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

SHAPE America

Include at least three motor skills and one foundational movement skill every Motor Skill Monday (every day is even better!) Locomotor skills are the fundamental motor skills we most often associate with successful movement, especially in sports. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Make new friends through movement. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA. Take your video games and turn them into real-life activities. Tips for Keeping it New and Exciting Find a group of your peers: Make it a fun competition with your friends.

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24 Tai Chi Movements to Change Your Life for the Better

The Sporting

Your Guide to Tai Chi: 24 Life-Changing Movements Tai Chi is a famous Chinese martial art - and its origins can be traced back to the ancient world. It is a great discipline for your physical and mental health - and there are many life-changing Tai Chi movements to try out at any age.

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

You’ve got to coordinate, sense, process, integrate, inhibit, and continually make decisions.” Look for opportunities to increase movement for students who could benefit from it. If biking doesn’t work at your school, here are some other activity ideas: Running Hiking Strength Training Cross-Country Skiing The timing piece is critical.

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The Relentless School Nurse: This is What Moms Demand Action Wants for Mother’s Day 2023!

Relentless School Nurse

We will also be able to follow up with you and the people who attend your event to keep you all involved in the gun violence prevention movement. Coordinate with your local Moms Demand Action chapter. This is the best way to have the biggest impact! Event Promotion: Get the Word Out! Event Promotion: Get the Word Out!

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

Reinventing the Game

This means that precise movements are needed in push-ups and sit-ups to trigger the automatic count. Lately I have been wondering if my own efforts in wanting to know more could be a waste when the organic development of the subject over decades still seems to move towards movement for the sake of moving and little consideration for learning.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Congratulations Dr. Joseph Sakran & Brady on a Powerful Collaboration

Relentless School Nurse

His unique insight as a survivor, public health expert, and clinical acumen as a trauma surgeon will propel the gun violence prevention movement forward, so we can finally see real change for our children and future generations.”

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