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Classroom Fitness: Challenge Students with Fitness Fridays
Cooperative Games to Boost Activity in the Classroom
Students cooperating with each other has become an even a bigger push in education over the last couple of years. It is also a great way to increase physical activity [...]
Activities to Help Build Relationships in the Classroom
Morning Movement Classroom Activity Ideas
Be our Guest! Inviting Community Members to Your Classroom!
Thematic teaching is a great active learning strategy and a fun way to bring health and fitness into your classroom! Not only do I get to teach what I’m passionate [...]
Create a Movement Bank for Unique Classroom Activities Every Time!
Picture this: You stop the class to allow a movement break, and you choose an oldie but a goodie – do the number of jumping jacks equal to the correct [...]
Take a Seat… or Don’t: Small Seating Changes to Increase Movement in the Classroom
As a Kindergarten teacher, I’m always looking for quick and easy ways to get my students moving without taking up a lot of instructional time. I use a variety [...]
Jumping to Learn: Using a Fitness Trampoline in Your Classroom
As a physical education teacher, I use fitness trampolines in my program to teach about health-related fitness and intensity level training. My school’s sensory room has a fitness trampoline to [...]
Including Students in Physical Activity Promotion
It is often said that schools should be a place to teach respect and responsibility to students (Lickert, 1991). While young children are strongly influenced by teachers, as they age, [...]
