Resources
Below are resources for increasing your PE knowledge and completing online learning lessons. Use resources appropriately.
Updated list of approved warm up videos kids can use safely at home for exercise:
Have fun with it! (Some come with Extra Cheese!!)
All kids (longer workouts)
https://safeYouTube.net/w/oCS7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHd2s_saYsQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
Primary ages (K-2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26guG6wr5so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHCqRsrQwNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgtcEz6SGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TjSnzyLjro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4QS2USKmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nKq4jm4LD8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HauE2uyOHJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oGR5xucItI
Intermediate ages (3-5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgtcEz6SGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4QS2USKmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HauE2uyOHJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNwE4VXqgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAXg3cM0UCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fomkRYcl_mo
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPG3CfY28K0
Middle School and Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGEhnUK7wB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNwE4VXqgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmq5zZfmIws Tabata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KakbbW7Fz9Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y6bIbr-Hn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELbsd5tJjE
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPG3CfY28K0
Specific workout samples
Jump Rope Skills
https://buyjumpropes.net/resources/jump-rope-tricks-and-tips/
https://mrvhpwb.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/4/7/1147752/jump_rope-individual_trick_skill_cards.pdf
https://www.builtlean.com/jump-rope-tricks-to-keep-it-fresh/
Brain Break Resources
https://www.bal-a-vis-x.com/exercise.htm
https://www.pinterest.com/gsssjohnson/bal-a-vis-x/
Physical Participation Resources:
Go Noodle - Video based fitness activities. Go to the GoNoodle.com site, select family and choose a video. Each is less than 5 minutes.
Cosmic Kids - Child appropriate Yoga videos. Can select by length or energy level. Appropriate for K-4th graders. CosmicKids.com
OpenPhysEd.org - Resources for teacher (and now parents) for activities. Ongoing updates with the current situation. More than 100 new pages added over the past weekend.
Fitness Cards- Made by Mr. Keyes, available to download or print.
Shape America - PE Teacher National Organization with resources for Physical Education. Has current event articles, and activities for different age kids. For some resources you may need to create a temporary and free non member account.
Sparkecademy.com - This is another site for teacher (and Parent teachers as well) that provides activities for children of different ages. You will need to create an account, follow directions in the confirmation email. They have materials to provide 3 weeks of content for K-2, 3-6, Middle School, and High School to keep students active and healthy when they are out of school. To see all of the K-12 courses click on “See More”.
Les Mills - Temporary free content. The "Born to Move" content is their kids workouts. If it has a clock you can open it for free. Skip the videos with the padlock. Find videos aimed for your age.
Additional resources added on 4/2:
Dinosaur Stomp (1-3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imhi98dHa5w&feature=emb_title
Cosmic Kids (1-3) https://youtu.be/isAbhjIYamA
Brain Bits - Cardio https://youtu.be/IXk4TZE7wdE
Brain Bits - Flexibility https://youtu.be/IXk4TZE7wdE
Health Resources:
MyPlate.gov - Government educational resource for healthy food planning.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation - Free current information for Nutrition, Exercise and Sleep
Constructed Response Prompts:
Explain why your favorite sport is the best sport. Describe what skills you must have to compete well.
Why are sports important to our society? Describe how it helps you become a better person.
Which component of fitness is most difficult for you? Explain with details why you believe this is harder for you and how you could improve your skill in this area over the next year.
What do you feel is the best sport? Justify your argument with specific details.
If you could change a rule in one sport what would you change? How would it improve the sport? How would it negatively affect sport?
Explain why your favorite sport is the best sport. Describe what skills you must have to compete well.
Choose a "Hot Topic" from Shape America's web page. Describe the conversation and your reaction to it. How does your opinion compare to the 'experts'?