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

SHAPE America

The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. 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.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Going outside to be physically active helps increase a person’s mood, their fine motor skills, social skills, and personal wel-being. Investigate local parks and recreation organizations that offer summer camps, activities, or sports teams and enroll your children in activities that interest them. Spoiler alert!

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. The goal is not to discourage early physical activityindeed, free play and basic motor skill development are crucial for young children.

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

Also popular were alternative Lifetime Fitness courses like HITT Bootcamps, Dance and Boxing, along with Recreational Activities like Spikeball, Pickleball, and Kan-Jam. Instead, everything that is done within PE at each grade-level fits in as one piece in the larger puzzle. It’s simple.

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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. Students thrive when they are provided opportunities to pursue lifetime fitness activities. However, adapted physical education is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Learn MORE.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

Regular physical activity in children and adolescents promotes health and fitness and helps to reduce obesity and the risk of developing chronic conditions. This recommendation from the CDC is for all students. Youth participating in a virtual fitness class at home. In simple words, they become better at their lessons and learning.

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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

PLT4M

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.” Another example schools can offer is a personal fitness class.