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7 Fun and Creative Jump Rope Games

Gopher Sport

The rhythmic motion of jumping rope helps improve coordination, balance, and cardiovascular fitness. To add excitement to your elementary PE lessons, here are 10 fun and creative jump rope games that your students will love! Jump Rope Freeze Dance Play some upbeat music and have students jump rope to the rhythm.

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Egg-citing Easter Games for a Hoppin' Good PE Class!

Physical Education Ideas

From hopping like bunnies to rolling eggs, these activities improve cardiovascular health, coordination, and agility. Boosts Creativity and Imagination: The festive nature of Easter games encourages students to use their creativity and imagination.

PE 98
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13 Winter-Themed Indoor Activity Ideas for PE!

Gopher Sport

In this blog, we’ve compiled 13 creative and enjoyable winter-themed indoor activity ideas that you can do with your students, turning your gym into a winter wonderland of movement and fun! This activity targets the core, shoulders, and cardiovascular fitness. white Yuki Balls.

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Free Lessons for the New School Year!

Montessori Physical Education

To help alleviate some of the new school year anxiety and replace it with excitement, I have three free lessons and a video to get your creative juices flowing. Cardiovascular System Kickball is the ultimate game for you if you are teaching human body systems!

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Transplant Recipient Celebrates Impressive 40-Year ‘Heart-Aversary’ in a Remarkable Year for Stanford

Stanford Childrens

She had accepted this as fact, but then in 2012 her Stanford doctors asked if she wanted specialized cardiovascular genetic testing to see if they could learn what caused all the heart disease in her family. Lizzy never thought it was possible, due to her family’s serious heart disease.

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PACT Team Says Yes to Passed-Over Donor Heart, Giving Young Man a Second Chance

Stanford Childrens

While we’ve used Heart in a Box before, he’s the first one to benefit from our clinical innovation where we keep the heart beating during transplant surgery,” says Michael Ma, MD , thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. Since 2017, Dr. Hollander and his colleagues have been reviewing every pediatric heart offer they’ve received and rejected.

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Baby With Challenging Tetralogy of Fallot Grows Into Healthy Toddler

Stanford Childrens

After his first surgery, he spent four months receiving state-of-the-art care in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) growing stronger. The CVICU team are experts at supporting children with highly complex hearts with comprehensive, innovative care. “It It was a hard four months, but the teams were great.