Mr. Kirsch

MAY 18, 2025

And for those of us teaching in Title I schools, the stakes and rewards often feel even greater. As an elementary PE teacher, I spend the entire year helping students build skills, confidence, and a love for physical activity. Its a celebration of movement, community, and the spirit of childhood.

PE Teacher

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport. I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. 1999; Westerbeek et al.,

Sports

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

More, Younger Youth sports occupy a special place in American culture, shaping childrens character, health, and social lives. Across the United States, an increasing number of parents and coachesoften with good intentionsseek to introduce sports to children at younger and younger ages and with greater intensity than ever before.

Sports

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Born with right hemiplegia, a partial paralysis on her right side—a condition as rare as she is unique—Heather has faced physical challenges from day one. Heather teaches hundreds of students each week, navigating her own physical challenges while showing her students the importance of resilience, self-acceptance, and overcoming adversity.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

And this also comes at a time where physical education has been a hot topic of discussion in schools. Should physical education be required? ” has always been a question in the world of education. Often the arguments against physical education stem from games and sports being the primary focus of the class.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

That’s why it’s essential to prioritize and plan a high school physical education curriculum that not only teaches the foundational elements of health and wellness but also encourages student choice, autonomy, and exposure to a wide variety of activities. As physical activity rates decline, schools must step up—not step back.

High School

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Welcome back to What's New in Adapted Physical Education , where we shine a light on trailblazers in the field of adapted physical education (APE). In this episode, we interview Nicole McCoy (@ ), an APE teacher in Lancaster, Pennsylvania about how she has transformed her teaching by integrating innovative assistive technologies.

Creativity

Gopher Sport

APRIL 16, 2025

This approach aligns seamlessly with the Meaningful PE framework, where fun, autonomy, challenge, and relevance are essential pillars, and underscores our goal of building lifelong habits of physical activity for every student. Why Gamification in PE? Learning should be fun.

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

Teaching is a complex and sometimes complicated endeavour. The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making.

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. Sport Education. A season of sport.

Physical Education

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 3, 2025

Although 40 hours per week may sound like a lot, kids often use earbuds or headphones -in school for doing independent work -at home for watching videos or playing video games -at home or at athletic venues while playing sports or exercising -even in bed, while they sleep This adds up quickly! – Provide plenty of device-free time.

Academics

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

teaches Physical Education in a very small school called The Builders School. He teaches two PE classes, one for Grades 1 to 3 (11 Students) and one for Grades 4 to 6 (9 Students). Every weekday, students start their day with a “Physical Activity Period” from [7:30] to 7:50 a.m. Just 20 students! Yes, Please!

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 16, 2025

This standard emphasizes how physical activity can be a powerful tool to help students build communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills—especially in a group setting. Grades 3–5: 3.5.2 – Uses communication skills to negotiate roles and responsibilities in a physical activity setting. → Download Now!

Elementary

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. While at ASDB, he helped to organize and develop the first ever Adapted Sports Program for sensory impaired, multi-disabled students.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

Physical education is about more than just staying activeits about building discipline, leadership, and confidence that students can carry with them for life. Bringing elements of the UAEs culture into our PE curriculum helps students connect with their heritage in a fun and active way.

PE

PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

Invasion games for elementary PE offer more than just excitement and energytheyre a powerful tool for teaching key movement concepts like offensive and defensive positioning, teamwork, spatial awareness, and agility. Each lesson includes a one page lesson overview, equipment checklist, game setup, teaching cues, standard alignment and more!

Elementary

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

In math, you might teach addition, then multiplication, then algebra. Motor skills, fitness education, social-emotional learning, sport skills, and personal wellness all come into play. Whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school, PLT4M offers a curriculum that adapts to your students’ needs—and helps them grow.

Motor Skills

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

A sports injury on the field. Are you finding time for physical activity? The demands of our job both physical and emotional require that we maintain our health and energy levels. But it’s not just global pandemics that make our world sudden. It’s the everyday emergencies that can arise without warning.

Schooling

Lampe

JUNE 3, 2025

Ive been teaching physical education (PE) for nearly four years now. I came here straight from my studies at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, where I earned a masters degree in Physical Activity and Health and a PGCE. I teach PE across all grade levels, from 1st to 7th grades (ages 513), and also […]

Physical Activity

Montessori Physical Education

JULY 6, 2025

A New Career Aspiration Fast forward to the end-of-the-year ceremony this year, and this time, he says he wants to "invent new sports." Trying to get the kid who "isn’t good at sports" to play is literally one of the driving forces behind how I create games.

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. Download Now! Kicking leg swings back.

Elementary

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

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. It’s simply not enough movement, especially for kids who are less involved in extracurricular sports.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a physical education teacher in New York City who is committed to embracing a more inclusive and empathetic teaching style in physical education. I consider myself to be an anti-racist teacher — and by embracing this approach, I aim to co-create inclusive learning environments in physical education.

Physical Education

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. The “fastest game on two feet” … baggataway … the creator’s game. Using the Lacrosse Lesson Plans.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When a school is celebrating a sports championship, they often go big: rallies, trophies, and loud cheers all around. During Health Literacy Month this October, it’s a good time to ask: What if we celebrated health literacy like we celebrate sports? has a passion for teaching health and physical education.

Health

SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. Here are some examples of the types of grants I’ve received, along with my advice on how you might find similar grants for your physical education classes.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

MARCH 14, 2023

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. We noticed that once the students had gotten the lay of the land, they quickly started teaching one another.

Recreation

Gopher Sport

APRIL 19, 2024

Key Components of Standard 4: Standard 4 states that students should develop personal skills, identify personal benefits of movement, and choose to engage in physical activity that is personally meaningful. This presents teachers with an opportunity to stay very true to the universal core values of physical education.

Physical Activity

Aspire-Ed

MARCH 5, 2024

We're proud to say that our courses, such as ' Managing Behaviour in Physical Education ', ' Athletics ' and 'Invasion Games' , have now been accredited by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity ). Inclusivity and adaptability are at the core of our values at Aspire:ED.

Education

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The impact ranges from physical to emotional to cognitive to social. Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. Teaching gymnastics helps children improve in other sports.

Primary School

Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

In a world where technology and innovation dominate, the importance of Health and Physical Education is often overlooked. In this blog post, we will explore the reasons why teaching Health and Physical Education is crucial and how literacy is the foundational skill upon which all knowledge is built. character development 2.

Physical Education

Drowning in the Shallow

AUGUST 26, 2024

Over that time I have blogged 369 times (including this one) and have written just over 400,000 words mainly on physical education, sport, physical activity, teaching, coaching and teacher education. Today marks the 10th anniversary of this blog. Looking back I’m unsure why I started blogging.

Physical Activity

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. I.e. if you do not adopt an active lifestyle your life expectancy will be shortened.

Teaching

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.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Physical activity and physical education are often confused terms in the world of education. We break down the key differences and provide examples between physical activity vs physical education. What is the difference between physical education and physical activity? Let’s dive in!

Physical Activity