SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Although I have retired from my career as a health and physical educator, I continue to advocate about the importance of physical literacy and physical activity. Recently, Ive been collaborating with Alison Loewen, childrens librarian at the Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, WI, to create events that link reading and physical literacy. So far, weve gotten positive feedback about adding physical activity during several of the librarys storytime events.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 2, 2025

The inspiration for integrating music into school health offices came to life during a conversation with Eileen Gavin, President of the New Jersey State School Nurses Association. Eileen shared her innovative approach of playing Disney tunes in her health office, transforming what is often a stressful environment into a joyful and comforting space that students genuinely appreciate.

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Drowning in the Shallow

MARCH 15, 2025

If Physical Education is the school subject that prioritises the learning about, in and through movement, then PE Teachers need to understand what learning is and isn’t. A helpful clarification is the distinction made between performance and learning.

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Mr. Kirsch

JANUARY 21, 2025

Feed The Alligators State Standard: 1, 3, & 4 Equipment: Mats, Cones, Baskets, and Scooters Grade: K-2 Purpose of Event: Moving in General Space, Manipulative Skills, and Throwing Time: 18-25 minutes Organization: Scatter ball pit balls all over the gym floor. Set six color-coded baskets in the middle of the gym on top of the four mats. The mats represent the lagoon, the baskets are the alligators, and the ball pit balls are the food.

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Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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Stanford Childrens

MARCH 5, 2025

The Axe and Blaise Wanstrath Neonatal Intensive Care Unit features 14 new rooms including beds that can accommodate newborn twins. At Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford , a joyful milestone has been celebrated with the unveiling of an expanded and renovated 16-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services.

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Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Every Sport Has Its Defining Moment Every sport has its defining momentthat one skill athletes spend years perfecting. In basketball, its the shot that could beat the buzzer. In baseball, its the home run swing that electrifies a stadium. For bowlers, its the 12th framethe final shot for perfection. Ive been there. The once loud and chaotic bowling alley has fallen silent.

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S&S

JANUARY 6, 2025

Pencil toppers are a simple yet creative way to bring fun and functionality to any classroom or afterschool program! Whether youre crafting your own DIY toppers or choosing from a variety of adorable designs, like animals, hearts, or silly yarn … Read More The post Pencil Topper Fidgets to Spark Creativity & Focus in the Classroom appeared first on S&S Blog.

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Complete Performance

MARCH 25, 2025

Mental blocks can be one of the most frustrating challenges for athletes, whether it’s a lost skill that suddenly disappears or a takeoff that just wont feel right. In this episode of the PerformHappy Podcast, I sit down with elite trampoline coach James Coomber to The post Lost Skills and Stuck Takeoffs – James Coombers Secrets to Tackling Both Types of Mental Blocks appeared first on Complete Performance Coaching.

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Keeping Kids in Motion

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Processing is a critical part of Physical Education (PE) because it helps students understand and reflect on their physical, social, and emotional experiences, which leads to better learning and improvement. Processing provides students with a chance to openly discuss their experiencesboth positive and negativeduring and/or after a lesson.

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First Beat

MARCH 21, 2025

How can physiological data help optimize training, enhance player performance, and manage injury risk in womens football? Join special guest speaker Lead Sports Scientist at Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Catarina Bajanca , as she shares how Benficas womens team integrates internal and external load monitoring to refine training strategies and improve decision-making.

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Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.

