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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

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For example, we used the play structures for warm-ups (chutes and ladders, follow the leader, partner exercise, upper body workout, climb and jump, etc.). Being inside is a good time to introduce proper technique for exercises/fitness and teach partner skills (how to motivate and correct a partner’s exercise form).

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

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As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. Brain scans show that bouts of aerobic exercise enable students’ brains to activate and be more ready to learn. Active learning strategies lead to less boredom and more intrinsic motivation to learn. Active and healthy students are better learners.

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Project ACES – A Program to Help Motivate Students to Get Active

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Submitted by Len Saunders, founder of Project ACES Looking to join the world’s largest exercise class? Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) is a program of the … Read More The post Project ACES – A Program to Help Motivate Students to Get Active appeared first on S&S Blog.

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

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Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. Here is a sample fun beginner circuit (listed as a regression/primary exercise/progression).

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Fitness Motivation : Elise Spicer - REAL Talk

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Elise Spicer: Motivation and starting your fitness journey. Elise Spicer PT gives a very candid and honest account of her fitness motivation and what it took to take the first steps on her journey. Check out Elise on Instagram You are someone that knows all about motivation, and trying to find it.

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Dispositional mindfulness and its relationship to exercise motivation and experience

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Previous work has shown that heightened dispositional mindfulness is associated with the awareness of the importance of exercise.

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Transforming Motivation for Exercise in a Safe and Kind Environment

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Insights into the needs, barriers, and motivation based on experiences with exercise participation among individuals with Type 2 diabetes.