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SHAPE America recently collaborated with USA Lacrosse on their updated, comprehensive co-ed lacrosse curriculum, which is available for the following grade bands: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. The standards-based curriculum provides physical educators with the resources necessary to understand the game of lacrosse while having the freedom to be creative in tailoring lessons to meet the needs of the learners they are serving. VIEW ELEMENTARY
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Check out the latest health. moves. minds.® calendars for activities your students can do throughout the month. These new calendars include popular activities like Room Dance Challenge, Snack Attack, Call & Connect, and much more. Available for both elementary and secondary grade levels, these calendars are great to share with students and families! You can also download the calendars in Spanish. VIEW NOW
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Get a jump start on assessing your equipment back-to-school needs with this free equipment inventory checklist developed by Dr. Robert Pangrazi, author of Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary Students. Simply download as a printable PDF or digital interactive Google Sheet and make it your own!
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Learn how to use Universal Design for Learning to make the gymnasium a welcoming and responsive environment that promotes student participation. This “By You, For You” (BYFY) webinar will be held on September 15 at 5 p.m. ET and is FREE for SHAPE America members (just $19.96 for non-members). Can’t make it on the 15th? Register anyway so you’ll have access to the webinar recording. REGISTER NOW
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Over the past few decades, an array of motor skills have been classified as fundamental. The term fundamental suggests that a skill is foundational and takes precedence for the development of other complex motor skills. However, many motor specialist have classified movements as fundamental motor skills without a consensus about what is meant by the term fundamental in the motor skills context. READ MORE
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Health and physical educators across the country are sharing ideas, resources and more!
Check out the latest videos on our
YouTube channel:
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Educating Is Advocacy: Hear why advocacy is a core tenet of SHAPE America and learn how you can help advocate for health and physical education.
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EDI Podcast, Series 2, Episode 1 — Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (Part 2): In the second part of this episode, host Sean Nevills continues the conversation with Korey Boyd, assistant professor at Springfield College, about his career journey and how to discuss race in physical education.
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#PhysEdGames - Baywatch: Students work on throwing in this activity.
Throw the lifebuoy (disc) into the water (hoop) to save the swimmers.
If successful, bring the hoop back.
Save the most swimmers to win.
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#ZAGTalkPodcast Live - TikTok for Beginners (Part 2): Host Guy Danhoff and health and physical educator Michelle Huff introduce CapCut, a video editor app that HPE teachers and state association leaders can use for TikTok and Instagram reels.
Volunteer Leader Needed for Curriculum & Instruction SIG
SHAPE America’s Curriculum & Instruction Special Interest Group (SIG) seeks a practitioner to serve as co-chair elect. This individual would work alongside the leadership team in connecting with SIG award recipients, selecting speakers for the annual business meeting, developing a practitioner-based award, and sharing ideas about blending work between researchers and practitioners in health and physical education. Presence at #SHAPEseattle in 2023 is encouraged but not required. To nominate yourself or someone else, email a one-paragraph narrative specifying why you or your nominee would be a good fit to Victoria Shiver at vshiver@unm.edu. Deadline: September 20.
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SHAPE America's latest text, geared to undergraduate and graduate PETE students and in-service teachers, includes eight case studies of situations that expose racism, disparities, and other issues affecting Black students’ well-being, self-worth, and healthy experiences in PE, as well as reflective activities, resources, lesson considerations, and definitions.
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SEL Possibilities in Physical Education
Edutopia
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has become one of the fastest-growing topics in the world of education. As a result, school districts all across the country are asking, “What does SEL look like in our schools, and how can we improve it?” While the search for SEL opportunities continues, schools should consider the integral role that physical education class can play in the long-term goal of social and emotional learning. READ MORE
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Reclaiming Recess: Playtime Impacts Class Time
KSAT News
Today, the average recess is 27 minutes, if kids get a recess at all. Georgia is the latest state to sign a law that makes recess a requirement in public elementary schools. It joins five other states who already require scheduled playtime during school hours. Seven other states require some sort of physical activity at the elementary school level. Experts say this trend will not only help a child’s physical wellbeing, but their mental health as well. READ MORE
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Teens View Drugs and Alcohol as Less Risky, but Use Is Down
K-12 Dive
Today’s teens perceive alcohol and substance abuse as less risky than teens did in the past, even as there have been significant declines in alcohol and drug use among students in grades 9-12 since 2009, according to the School Health Profiles report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. READ MORE
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School Districts Move to Ease Teacher Stress, Burnout
Fortune
Addressing the mental health challenges of students coming out of the pandemic has emerged as a priority for schools nationwide. Many districts, facing hiring challenges, see tending to the educators as a way to help them help students and to retain them, amid stressors that range from behavioral problems to fears of shootings. READ MORE
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