Let it Snow ❄️, Let it Snow ❄️, Let it Snow ❄️ !  Got the winter blues?  Try creating a winter wonderland to add some fun and excitement to your winter PE classes.  Kids love theme days!  How do I create a Winter Wonderland?  Go simple or  go big? The choice is yours.  Here are some ideas. Use cotton balls or packing peanuts to create  snow flakes all over your gym.  Amazon has  some great pieces on large quantities of cotton  balls.  Contact your local UPS to see if they can  donate some packing peanuts. If you really want to go crazy, use a fan to allow  snow to circulate around the room. Use posters or backdrops on the wall. Hand cut snowflakes to hang in doorways. Ask your classroom teachers to have a snow flake time and have students make snowflakes to hang in the gym. Purchase snowmen to display in the gym.  The hard part of this one is storage from year to year. Snow means winter clothing.  Scatter gloves, hats….. Around the room.  I go to Goodwill at the end of the season and s...

Can you believe we are already into January? The holidays are behind us and the New Year is shaping up to look a bit like a rerun thanks to the never-ending pandemic.😷   But in the words of the great Martin Luther King, Jr,    “And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.” 💪   Honoring and celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. is essential in our classrooms. Partly because January is when we celebrate his birthday but also because of the relevance of his message for what we are facing as a nation today.   Today, I am sharing my favorite resources to use to teach your students all about Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of peace, unity, and equality. ☮️   Your kids will just love these MLK Jr. Resources:  ☮️ Martin Luther King Jr. PE Warm-Up & Brain Break Instant Activity Get your kindergarten to 6th-grade students up and moving with these fun, interactive, engaging, instant brain break warm-up activities.    It includes whole-body warm-up activities...