SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Help ALL Kids Develop Fundamental and Foundational Motor Skills To expand “Motor Skills Monday” beyond National PE & Sport week, think of ways to include activities, games and creative opportunities to increase motor skill ability throughout the year. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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FACTS Management

APRIL 10, 2024

Teaching is a rewarding yet demanding profession. Creative Expression Engage in creative activities outside of the classroom to channel stress and express yourself. Creating something with your hands can be therapeutic and offer a welcome break from the demands of teaching.

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Gopher Sport

JANUARY 10, 2025

Theyll share actionable insights on everything from equipment adaptations and assistive technology to pre-teaching strategies and school-wide integration. Join us as we dive into this transformative topic with three exceptional physical educators.

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FACTS Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here are a few creative ideas to try: Don’t underestimate the power of words. Take lots of photos of them teaching, interacting with students, or helping your community and post them. Showing teacher appreciation requires creativity, sincerity, and a personal touch. Don’t forget about student teachers at your school.

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Learning Through Sport

JULY 13, 2021

There are many versions of game-based approache s to sport teaching and coaching. However, it is more accurate to think of a GBA as a range of teaching styles or a “toolkit” of styles. We show a GBA can be many teaching styles to players, which invokes the metaphor of the GBA as a pedagogical toolkit.

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Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As we embark on 2024, the selection of a guiding word can provide clarity, inspiration, and a sense of purpose, empowering you to embrace the year ahead with focus and intention. 100 Word of the Year Ideas: Abundance Adventure Align Authentic Available Aware Balance Become Better Bless Bold Breathe Bright Calm Celebrate Centered Challenge Change (..)

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Schooling Creativity Motivation Exercise 160

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Steph Donovan is a dance specialist and has been teaching dance for as long as she can remember. But she’s also a primary school teacher and understands the time pressures that come with planning, researching and resourcing an engaging creative curriculum for your pupils. Steph’s workshop is a chance to change that.

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Dance PE Primary School Creativity 98

Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

Inexpensive, portable, simple to use, easy to store – scarves should be in every PE teacher’s repertoire, especially towards the end of year when you find yourself teaching somewhere other than your gym! Creativity begins to flow as the skillset (and the brain) grows!!! curriculum that teaches better breathing with scarves.

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Coordination Gyms Dance Physical Education 95

Carly's P.E. Games

JUNE 8, 2019

It's fun to be creative while teaching elementary P.E. Not only are they used for tumbling and gymnastics skills, but also for games involving throwing and catching skills. Mats can be used as "walls", "ships", "houses", and much more! The students were so excited the first time they walked into the gym and saw the mats set up.

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Gyms Elementary Creativity Teacher 130

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Activities in physical education often teach children important classroom skills including following instructions, making decisions, problem-solving, teamwork, and self-regulation. Using rhythmic patterns to teach math concepts or language skills not only makes learning more engaging, but it also makes learning more effective.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dance is a polarizing subject in the world of physical education: some teachers love to teach it, other teachers can’t even imagine themselves teaching it. We teach them to love dancing, as early and often as possible. I understand the importance of support musicality when teaching dance. Let’s dive in!

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Physical Education Ideas

APRIL 17, 2020

There is so much creativity and wonderful teachers doing wonderful things in the Physical Education space. That is OK, but if you are ever going to get creative, now is the time to do it. As mentioned, I created a Youtube video where I was teaching the fundamental skills of how to run. A scary thought. This is my journey.

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Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

In approaching a teaching scenario, the above diagram, Fig 1 , seems to suggest a possible start with Learner Outcome consideration before moving on to decide our intervention strategy, Teacher Input. We add to this challenge by also wanting to be very specific with our teaching outcomes, e.g. values, affective, skills , etc.

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Physical Education PE Education Education 130

School Yard

AUGUST 27, 2024

Play-based learning is presented not just as a teaching strategy but as a fundamental approach to actively engaging students in making sense of the world around them. Our expert guests share creative examples of play activities, emphasizing the benefits of peer teaching and inclusion.

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The PE Hub

OCTOBER 14, 2024

However, with some creativity and flexibility, you can still give the children high-quality PE, even with limited space. A multi-skills teaching bag can also be a great resource, offering a range of tools to keep pupils engaged and ready to go as and when needed.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In my view, we can find more creative and productive ways to encourage positive student behavior without isolating them while their peers enjoy physical activity. This approach is particularly effective for teaching games with a quick learning curve, like 4-square or hopscotch. Speak up on behalf of your students.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The grants are available for teachers looking to incorporate creative ways to keep their students engaged in STEM and social science projects. Every year, the SRP Classroom Grants Program offers two types of grants: STEM Grants provide up to $5,000 for school projects that incorporate innovative teaching strategies in mathematics and science.

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Open Phys Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Each day, students will take part in engaging activities that encourage collaboration, kindness, and creativity, whether in the classroom or during physical education. Activities and lessons bring students together through fun, snowman-inspired challenges that build leadership skills, foster community, and strengthen school spirit.

