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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 Avocado Dance, Balloon Volleyball, Backyard Games, and much more. Available for both elementary and secondary grade levels (in English and Spanish), these calendars are great to share with students and families! VIEW NOW
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The All Kids Bike Kindergarten Learn-to-Ride Program is a fleet of 24 bikes, pedal conversion kits, helmets, one teacher instruction bike, and certified curriculum teacher training, which is everything needed to teach kids how to progress from balance to riding a bike in 8 lessons!
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The SHAPE America Summer Institute is a specially designed, thematic professional development experience that will equip health and physical educators with the skills and strategies needed to create an inclusive classroom and school environment. Held July 17-18 on the campus of West Chester University (PA), the event includes a full day of conference-style programming and a half day of add-on workshops. If you’d like to be a presenter, submit your proposal
before the May 15 deadline. LEARN MORE
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Warm-up can optimize exercise performance, regardless of the exercise modality (e.g., short-term high-intensity exercise, endurance exercise) This study published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES) investigated whether varying the number of repetitions of high-intensity exercise during work-matched warm-ups modulates physiological responses (heart rate, metabolic responses, and core temperature), perceptions (ratings of perceived exertion, effort of breathing), readiness for exercise, and short-term exercise performance. READ MORE
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If you’re looking for new activities to try during National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, check out these classroom-ready resources from SHAPE America 2023 Teachers of the Year, such as Chickenball, Staff Stations, Four Corner Knockdown, and more! Many thanks to those teachers who submitted #MoveInMay activities and to our 2023 National PE & Sport Week sponsors: the United States Marine Corps (sponsor of Teamwork Thursday) and The Daily Mile (sponsor of Field Day Friday). VIEW RESOURCES
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Health and physical educators across the country are sharing ideas, resources and more!
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Focusing on the unique nature of qualitative methods within kinesiology settings, Qualitative Research and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy guides graduate students and early career researchers through designing, conducting, and reporting of qualitative research studies with specific references to the challenges and possibilities of the field.
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Creative PE Classes Think Outside the Gym in St.
Louis Schools
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Parking lots became fishing ponds and school gyms turned into roller rinks and bike tracks as physical education teachers got creative in local schools this spring. “I think it’s pretty cool because you don’t have to be at a skating rink to skate,” said Wesley Teater, 10, after cruising around the gym on eight wheels at Premier Charter School in south St. Louis. READ MORE
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Teens Should Be Trained Before Entering the World of Social Media, APA Says
CNN
The American Psychological Association is calling for teens to undergo training before they enter the sometimes fun but sometimes fraught world of social media, according to new recommendations. “Social media is neither inherently harmful nor beneficial to our youth,” said Dr. Thema Bryant, the APA’s president. “Just as we require young people to be trained in order to get a driver’s license, our youth need instruction in the safe and healthy use of social media.” READ MORE
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A Teen’s Quest to Improve Mental Health Education in N.H.
Boston Globe
Loreley Godfrey was driving when her friend started having a panic attack in the car. Godfrey, 18, realized she had no idea how to help. She had never learned how to address a mental health crisis in school. “I had to hold her hand and look it up on the phone,” she said. “It was scary, and it made me wonder why I don’t know how to take care of this. Why aren’t students being given the knowledge they need to handle situations like these?” READ MORE
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Nebo Holds Annual Super Stars Track Meet for Special Needs Students
Daily Herald
Maple Mountain High School recently hosted the Super Stars Track and Field Day, an annual event for special needs students in the Nebo School District. Since 2011, students, family members and peer mentors have gathered at the track for a day of fun and competition. The event is the brainchild of Maple Mountain High School’s athletic director, Dave Boyack, who collaborated with district-level special education specialist Tasha Lewis to bring about the event. READ MORE
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