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 gl......

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.  ......

Baby It’s Cold Outside!  We all know the feeling, you have a great lesson planned and then you get the dreaded email from admin that says “School pictures will be in the gym on Tuesday and you will need to plan ahead to have PE in the classroom on that day”.  It’s winter and too cold to go out and you are now fuming!  Why me, why my gym, why do I have to realign my curriculum for school pictures and everything else that the gym is needed for!  After you freak out and possibly have a private temper tantrum then reality sets in and you start searching for some indoor activities that challenge your students and can be completed safely in a small space.  Let me help you out and destress you with some easy to follow indoor small space activities that will have your students engaged and begging for more.  Instant Warm Up Activities Tons of themes to choose from with these time saving, no prep and easy to use instant warm ups.  Warm ups can be purchased indiv......

Happy Holidays. We survived thanksgiving craziness. It’s time to start thinking about the holidays and fun winter activities to keep those kiddos active and moving all year even in the winter!  You can bring the holidays into any classroom and bring some holiday  cheer into any lesson this season! Most of these activities use minimal equipment and can be played in a gymnasium, classroom, outside and at home.  They are perfect for PE class, brain breaks, indoor recess, physical therapy, minds in motion and active classrooms to bring holiday cheer to any lesson. 🎄 My Christmas Reindeer Boot Camp Reindeer Boot Camp is a fast-paced, easy to use fitness activity that gives your students a whole-body workout. The workout includes 63 different exercise tasks to complete. Each reindeer in the boot camp focuses on a specific component of fitness.  🎄 Christmas Exercise Task Cards are perfect way to incorporate a little bit of fitness into any lesson! These 25 stations ​hav......