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. Implement games into warmups and lessons that foster and complement the development of motor skills.

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School Yard

JANUARY 23, 2019

Motivating students to develop a life-long love of healthy movement and physical activity is just one of several unique challenges for PE educators. Creative Tools for Your PE Obstacle Course. The UCS Urban Adventure mats are designed for fitness activities in a safe environment. Sportime Anti-Skid Agility Ladder.

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Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Emotion has a powerful influence on attention, especially modulating the selectivity of attention as well as motivating action and behavior. Physical manipulatives (concrete) in the PE environment can represent complex ideas and concepts (abstract). Anytime we engage critical thinking skills, it is perfect for our older students.

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Physical Education Ideas

MAY 11, 2019

How many times have you heard, “It’s just a game!” Game play mirrors the way the human mind was designed to learn. Games motivate students to take risks and actions, persist through failures, set and achieve often difficult goals and put attention, time and effort to acquiring knowledge and skills. Well, is it?

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