Physical Education

Social and emotional learning skills like teamwork and community can be integrated into PE classes in ways that are highly engaging for students.

Physical education teaches relationship-building and self-management skills, making it a natural for social and emotional learning.

A series of small shifts can make physical education more welcoming and help reluctant students warm up to the idea of getting and staying active.

For many of these students, physical education activities can be difficult. Personalized stories that cast them as their favorite hero may motivate them to persevere.

A few inexpensive items and strict rules about Covid-19 protocols can allow schools to give students proper PE whether they’re in hybrid or remote learning.

Physical activity provides an opportunity to build character, use teamwork, and foster a sense of belonging in schools.

Focus, emotion regulation, and goal setting are social and emotional learning skills that teachers can address during recess and PE.

Incorporating exercise and movement throughout the school day makes students less fidgety and more focused on learning.

Strategies for combining physical, nutritional, and mental health goals in the early grades to improve student engagement and productivity.

Strength training, regular exercise, better rest, and enjoying all of this activity makes you fit, alert, and positive for the physically demanding job of teaching.

Kinesthetic learning, especially for middle school girls, connects the act of acquiring knowledge with physical movement, breaking through the barriers of self-image and perceived limitations.

Start class with improv exercises to get students laughing together, demonstrate the rewards of risk-taking and failure, and model a listening, supportive environment.