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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Be positive and prepared — as well as flexible and creative! Fitness and dance videos are great. Here are some of my favorite tips for teaching physical education without a gym. Have a Growth Mindset and Set Expectations. It’s important to see this as an adventure. We stayed outside in light rain.

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Dance Without Limits: A Life Changing Adapted PE Dance Program

Gopher Sport

Not only can you sing it, but when you hear it, it brings you back to a place in time: a school dance, a wedding, first heartbreak or a backyard BBQ. Ten years ago, I decided that we would dance! One day an administrator walked through our gym, and I asked if we could perform our dance for him.

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Physical Education Electives

PLT4M

Click Here 2) Lifetime Fitness Elective Designed to expose students to many “lifetime fitness” options available like yoga, dance, pilates, dance, and more. More on MACCRAY See how MACCRAY went from 6 students to 6 sections of a weightlifting elective.

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5 Components Of Physical Fitness

PLT4M

These components are cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Flexibility: Flexibility is the range of motion around a joint. Improving blood flood may also help improve flexibility and mobility. What Are The 5 Components Of Physical Fitness?

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Gymnastics Lesson Plans

PLT4M

Gymnastics lesson plans can include: Crawls Tumbling Jumps Beam Holds Flexibility Within each category, students can move in different ways, finding the right fit and challenge for their experience and ability. Mirrored from many introductory gymnastics classes, PLT4M taps into the following 6 categories during gymnastics lessons.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher Sport

Practicing these actions through physical activity helps children develop executive function skills such as attention control, working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control. We walk in 4/4 time, we dance in 4/4 time, and we even learn languages in 4/4 time. 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ).

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Students Designing Personal Fitness Plans In PE

PLT4M

Sub-standard 2.12.8 : Designs and implements a plan that applies knowledge of aerobic, strength and endurance, and flexibility training exercises. Standard 2: Applies knowledge related to movement and fitness concepts.

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