As we head into the second half of the 2017-2018 school year, we thought we would share our most popular Physical Education blog posts of 2017. Many of these activities and ideas are submitted by your colleagues and fellow PE … Read More
Tag Archives: fitness
Printable Fitness Challenge Calendar for Kids – Keeping Students Active
Encouraging kids to maintain an active, healthy lifestyle is a main goal of both teachers and afterschool professionals. We have seen many teachers asking for monthly fitness calendars to challenge students to stay active during the year, and even to … Read More
Emoji Memory Game – Fitness & Team Building Activities
Emoji’s are so popular now with both kids and adults. We wanted to adapt this theme so that teachers were able to include it in their lessons. Our Jumbo Emoji Memory Game pack incorporates both team building and competition elements. … Read More
PE Station Ideas for the Winter Athletic Games
The winter athletic games is a great theme for PE. For my elementary school I have come up with 5 different events, and each one is included in the upcoming 2022 event. I am a PE teacher at Marion Elementary … Read More
Featured PE Teacher – Angie Ellis
This week for the Featured PE Teacher section on the PE Central Facebook page, the spotlight is on Angie Ellis: About Angie: I teach Kindergarten and 1st grade at Washington K-1 in Tiffin City School District, Tiffin, Ohio. I am also the … Read More
PE Station Ideas for Grades K-12
Stations are great for physical education! There are many different types of stations that help students get active. We have selected some of our favorite PE station ideas from PE Central for grades K-12 that increase students’ strength, endurance, balance, and … Read More
5 PE Blindfold Activities for Elementary School
Communicating with others verbally in a variety of situations is one of the soft skills for students to develop at the elementary level. I like using blindfold activities help students develop verbal communication skills as they determine the best vocabulary … Read More
Featured PE Teacher – Emily Leffelman
This week for the Featured PE Teacher section on the PE Central Facebook page, the spotlight is on Emily Leffelman! About Emily: I teach Kindergarten through 8th grade Physical Education and 8th grade Health Education at Van Orin Elementary School and … Read More
Bucket Stilts Relay & Thornbush Madness – PE Activities for K-2
PE Teacher Drew Burris shares 2 activities he uses with his K-2 grade classes to build skills like balancing, hand eye coordination, locomotor movement, and pathways and directions Activity 1: Bucket Stilts Relay Skills: Balancing & Hand Eye Coordination Equipment: … Read More
Featured PE Teacher – Scott Power
This week for the Featured PE Teacher section on the PE Central Facebook page, the spotlight is on Scott Power! About Scott: I teach kindergarten through 5th grade at Schmalz Elementary in Katy ISD. Katy ISD is right outside of Houston. … Read More