SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This mindset, rooted in a lack of exposure and representation, inspired me to create a unit dedicated to breaking these barriers and showing my students that fitness — in all its forms — belongs to them. This part of Washington is called the Navy Yard. The 20-minute bike ride serves as more than a “gym class.”

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SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 27, 2021

There needs to be a very strong belief in our attempts to educate physically and this means much more than ensuring physical fitness and teaching a certain number of games. Many a times we unfairly relegate our efforts to merely ensuring physical fitness and the teaching of X number of games.

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PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

To achieve this recommendation, children and youth must participate in a quality physical education program and physical activity throughout the day in addition to recreational or competitive sports. Being physically active leads to the development of cognitive skills among children. Ready to Learn More?

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Reinventing the Game

JANUARY 29, 2022

Majority of them will not carry on with facilitated, deliberate learning of skills like sports and explicit physical fitness type activities. It ends the moment they leave the schooling system, hopefully their last education touch points have some element of PE, probably around the age of eighteen.

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Physical Education PE Education Education 130

Human Kinetics

MAY 10, 2022

A healthy lifestyle through physical activity is emphasized throughout. Detailed implementation information is provided for the Brockport physical fitness test battery, originated decades ago by Winnick. Adapted Physical Education and Sport 7th Edition is well written and organized in a user friendly manner.

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