75 dB. This benefits a childs hearing and also encourages creativity, imagination, learning, physical activity, and more. Younger children should use well-fitting earmuffs. How long is too long?

Academics

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Challenges Of Finding The Right PE Lesson Plan Template PE teachers wear many hats, striving to expose students to a wide variety of physical activities throughout the school year. ” Free Download! THE LIFETIME FITNESS PLAYBOOK FOR PE Proven strategies to introduce more Lifetime Fitness into youre Curriculum.

PE

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

This is because physical education teachers are educators. The reality is that physical education has limited time in a school curricula. This leads to an important question that needs to be addressed by physical education teachers when planning a curriculum , What curriculum is worth planning in the time available?

Physical Education

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Mike Graham, PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid, is joining forces with PLT4M to enhance elementary physical education for students and teachers alike. Together, this partnership marks a major step in bringing a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate elementary PE curriculum to schools nationwide. Get Free Sample Lessons!

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative ideas, but most schools dont fund these purchases. Finding a comprehensive resource that schools are willing to invest in is rare. In elementary school, PE introduces students to a wide variety of motor skills, including running, jumping, throwing, catching, balancing, and more.

Elementary

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

– Joan Boyd Short These words resonate deeply with me, as a school nurse, and as a woman navigating the complexities of our world. I’m struck by how perfectly the message illustrates the essence of school nursing and the challenges we face daily in our school communities. Consider the events of recent years.

Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Through our new partnership with Booster, the program now comes with even more great resources, dedicated coaching and a streamlined timeline, making it easier and more fun than ever to exceed your schools fundraising goals and directly support your health and wellness programs. lessons and activities.

Motivation

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

. >>> Free Download: Lifetime Fitness Playbook with 12 Free Lessons Why Walking for Fitness Class Is Growing in Popularity In recent years, physical education has shifted toward more student-centered PE electives offerings. Schools are moving beyond traditional team sports to provide more choice, variety, and accessibility.

Fitness

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

But physical education isn’t one-size-fits-all. From kindergarten to high school, students grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. Quality physical education programs adapt and change with their students. What activities work best for younger students developing basic motor skills?

Motor Skills

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

Physical Education is more than just sportsits about teamwork, leadership, and lifelong fitness habits. At the International School of Creative Science in the UAE, PE teacher Maryrose Camara is bringing all of this to life in a dynamic, culturally rich program thats engaging students in ways that go far beyond the gym.

PE

Open Phys Ed

JANUARY 27, 2025

Created by: Nichole Wilder, Andrea Hart Special Contributions by: Aaron Hart, Eliza Kuhn To celebrate Heart Month during the month of February, we have compiled K-5 resources for educators to utilize both in the classroom and during physical education class.

Physical Education

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

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. SIGN UP HERE OPEN Priority Outcomes: Etiquette: Recognizes the role of rules and etiquette in teacher-designed physical activities.

Academics

PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

In this article, well explore how these engaging tag games for elementary PE align with SHAPE standards, highlight a variety of game options with detailed activity descriptions, and share a full lesson sample from PLT4Ms K-5 physical education curriculum to help you bring these skills to life in your classroom.

Elementary

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. I keep those kids at the forefront of my mind because I don’t want them to miss out on a lifetime of physical activity. It's Just Kindergarten… But Is It?

PE Teacher

PLT4M

MARCH 18, 2025

In this article, we’ll explore hose these fun soccer games for elementary PE align with SHAPE standards, preview our full slate of game options with activity descriptions, and share a full lesson sample from PLT4M’s K-5 offering to help bring these skills to life in your classroom. Examples of these standards include: 2.5.2

Elementary

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

When a physical education teacher can’t be in class, whether due to illness, professional development, or personal matters, the show must go on. Effective PE sub plans are essential to ensure that students continue to engage in meaningful physical activity no matter who is leading the class.

PE

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Instead of settling into an indoor, sedentary routine — it’s time to rethink the typical school day.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

As a principal, I certainly do as well. And, despite clear research demonstrating the positive impacts of health and wellness on academic achievement , schools may be tempted to put critically important physical activity programs on the back burner. Educators feel the pressure all around them. Don’t do it!

Wellness

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

It is time to explore what our surroundings have to offer, while maintaining our physical health. Going outside to be physically active helps increase a person’s mood, their fine motor skills, social skills, and personal wel-being. Never underestimate your ability to create and teach new games and activities.

Physical Activity

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

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. Include foundational skills (e.g., squatting, swimming, biking) in your PE program.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

When snowplows create large piles of snow outside our school, each PE class gets a hill of snow to create a snow fort. This is one of the students’ favorite PE activities every year! One of the best outdoor activities I have found to teach these skills is sledding down a hill.

Elementary

Active Schools Us

AUGUST 3, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted all aspects of daily life, including school operations and the capacity for schools to meet students’ physical and emotional needs. The CovEx study focused on child well-being, including physical health, mental health, and emotional health, as well as stress and anxiety indicators.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

MARCH 23, 2023

As a profession we have long put our advocacy efforts onto others, such as school or district leaders. But when you lead the charge in advocating for health and physical education, you have an opportunity to not only educate your school and community, but also engage with fellow advocates and supporters of HPE.

Health

SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

No matter how you refer to it, lacrosse is a great game to teach your students in physical education class! SHAPE America and USA Lacrosse recently collaborated on an updated, comprehensive physical education lacrosse curriculum. With the Lacrosse in Schools document, you can do the same. Using the Lacrosse Lesson Plans.

Physical Education

Human Kinetics

JUNE 5, 2023

Physical activity is one important foundation for our children’s mental and physical health and requires a commitment across the school day, in transport to and from school, and in school/community partnerships. Lean more about Promoting Elementary School Physical Activity.

Elementary School