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I Love to Watch You Play

JANUARY 5, 2025

Take Back the Game: Restoring Joy in Youth Sports With Linda Flanagan Take Back the Game: Restoring Joy in Youth Sports. What if the very thing you thought would set your child up for success is actually causing more harm than good? Today, were diving into the world of youth sports with Linda Flanagan, a journalist, coach, and author of Take Back the Game.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 20, 2025

I was struggling this morning friends, feeling so depleted and concerned about what is about to happen today, January 20, 2025, as the new administration takes hold with unparalleled power. The painful irony of this Inauguration Day coinciding with MLK Day 2025 serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing struggle for racial and social justice. The landscape of education and community support is changing rapidly, and my school district, along with many others, finds itself at a critical intersectio

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Drowning in the Shallow

JANUARY 14, 2025

The educational aim, relevance, and impact of physical education is, and has always been a messy topic. Although we seem to have weathered much of the philosophical storms that have long plagued the profession, there is emergent interest and appetite for philosophical inquiry across the global profession. In my relatively short tenure as a teacher … Continue reading What are you paying attention to?

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Mr. Kirsch

JANUARY 22, 2025

Chain Reaction State Standard: 1, 4 Equipment: Hula-hoops (at least one per student + extras for play), Beanbags (one per team), Timer or stopwatch, Cones to designate team zones Grade: K-5 Purpose of Event: Overhand Throwing (football), Teamwork, and Catching Time: 20-25 minutes Organization : S pread hula-hoops around the playing area with ample space between them.

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Stanford Childrens

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In hospital spaces where life hangs in the balance and time feels suspended, art serves as both a mirror and a balm. Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanfords commitment to arts vital role in the recovery process reflects the growing recognition of the therapeutic power of visual culture. When we talk about healing, we often focus on the physical.

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 1, 2025

In a prevous blog here I began to look at concept based curriculum model for physical education as an alternative to a multi-activity curriculum model. A multi-activity curriculum model typically has short 3-to-5-week duration units of work. In this curriculum design there is insufficient time for the volume of practice required through deliberate play and practice to master technical and tactical skills of an activity to the level where a student previously not playing the sport can reach at le

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Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE Classes BOARDBALL Boardball replaces the volleyball net with a portable board, reducing the barriers to play and setup while keeping the core bump-set-spike fundamentals of the game intact. Think Volleyball meets Spikeball. Its a game of strategy, skill, and movement that challenges players to work together while having a whole lotta fun!

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S&S

JANUARY 10, 2025

When working with residents with dementia, consider using these picture books to help your residents remember and relate better to the activity. Here are four fun picture book games that you can play with your residents who have dementia: Whats … Read More The post How to Use Picture Books With Residents With Dementia appeared first on S&S Blog.

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Complete Performance

JANUARY 7, 2025

On todays PerformHappy podcast, I had the privilege of sitting down with Carly Dockendorf, head coach of Utah Gymnastics. Carly brings a unique perspective to the tablenot just as a coach but as a former national team athlete for Canada who has faced her own The post Carly Dockendorf Transforms Utah Gymnastics, One Athlete at a Time appeared first on Complete Performance Coaching.

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Open Phys Ed

JANUARY 27, 2025

Created by: Nichole Wilder, Andrea Hart Special Contributions by: Aaron Hart, Eliza Kuhn To celebrate Heart Month during the month of February, we have compiled K-5 resources for educators to utilize both in the classroom and during physical education class. Our hope is that all educators within a school building are working together to help students develop knowledge and skills that will lead to the development of healthy habits.

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The PE Geek

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fitness testing has always sparked passionate discussions in PE and sport science. While debates around its role in education will likely continue, one thing remains certain: fitness testing is an invaluable tool in many contexts, from designing and analyzing training programs to tracking individual progress over time. At ConnectedPE , weve seen firsthand the demand for accessible and reliable fitness testing solutions.

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First Beat

MARCH 12, 2025

TRIMP (Training Impulse) is a powerful metric that helps sports teams quantify training load using heart rate data, enabling coaches to optimize performance, manage injury risk, and ensure athletes are game-ready. In this article, well explain what TRIMP is , how its calculated, and how it can be applied to coaching decisions. Understanding TRIMP: A Key Training Load Metric Training Impulse (TRIMP) is a widely used method for quantifying training load in athletes.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 4, 2025

Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity. – U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, MD A Surgeon General’s Advisory is a powerful and authoritative public health communication tool designed to address urgent health issues facing the American people. These statements serve multiple crucial purposes: they raise immediate awareness about critical public health challenges, provide actionable recommendations for i

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Drowning in the Shallow

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Bricoleur is a French word that means ahandyman who makes use of any and all the tools at hand to complete a task‘ I see part of developing expertise as a PE teachers through this lens. The first reason for this is that teaching PE requires the constant responding to persistent challenges.

