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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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Review of Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Fourth Edition

Human Kinetics

Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Fourth Edition , is the one must-have book for all new and veteran elementary physical education teachers! Each skill is broken down into a few key verbal cues that, when said aloud while performing the skill, allow even the youngest students to remember the critical components of each skill.

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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. Make new friends through movement. It is time to explore what our surroundings have to offer, while maintaining our physical health. Make it a friendly competition.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher Sport

Due to a variety of factors including less opportunity for physical activity throughout the day, more seated classroom time, and fewer foundational motor experiences (swinging, climbing trees, jumping rope, building forts, and kicking the can in the alley), children’s fundamental motor skills are on the decline ( Brian et al.,

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Toilet Tag – A Hilarious and Active Tag Game for Elementary PE Classes

Elementary P.E. Games

Look no further than “Toilet Tag”! This game not only provides a fun and energetic experience but also helps develop important motor skills, endurance, agility, spatial awareness, and teamwork. Its simplicity, lack of equipment requirements, and focus on active movement make it a popular choice among students.

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. Desired Outcome: Students become proficient in the basic human movements: Squat, hip hinge, lunge, press, pull, walk/run. Firstly, it is a movement pattern essential to our DNA.

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ISBE PE Standards & Curriculum Alignment

PLT4M

These include: STATE GOAL 19: Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Example 1: STATE GOAL 19 “Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity.”

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