Over the past couple of years, I have seen a number of folks mention that they'd like to have the SHAPE National Physical Education Standard GLOs in Kid Friendly form. Bart Jones (@exercys) got the ball rolling and shared those used within his district and, then, Kyle Bragg (@ElemPE1) and I started

Canva offers a ton of fantastic templates for lesson planning here: https://www.canva.com/calendars/templates/classroom Check them out as you consider what you might use next year!

Canva offers a ton of fantastic templates for lesson planning here: https://www.canva.com/calendars/templates/classroom Check them out as you consider what you might use next year!

A lot of #physed pros out there have been using @thepespecialist's Daily Self Assessment, shown above. Students simply tap their self-assessment as they leave the gym. @lynnhefele recently shared this image on Twitter saying she wished she had one, and so I set about coming up with something t

We love it when we are contacted by a parent/student combination regarding sharing a resource. We were recently contacted by Aubrey and her mom about a blog post they found that they felt contained a ton of fun movement options for kids and their families. We wanted to share that with you. https:/

Kelli (@kellidsmith) recently shared this fantastic guide to implement this book study using the book "Classroom Management for Art, Music and PE Teachers": https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14ZledmSnDihfjMrXgeuvkvRcmty8VZdWAJWw_3da7Lw/template/preview. This would be a fantastic summer read or

There is a lot of discussion around how to determine which GLOs to focus on. In other subject areas, there are 3 questions that are asked to determine Priority or Power Standards/Benchmarks which become a focus and those are: 1. Endurance - Does the GLO provide students with knowledge and skills b

Recently shared on Twitter by Christopher Pepper (@mrhealthteacher) "WOW - Just learned that Stanford has a FREE Public Health Advocacy Curriculum. 10 lessons (you don't have to use all of them) that look like a great resource for expanding #healthed and project-based learning in middle and high sch

http://textgiraffe.com/logos/ offers fun ways to display text. Callen Martin Fowler (@MsPhysEduDP) shared this site a while back on Twitter and I finally got around to exploring it! There are a ton of unique, creative text options available as seen here: And it's super easy to use the text in yo

http://textgiraffe.com/logos/ offers fun ways to display text. Callen Martin Fowler (@MsPhysEduDP) shared this site a while back on Twitter and I finally got around to exploring it! There are a ton of unique, creative text options available as seen here: And it's super easy to use the text in yo

As we all look to be as affirmative as possible in our teaching, this post from Edutopia does a great job of offering options: https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-say-instead-im-proud-you! Terrific for use in the classroom AND use at home!

We received an email that a Girl Scout Troop has been working on their Staying Fit badge, which requires the girls to start moving with an exercise routine and educates them on how to properly fuel their bodies with nutritional food. In addition to using CBHPE to locate resources, one of the troup's

I created this workout game using Google Slides. I used to have students play this game in small groups with a deck of cards but this is much easier because cards don't get all over the gym and it includes links to videos showing how to perform each exercise. I have used this game as a last minute

Having students explore their personal values is always a worthwhile activity. This spreadsheet (bit.ly/39FYAUV - go to ”file”, then ”make a copy” for your own editable copy) can be used with students at 3 different points in a semester or year (or only twice if you so choose) and will afford them

Perhaps you have just found the perfect image to use in a presentation! You put it in and realize that there's that dreadful white box around the image. What to do?! Well, with the help of the free website Pixlr (https://pixlr.com/editor/), here's how I handle that: goo.gl/67SHHz.

This collection of ideas was curated during remote learning, but taking a look at the options may spur any number of “in-person” ideas. Take a look: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v9uZZLygbeaQgEgH5S8AOFw5Xk21r0gHX9J2jRhaOB4/template/preview

Canva offers a ton of fantastic templates for lesson planning here: https://www.canva.com/calendars/templates/classroom Check them out as you consider what you might use next year!

Canva offers a ton of fantastic templates for lesson planning here: https://www.canva.com/calendars/templates/classroom Check them out as you consider what you might use next year!

Andy’s resources can be found here: https://slowchathealth.com/resources/ New additions as they are created! Check them out!

Kelli (@kellidsmith) recently shared this fantastic guide to implement this book study using the book "Classroom Management for Art, Music and PE Teachers": https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14ZledmSnDihfjMrXgeuvkvRcmty8VZdWAJWw_3da7Lw/template/preview. This would be a fantastic summer read or

There is a lot of discussion around how to determine which GLOs to focus on. In other subject areas, there are 3 questions that are asked to determine Priority or Power Standards/Benchmarks which become a focus and those are: 1. Endurance - Does the GLO provide students with knowledge and skills b

Micah Shippee (@micahshippee) recently shared this cool template on Twitter and we thought it would be terrific for use in health classes. The template can be found here and you can click anywhere on the slide to move through the slides and see how it works. If you'd like to use the template, simpl

Recently shared on Twitter by Christopher Pepper (@mrhealthteacher) "WOW - Just learned that Stanford has a FREE Public Health Advocacy Curriculum. 10 lessons (you don't have to use all of them) that look like a great resource for expanding #healthed and project-based learning in middle and high sch

http://textgiraffe.com/logos/ offers fun ways to display text. Callen Martin Fowler (@MsPhysEduDP) shared this site a while back on Twitter and I finally got around to exploring it! There are a ton of unique, creative text options available as seen here: And it's super easy to use the text in yo

Varsity Brands offers the Believe in You social emotional learning empowerment program here: https://www.varsitybrands.com/believe-in-you. Several who have used the program have had high praise for it. Take a look when you have some time! More info from the website: "An extension of the Varsity Br

As we all look to be as affirmative as possible in our teaching, this post from Edutopia does a great job of offering options: https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-say-instead-im-proud-you! Terrific for use in the classroom AND use at home!

A great tip from Jeff Bartlett (@bartletthealth): "My new favorite resource, and one I HIGHLY recommend for all educators, especially those in #healthed, is the “Character Strong Weekly” email from @careacter. It’s a weekly email with “a quick idea or strategy for educators to help you transform yo

I, often, am asked about creating GIFs. Many of the most prolific GIF-makers out there like to use various apps, such as IMGPlay. Personally, I like to simply use my iPad or iPhone to video what I want to GIF. Then, I go to https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif and upload the video. (If you prefer

Check out this awesome assignment and rubric from Sarah G-H (@GHSaysRockChalk): bit.ly/32mktDr.

Recently Megan Lessert (@LessertMegan) shared how she is counting laps in her classroom using a spreadsheet with a time stamp to help with the problem of scanning twice. I had previously offered an option for doing this, but it didn't include the timestamp. It did include a quick way to create the