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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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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

When children are pushed beyond their developmental limitsphysically, cognitively, and emotionallythey may fall out of love with sports, lose motivation to continue, or develop chronic injuries that hamper their future athletic endeavors. Burnout often unfolds in stages: Enthusiasm: The child begins with high motivation and excitement.

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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

Insisting on precision takes a fair bit of time in the preparation phase, usually a teacher-centred process which leads to possibly external regulation for most learners (limited intrinsic motivation). To what extent does motivation comes in when we start with precision? How about sport/game skills or abilities?

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher Sport

As knowledge of the impact of motor coordination on children’s cognition and academic achievement evolves, physical educators are increasingly integrating rhythmic coordinative movement into their daily classroom activities to prime the brain for learning. 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ). Use your knowledge. Change things up.

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Why teach gymnastics in primary school?

Aspire-Ed

Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics. KS1: “Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.

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A Thousand Cranes of Hope: NICU Nurses Unite for a Symbolic Project

Stanford Childrens

Her initial motivation to incorporate paper cranes into NICU care came from creating DIY mobiles for long-term patients using leftover hospital supplies. The genesis of a creative endeavor NICU nurse Madeline Helsing, BSN, RN, began her journey with paper cranes during a visit to a Japanese restaurant.

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Genetics Team Serves as Go-to for Mom of Son With Extremely Rare Disorder

Stanford Childrens

She’s extremely well educated about his genetic condition, and she’s motivated to learn as much as possible so she can help Asher and teach others,” says Jenny Kim, MS, LCGC , a genetic counselor at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. They coordinated it all,” Gerlach says. This level of coordination is really quite common.