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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. Here are some of my favorite tips for teaching physical education without a gym. Teach your students about boundaries and that outdoor PE class is different than recess.

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Teaching Kids to Share

RC Families

Teaching kids to share may feel like a never-ending effort to re-program your children. Start early teaching your kids to share; it is a social skill they need so they can play cooperatively with friends and siblings and so.

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Teaching Lacrosse in Physical Education Using the New USA Lacrosse Curriculum

SHAPE America

No matter how you refer to it, lacrosse is a great game to teach your students in physical education class! This curriculum places a strong focus on two very important aspects to teaching physical education: culture and social and emotional learning. Using UDL While Teaching Lacrosse.

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PE teachers, stop teaching "to the spec"!

The Everlearner

In reality, what you will find in this post is a very considered and analytical approach to what to teach in a PE classroom that is based on evidence and years and years of successful teaching and learning. Teaching Techniques Teaching PE

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Modeling Kindness IS Teaching Kindness 

A Positive Approach To Teen Health

Kindness is teachable and teaching kindness to children is one way to set them up for a life of fulfillment ( The Science of Kindness ). Payton Smith The post Modeling Kindness IS Teaching Kindness first appeared on Positive Teen Health.

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How to Teach Jump Rope in PhysEd Class

The PE Specialist

If you’re anything like me before you started teaching you didn’t really know much about jumping rope. I would have never thought that I could spend 3-4 weeks teaching jump rope to students. Games/Activities Teaching Skills Unit Overviews

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So, Wanna Teach PE?

PE Scholar

In this article Ben Holden describes the inspiration behind his book 'Wanna Teach PE". Check it out to learn more about Ben and the book. Insight

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Best Practice use of Imagery when Teaching Classroom PE

The Everlearner

In essence, Paivio told us that: GCSE PE A Level PE Teaching Techniques Teaching PE BTEC Sport OCR Cambridge Nationals

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My PE-teaching career in five massive risks - Part 3

The Everlearner

But I do want to provoke you to consider what the importance of risks is and how risks may inform and improve our teaching. A Level PE PE Classroom Teaching Techniques Teaching PE

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How I Teach Diet and Nutrition in PE

The Everlearner

GCSE PE A Level PE Teaching PE Key Stage 3 PEElements of diet and nutrition feature in a very wide range of qualification PE learning. Diet, balanced diet, adapted diets and health are major features of GCSE, and both major A-level courses by OCR and AQA feature significant dietary components.

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Teaching Rhythm and Dance In Physical Education

The Physical Educator

Dance is a polarizing subject in the world of physical education: some teachers love to teach it, other teachers can’t even imagine themselves teaching it. We teach them to love dancing, as early and often as possible. Happy Teaching! Resources Teaching

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10 Tips for Teaching Time Management to Your Kids

RC Families

Teaching your kids time management will not only take stress off of you, it will give them a skill to use later in life that will help them become more successful in their jobs and in their homes.

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How to Teach Throwing and Catching Skills

The PE Specialist

Today I will be showing you how I teach under and overhand throws and catching in my PE class, which is one of my all time favorite skills to teach since it can be integrated into […]. Blog Games/Activities Teaching SkillsWhat’s Up Phys Ed Fam!

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Teaching Outdoor Adventurous Activities (OAA) in PE

PE Scholar

Access the live Zoom with Bryn Evans exploring ideas for Outdoor Adventurous Activities (OAA) in PE. Insight

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Why teach gymnastics in primary school?

Aspire-Ed

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. Which leads us on to our next point… Teaching gymnastics is in line with the national curriculum.

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Reality congruent sport teaching

Learning Through Sport

There is limited evidence of sport teaching in physical education transferring to physical activity participation 'beyond the school gate' in any numerical sense of significance. Teaching for understanding argument.

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TGfU: Teaching Net & Wall Games

i-phys-ed

Net & Wall Games are one of the four categories of games found in the Teaching Games for Understanding approach (click here to learn more about TGfU). The post TGfU: Teaching Net & Wall Games appeared first on iPhys-Ed.com.

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Teaching Perseverance and Honesty in PE [Interactive]

Gopher PE

PE Express Podcast Pedagogy Teaching Tips[0:02] Character education is important. How do we add bits of character education into our days without compromising activity time? [0:41] 0:41] I recently taught a lesson in perseverance or grit and honesty using physical challenge.

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Sometimes, Teaching Seems Small

Alexandra Lemm

The other night, I was eating dinner with my husband when we got onto the topic of certain teaching misconceptions. Teaching can sometimes feel like a war of attrition. We are asked to teach an insane academic skill set to students whose primary language is not English. Teachin

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Teaching Active Kids To Take Breaks

Bunch Parents Blog

Teaching Active Kids When To Take Breaks. How Much Is Too Much? Regular exercise during childhood is vital for short- and long-term health, and sports offer a great opportunity for children to get this much-needed exercise.