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Physical Education Physical Activity Academics Creativity 131

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Skills I choose to focus on in this PE unit are: serves [mainly underhand], passing, setting, and I teach the very basics of hitting. Creative Volleyball Drills to Boost Engagement Having students participate in drills can come with challenges, especially if this sport is not one they care for.

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Teaching Teaching Middle School Creativity 52

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Town/neighborhood: I have lived in San Tan Valley for over 12 years, but I teach at Faith Mather Sossaman in the Queen Creek Unified School District. What I do: I’m one of the physical education teachers at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, currently in my 18th year teaching in Arizona.

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Aspire-Ed

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As a result, it’s seen as a difficult and dangerous sport to teach, with teachers left apprehensive about delivering lessons. So how do you move from fearing the sport to making it one of your favourite to teach? The course gives you the skills, knowledge and confidence to plan, teach and assess primary gymnastics.

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Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

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. I saw people teaching each other how to make the cranes and at the same time, getting to know one another. This has been a team bonding experience.”

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Coordination Creativity Motivation Wellness 107

Physical Education Ideas

MARCH 1, 2020

Teaching Basketball in PE can be fun, interesting and challenging all at the same time. There are plenty of fun and creative ideas for activities and games in your basketball unit: Sharks and Minnows. Some students are on the path to being MJ or Lebron… or somewhere in between.

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Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Perhaps as physical educators, we should provide more encouragement for creative improvisation. Here are some other ideas—some tongue in cheek and some not— that might improve our childrens’ dearth of plaything creativity: Make MacGyver re-runs required television viewing for all school-age children.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 13, 2021

Engaging in this contested space, I did my doctoral study on curriculum and pedagogical innovation for sport teaching, which I termed sport literacy as I theorised sport teaching in PE using multi-literacy theory (Drummond & Pill, 2011; Pill, 2009, 2010). Sport is an applied, practised and situated set of skills; 2.Sport

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Montessori Physical Education

JULY 30, 2023

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! Finally, here is a fan-favorite lesson that teaches about food webs.

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Schooling Body Systems Cardiovascular Elementary 88

Open Phys Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Teachers have told us that no matter what grade level they teach, they love looking through all three modules for quick and fun activities that reenforce fitness concepts while also providing health-enhancing physical activity that can build student fitness.

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Fitness Fitness Academics Assessment 98

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

If kids can sit still, focus, increase brain activity, and creatively problem solve by incorporating simple physical activities in a portion of their day, why wouldn’t we give them that opportunity and set them up for a lifetime of success? These soft skills help them see classmates and situations through a different lens.

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PE 4 Learning

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Overview Wanna Teach PE is an A-Z guide to PE teaching. From the sports hall to the field, from extra-curricular to examinations, PE teaching is one of the broadest, most challenging, yet most rewarding roles within education, and Wanna Teach PE provides insight into the realisms behind being a PE teacher.

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Teaching Teaching Teacher PE 52

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 15, 2024

By teaching kids about bullying, they can better recognize when it happens and get help safely. How You Can Teach Kids to Prevent Bullying You don’t always need formal programs to teach kids about bullying prevention. Help kids get creative! Kids often learn by watching others.

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Stanford Childrens

JULY 15, 2024

Engaging in conversations, exploring new places or activities together, stimulates the child’s curiosity and creativity, and summertime is one of the best times of the year to do it. Your actions and reactions in social settings teach your child how to interact with others.

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Creativity Wellness Health Strength 95

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 14, 2023

And for an extra twist, encourage creative movement as they flip their way to victory! FlipIt Reversible Whiteboards Flip the script on traditional teaching aids! Students race against the clock, flipping discs to reveal their team’s color. The team with the most upturned discs in their color wins the challenge.

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Gyms Motivation Assessment Creativity 98

Learning Through Sport

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I mapped out the model I call Play with Purpose for developing player game sense as people were telling me that the model I was discussing filled a missing 'piece' of information for them about the Game Sense approach- when, why or how to use 'other' teaching styles in a game based approach (GBA). It depends on the task outcome requirements.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Heather teaches hundreds of students each week, navigating her own physical challenges while showing her students the importance of resilience, self-acceptance, and overcoming adversity. Heather’s teaching is a testament to her resourcefulness and dedication. Yet, her story is not about limitations; it’s about possibilities.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 30, 2021

Developments in curriculum frameworks around the world have formalised a rationale for critical thinking, problem solving and creativity in PE as elements in both curriculum design and in the wording of student achievement standards. Critical thinking can be learned.

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MSU

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

My original coaching philosophy could be summed up as such; I develop confidence and trust to teach athletes to react which leads to a successful performance. To be creative is to allow mistakes to be made. Right, wrong or indifferent is what comprised of my values and a traditional way of thinking.

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Coaching Creativity Sports Sports 98

Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Since players may perform actions that the game designer did not expect, the game’s writers must find creative ways to impose a storyline on the player without interfering with their freedom.” ” — Wikipedia Some of the most popular board and video games ever created are classified as open-world.

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