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. They explore, make adjustments, and learn from experience and the environment.

Recreation 411

Recreation Physical Education Education Education 411

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 25, 2024

K-12 hospital school gives kids a chance for normalcy and connections to other kids during long recoveries At most schools, the two students would never have met. One boy was a teenager in high school, the other a child in early elementary school. Normal for them is to go to school.

Schooling 111

Schooling High School Conditioning Teacher 111

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure. This underscores the futility of making high-stakes decisions about a childs athletic future in elementary school. The child may feel that they are letting down their parents and, by extension, failing as a person.

Sports 98

Sports Sports Sport Biomechanics 98

Whole Child Sports

MARCH 26, 2020

Which is not, in any way, shape or form, to suggest or insinuate that co-ed and boys teams (at the recreational and travel levels) do not sorely need more female coaches too: THEY DO. Former WNBA player Jen Derevjanik is winning at Bound Brook High school with a focus on wellness and unity.

Wellness 52

Wellness High School Coaching Sports 52

Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

Across the globe, efforts to promote social distancing directly affected physical activity of youth by closing schools, which affected physical activity opportunities including physical education, recess, after-school sports and activities, and walking and biking to school.

Physical Activity 52

Physical Activity Immune system Exercise Obesity 52