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The Truth About Pandemic Teaching

Alexandra Lemm

“How has teaching online been going?” Teaching online has been hard. While this has promoted a sense of normalcy, it also has been made abundantly clear that our current obstacle of virtual teaching and learning comes with its own set of hardships. . Teaching

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Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility in Physical Education (Part Two)

The Physical Educator

This is part two of my three-part blog post mini-series on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model. Part Two: Nine Teaching Strategies That Support TPSR In The Classroom. Visuals can help you communicate expectations in your teaching. Happy Teaching!

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8 Ways You Can Teach Your Kids to Live Healthy Lives

Keeping Kids in Motion

Please welcome Amanda Henderson as a guest writer for Keeping Kids in Motion. Amanda is both a mom to two rambunctious boys and a preschool teacher, so she knows from experience how quickly a situation can become unsafe. She created and writes for Safe. Health and Fitness

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What is Teaching Games for Understanding?

i-phys-ed

The Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach was developed by researchers at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom to tap into children’s inherent desire to play. Bunker and Thorpe (1982) developed TGfU around the concept of teaching kids games by playing games.

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Teaching Games for Understanding @ Home

i-phys-ed

For anyone who has taught remotely in the past year, you will know that your students quickly tire of fitness … Teaching Games for Understanding @ Home Read More ». The post Teaching Games for Understanding @ Home appeared first on iPhys-Ed.com.

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Teaching players to pay attention

Learning Through Sport

How then do we coach to teach players to concentrate - metaphorically, to shine an intentional 'spotlight' on the things to attend to? Oliver and Colleagues (2020) proposed that teaching players to understand their attention is teaching them concentrate.

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Teaching Personal & Social Responsibility in Physical Education (Part One)

The Physical Educator

This is part one of my three-part blog post mini-series on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model. Part Two: Nine Teaching Strategies That Support TPSR In The Classroom. Throughout my career, my teaching has been influenced by pedagogical models.

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Review of Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Fourth Edition

Human Kinetics

Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Fourth Edition , is the one must-have book for all new and veteran elementary physical education teachers! From Joncie Albright, PGMT , Physical Education Teacher at Locus Grove Primary School in Orange County, Virginia. .

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Reflection: A Critical Teaching Practice

Human Kinetics

In the presentation below, Human Kinetics author Shonna Snyder discusses the benefits of reflection as a critical teaching practice and how to do it well. . . After viewing the presentation, download a certificate of completion for Reflection: A Critical Teaching Practice. . Learn more from Shonna Snyder by checking out Core Teaching Practices for Health Education.

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Book Review: The Spectrum of Teaching Styles in Physical Education

PE Scholar

Mosston and Ashworth introduced us to a spectrum of teaching styles for PE in 2002. Read this summary of 2021 SueSee, Hewitt & Pill practice-focused book. Insight

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Helpful Resources for Teaching Sex Education

Teen Health Mississippi

Sex education has the power to change a young person’s life for the better, but teaching it can be a daunting and loaded responsibility for educators. Resources for Teaching Sex Education. While it may feel like it at times, you’re not teaching on an island.

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The Truth About Pandemic Teaching Part 2

Alexandra Lemm

Along with that, time is usually of the essence while attempting to create and teach engaging lessons before the dreaded state test. When thinking of the teaching profession, it is easy to forget the tasks that are on the other side of the classroom door.

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30 DAYS of GRATITUDE – a great tool for teaching gratitude to children

Keeping Kids in Motion

Oxford Languages defines gratitude as the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. I was sitting in my office last week when there was a gentle knock on my door. I turned to see three smiling faces staring. Health and Fitness thanksgiving challenge

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How I Teach Spikeball in PE Class

The PE Specialist

So you want to teach some Spikeball in your PE Classes? I know how you feel, I’ve been teaching spikeball to my students for the past few years and it’s been a big hit.

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Game-Based Teaching and Coaching as a Toolkit of Teaching Styles

Learning Through Sport

There are many versions of game-based approache s to sport teaching and coaching. However, it is more accurate to think of a GBA as a range of teaching styles or a “toolkit” of styles.

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Learning informally to use the ‘full version’ of teaching games for understanding

PE Scholar

This paper examines an experienced teacher’s employment of the teaching games for understanding (TGfU) model in a UK secondary school

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Teaching Games for Understanding and Situated Learning: Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe Model

PE Scholar

The purpose of this paper is to present a new version of the TGfU model that draws on a situated learning perspective

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