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

SHAPE America

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. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

While it isn’t a panacea, physical activity and exercise have been shown to positively influence ALL of these troubling trends. To do so effectively, we must help students find their passion for activity an exercise, which means expanding our curriculum beyond the traditional “games” model.

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Competitively engineering better child sport experiences

Learning Through Sport

Modifying equipment in early skill development: A tennis perspective. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 85 (2), 218-225. Scaling the equipment and play area in childrens sport to improve motor skill acquisition: A systematic review. Buszard, T., Masters, R., & & Farrow, D. Sports Medicine, 46 , 829-843.

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PLT4M and Lakeshore Foundation & NCHPAD Partnership

PLT4M

Lakeshore Foundation’s adapted recreation, sport, fitness and aquatics programs serve people locally, nationally and internationally. Located in Birmingham, Alabama Lakeshore’s mission is based on the fact that physical activity is essential for individuals with physical disabilities to lead healthy, active and independent lives.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

He has taught physical education at preschool, elementary, and high school levels and courses related to exercise science, coaching, health, and wellness at the university level. Informal recreation or play on school grounds Assess the accessibility of playgrounds and outdoor play areas and make changes to improve access.

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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

PLT4M

For example, the three-sport varsity athlete is in a sport season all year long and therefore doesn’t also need PE. Shape America states, “Based on sequence of learning, physical education should not be compared to or confused with other physical activity experiences such as recess, intramurals, or recreational endeavors.”

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5 Tips To Technology Use In Physical Education

PLT4M

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Goal setting and individualization should accompany fitness tracking Use technology in physical education to promote student-centered learning Technology use in physical education can be useful in building motor skills .