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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

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. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

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10 SEL Activities For High School

PLT4M

This includes the capacities to delay gratification, manage stress, and feel motivation and agency to accomplish personal and collective goals. Explicit – Emotions Activity In this lesson, high schoolers practice labeling and experiencing different emotions during a meditation exercise.

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The Beauty of Open-Ended Games in PE (Part Two)

Montessori Physical Education

At any point in the round, if all balls are taken from the playing area, everyone loses the game regardless of how many balls they have at home base. The first time my middle school students played this game, I didn’t explain that this game was serving as a metaphor for sustainability and conservation.

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