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

SHAPE America

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues.

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Physical Activity vs. Movement: Consider Both For Your After School Program

Skillastics

Movement is defined as changing the position of one’s body parts relative to each other. Physical activity is defined as intentional voluntary movement directed toward achieving a goal. The definitions of movement and physical activity are different, but we use the words interchangeably. He was severely obese.

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Physical Activity vs. Movement: Consider Both For Your After School Program

Skillastics

Movement is defined as changing the position of one’s body parts relative to each other. Physical activity is defined as intentional voluntary movement directed toward achieving a goal. The definitions of movement and physical activity are different, but we use the words interchangeably. He was severely obese.

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The Whole School Model To Physical Education & Activity

PLT4M

And this lack of physical activity doesn’t come without consequences – it impacts everything from students struggling to focus in class to staggering rates of childhood obesity. In the past, we have looked at physical education as the sole solution to addressing physical activity and students’ physical health and well-being.

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Health Benefits Of Physical Education In Schools

PLT4M

Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week. 13% of students do not graduate from high school, with minority populations and low-income students disproportionately affected. Long story short, elementary through high school students are struggling.

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Fitness Education For Students

PLT4M

Physical education teachers must adapt and align curriculum to serve their student population’s needs best. Jordan Manley, Shape America Teacher of the Year, explains the common fault that many instructors make when adding fitness to their lesson plans, “A lot of times, fitness gets added to PE lessons as a time filler.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

He specializes in creating training and physical resources for physical education teachers to promote the inclusion of students with disabilities. Secondary conditions occur as a result of a primary disability and can include pressure sores, pain, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and obesity.