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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Are you losing your gym space for a class period, a day, a week or longer? At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. It’s not unusual.

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

Because I still want my students to get outside for fresh air and some natural vitamin D, I’ve gotten creative with one of my favorite units, which focuses on a standards-based approach with teaching opportunities in social and emotional learning. This is one of the students’ favorite PE activities every year!

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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

SHAPE America

and Kindness Across the Commonwealth has gone way beyond my gym and classroom and into my community. Spreading Kindness Can Be Fun In my gym and school, I begin teaching the health. The impact of health. We have seen that every act of kindness can make a difference. She is the KYSHAPE health.

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How to Build a Home Gym on a Budget: 6 Easy Steps

The Sporting

6 Easy Steps to Build a Great Gym at Home Say goodbye to gymtimidation and hello to home workouts! Home gym equipment In this article, we’ll show you how to transform your living room into a muscle palace without draining your bank account. You'll be saving your hard-earned money from gym memberships and personal training.

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From Parachutes to Swimming Pools: How PE Thrives at GEMS Dubai American Academy

Gopher Sport

Allison notes challenges like limited instructional time, shared gym spaces, and, of course, the heat of Dubai’s climate. Rising to Challenges and Embracing Community Teaching PE in an international school isn’t without its hurdles. But she has turned these obstacles into opportunities.

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CYLINDERCISING – Instant activity promoting teamwork, creativity, and exercise

Keeping Kids in Motion

Students enter the gym and on the screen they see the following: I’ll match up partners as they enter and off they go to retrieve one foam cylinder and an open space. I use cylindercising as an instant activity. As I filter throughout the.

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Thank you KHEF!

Carly's P.E. Games

Gym mats are used for a LARGE variety of skills and activities in P.E. It's fun to be creative while teaching elementary P.E. The students were so excited the first time they walked into the gym and saw the mats set up. The students were so excited the first time they walked into the gym and saw the mats set up.

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