Our April 2024 Fitness Challenge Calendar is here! Use this printable calendar as a resource to share with your students to keep them active during the Spring season! Encourage them to participate in the challenge at home too, and even … Read More
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5 Tips for Activity Transitions for Camp & PE
Transitions are going from one activity to the next with your group and are extremely important to ensure you are not wasting all your camp time in between activities. Here are some tips for successful transitions. 1) Always be thinking … Read More
February Printable Fitness Challenge Calendar
Our 2024 February Fitness Challenge Calendar is here! Use this printable calendar as a resource to share with your students and encourage them to participate in the challenge in school and/or at home with their family. You can use the … Read More
June Printable Fitness Challenge Calendar
Our June 2023 Fitness Challenge Calendar is here! As summer arrives and kids are at home on break, add some physical activity and fun to their day! This printable calendar is a great resource that teachers can share with students … Read More
What Makes a Great PE Teacher – Tips & Resources
While there are certain tenets that make a great teacher in general, there are also intangibles that make teachers great. And these are not mutually exclusive. For example, one can have the tenets of a great teacher and not display … Read More
6 Tips To Bring Out The Super Teacher In You
Being a teacher can be an isolating experience. Often, we do not get the opportunity to connect outside of the beginning of the school year meeting or during professional development courses taken on our own time. Thus, I feel compelled to … Read More
Scrabble Game – PE Edition
Hello everyone! My name is Andrew Kempen and am excited to share with you a game called PE Scrabble. While attending the IAHPERD (Illinois) State Convention several years ago, a version of this game was being taught at a session … Read More
Baseball & Softball Activities for Physical Education
Baseball season is coming up and it is a great time for students to work on throwing, catching, striking, running, hand-eye coordination and much more! These activities, assessments, and bulletin board ideas we’ve compiled from PE Central will help make … Read More
Soccer Activities for Physical Education
Soccer is the world’s most popular sport! It’s also a great way to work on balance, teamwork, footwork, spatial awareness and so much more. These activities, assessments, and bulletin board ideas we’ve compiled from PE Central will help make sure … Read More
Featured PE Teacher – Néstor A. García Peña
This week for the #FeaturedPETeacher section on the PE Central Facebook page, is a special foreign PE spotlight on Néstor A. García Peña. “On a recent visit to Guadalajara, Mexico I met one of the most articulate and moving physical education teachers named … Read More