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Mr. Kirsch

JANUARY 21, 2025

Unifix Cube Warm-up State Standard: 1, 3, & 4 Equipment: Unifix Cubs, Buckets, and Cones Grade: K-2 Purpose of Event: Moving in General Space, Manipulative Skills, and Throwing Time: 18-25 minutes Organization: Set up teams of 3-4 with 1 empty bucket in front of them and 3 buckets on the lines in front of them, as if you were running lines in basketball.

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Stanford Childrens

MARCH 21, 2025

During Child Life and Creative Arts month, were spotlighting the expansion of our Creative Arts Therapy program and the way that music therapy and art therapy enhance the well-being of patients and families The Creative Arts Therapy Team Since 2017, Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanfords music and art therapists have been helping children express their feelings about being in the hospital and encouraging them along their health care journey.

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport. I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. Some don't develop the confidence in their competence to continue to pursue being physically active through sport when they enter adolesence.

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Gopher Sport

JANUARY 10, 2025

Adapted physical education has the power to elevate the quality of instruction across our entire profession. The saying holds true: creating a program that truly meets the needs of every student demands adapted physical education for every student. Join us as we dive into this transformative topic with three exceptional physical educators. Theyll share actionable insights on everything from equipment adaptations and assistive technology to pre-teaching strategies and school-wide integration.

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S&S

JANUARY 1, 2025

Every year, we look forward to discovering and adding new items that our customers will enjoy. Whether its craft supplies, games, senior living products, sports equipment, or classroom essentials, exploring fresh, innovative products to meet our customers needs is incredibly … Read More The post Exciting Must-Have Items Added in 2024 appeared first on S&S Blog.

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The Everlearner

MARCH 12, 2025

Dear PE colleagues, Teaching skill acquisition in A-level PE, AS PE and BTEC Sport at KS5 is a fantastic experience. Much of my career has been defined by KS5 classroom-based PE teaching and, I believe, I have taught close to every KS5 course and unit. One of the topics that sticks out to me in my experience is the teaching of the learning theories.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At PLT4M, we teach and practice the underhand roll via fun and dynamic bowling activities for elementary PE. In this article, well explore how these fun bowling activities align with SHAPE standards, preview our full slate of game options with activity descriptions, and share a full lesson sample from PLT4Ms K-5 offering to help bring these skills to life in your classroom.

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PE Scholar

JANUARY 10, 2025

Introduction Host Nathan Walker introduces the PE Insights Podcast and its new Meet the Author book review series.

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RC Families

MARCH 24, 2025

by Jennifer LaRocco, guest author As parents, one of the most valuable lessons we can teach our children is how to embrace differences and practice empathy. In a world where diversity exists in many formsincluding race, culture, abilities, and disabilitieshelping kids develop an inclusive mindset from an early age creates a more compassionate and understanding.

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Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 25, 2025

I’m honored to share a recently published article in JAMA Health Forum, “ Role of School Nurses in the Health and Education of Children, “ co-authored with my esteemed colleagues Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, and Elizabeth Dickson, PhD, RN. Published on January 23, 2025, our open-access article explores the critical role of school nurses in promoting student health and academic success.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Calling all shamrock shakers and fitness fanatics! As March rolls in, the spirit of celebration is in the air, and what better way to join the festivity than by recognizing the incredible contributions of our amazing physical education (PE) teachers, health teachers and administrators? Lets shower our deserving PE teachers with the recognition they deserve!

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