Kids Sports Activities Blog

APRIL 13, 2015

Affordable YMCA summer day camps provide new, exciting, and challenging summer activities for kids while emphasizing core values.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Hope to see you next week at the National Elementary School Principals' conference in Long Beach. Drop by our booth and say Hi. 2015 NAESP Conference | Best Practices for Better Schools™2015 NAESP Conference www.naespconference.org The conference is designed for educators on the front lines — teachers, superintendents, counselors, district and state administrators, and especially principals — who have a huge impact on student success.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Liberty High School Interact Club painting project Liberty High School’s Interact Club has spent the last three-and-a-half years painting maps on the playgrounds of elementary schools in Brentwood, Oakley and Knightsen. This one, above, at Vintage Elementary in Oakley, completes the cycle of projects.

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JUNE 10, 2015

Scientists Claim Time On The Playground Is More Beneficial Than Time In The Classroom www.sunnyskyz.com A new study shows that when it comes to a child's brain development, time in the classroom may be less important than time on the playground.

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Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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JUNE 3, 2015

@ Urban PE- USA Track & Field and Let’s Move! Active Schools have teamed up to make RunJumpThrow accessible to millions of kids across the country. Beginning August 2015, USA Track & Field will award a $1,000 scholarship/equipment grant to one school every week for one year leading into the 2016 Olympic Games, to be used for purchase of a RunJumpThrow equipment kit.

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JUNE 2, 2015

Youth sports participation is declining. Only One Sports & Fitness Category Has Real Spending Growth www.phitamerica.org SILVER SPRING, MD – June 2, 2015 – How many people are planning to spend money when it comes to sports and fitness? The real answer is: Not as much as they used to and not as much as they really need to in order to complement a physically active lifestyle!

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JUNE 2, 2015

Childhood sports participation linked with activity in early adulthood www.healio.com Children who never participated in sports were more likely to become inactive when they reached early adulthood, according to a recent study.

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MAY 28, 2015

Fuel Up to Play 60! school.fueluptoplay60.com Fuel Up To Play 60. The in-school nutrition and physical activity program that’s making wellness part of the game plan in schools across the country.

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MAY 26, 2015

Great Ted Talk on the importance of physical education. Want Smarter, Healthier Kids? Try Physical Education! | Paul Zientarski | TEDxBend Quality, daily physical education in schools not only reduces obesity amongst our children, but it improves academic performance. With more than 40 years in.

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Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.

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MAY 26, 2015

National PTA will award Healthy Lifestyles Grants of $2,000 to PTAs for grades K-5 [link] Healthy Lifestyles Energy Balance 101 Grant - Programs - National PTA www.pta.org National PTA's Healthy Lifestyles Grants provide local PTAs with tools and resources to use in partnering with schools to improve energy balance and provide families with nutrition and physical activity education.

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MAY 25, 2015

[link] Little Known About How Much Time Kids Spend in Gym Class citylimits.org For the second time in four years, a city comptroller has faulted the city school system for failing to provide adequate physical education—but been unable to assess the full scope of the issue because of gaps in the data.

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MAY 21, 2015

FREE Fuel Up to Play 60 NFL FLAG Essentials Kit, valued at $320! available to PE teachers. Go to: [link] Fuel Up to Play 60! school.fueluptoplay60.com Fuel Up To Play 60. The in-school nutrition and physical activity program that’s making wellness par. Fuel Up to Play 60! school.fueluptoplay60.com Fuel Up To Play 60. The in-school nutrition and physical activity program that’s making wellness part of the game plan in schools across the country.

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MAY 14, 2015

Very Thankful Elementary Students - Kuna Melba News www.kunamelba.com The students at sister schools, Indian Creek and Ross Elementary in Kuna, were thrilled when they returned to school after spring break! Most students would have postponed the return to school if they could, but it was different this time for Ross and Indian Creek students.

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MAY 11, 2015

I just bought James Mollison's new book called Playground. It's an amazing book. In an earlier post below I shared pictures from Playground called, " Recess from Around the World "Really worth a look. You can get it on amazon. jamesmollison.com jamesmollison.

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MAY 10, 2015

Using Systematic Observation to Research School Physical Education and Physical Activity Programs Free Webinar Wed, May 20, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT REGISTRATION Quick link: [link] Full description: [link] WEBINAR GOALS: (a) Identify the importance of using direct observation to assess physical activity and its contexts in schools; (b) Discuss common research topics associated with using this methodology, including IRB approval, validity, reliability, observer training and maintenance, using

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MAY 9, 2015

Check out this short video on ThePhysicalEducator.com community of teachers trying to improve physical education their practice and help other PE teachers to do the same. Their twitter #physEd. Rob's #PhysEd Story Learn more at ThePhysicalEducator.com: [link] I hope you enjoyed this video! It was created by Joey Feith, founder of ThePhysical.

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MAY 27, 2015

Recess offers nearly half of the available opportunity to promote PA among kids during school day. www.rwjf.org www.rwjf.

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JUNE 16, 2015

Lanier School #peacefulplaygrounds before and after pictures. #playground #educhat #edu #recess.

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MAY 12, 2015

The alphabet grid is just one stencil in our set of 10 playground stencil on sale now.

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JUNE 11, 2015

@peacefulplaygrounds What can a little paint and planning do to a playground?

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JUNE 12, 2015

@peacefulplaygrounds A before and after look at the U.S. Playground Map.

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JUNE 15, 2015

@peacefulplaygrounds How a parking lot became a playground.

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JUNE 10, 2015

Playground Liability : Is it an accident or an injury?

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MAY 20, 2015

Play Nice Newsletter released. Stencils on sale.

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MAY 27, 2015

Bullying Prevention: Is Empathy the key?

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JUNE 17, 2015

Peaceful Playground Newsletter [link]

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MAY 26, 2015

Do you have a kid friendly playground?

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JUNE 8, 2015

June Play Nice Newsletter.

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