BEST DAY EVER!!! This packet has fifty, fun and exciting field day events that have been “battle tested” and have been given the seal of approval by many elementary and middle school aged students. This is your “One Stop Shopping” place for creating events for a successful field day. The activities are separated into Gym, Water, Blacktop, Field and Social/Recovery Events. The events have detailed descriptions (set up, equipment and directions) and colorful accompanying diagrams that match the events. I wish I had this packet when I started teaching!!! With 50 listed events, you will never run out of ideas and you will be easily be able to switch out activities each year and/or plan events for various age groups. Each year all you will have to do is pull out some events, copy them for your participants/helpers and you are ready to go. These Fired up Field Day events are “tried and true” and students love them and ask for them each year. They are geared towards elementary-aged students, however I have used many of them with middle and high school students and they love them too!

"ALL FOR FUN AND FUN FOR ALL"!!! The following 44 "fun" stations (and corresponding Station Cards) have been created as an aid for a PE Teacher, Classroom Teacher or Small Group Leader in a camp or church. The stations can be set up quickly in designated zones of a gym, classroom, field or any other playing area around your facility. These particular stations were created with the sole purpose for children to have fun performing a variety of movements and tasks using equipment you might find in a typical school, camp or church facility. All 44 of the activities are suitable for boys and girls and can be adapted to match your equipment and facility constraints. Since there are 44 Station cards, you can easily mix them up throughout the school year or camp/church season and have more than enough activities to use for many classes or sessions. The cards provide brief directions with entertaining graphics and also include the motor skill or concept addressed during the movement.

The following printable display signs were created as a visual aid showcasing 7 of the most common fitness tests utilized by current practicing physical education teachers. The signs include the following tests: 1. One Mile Run/Walk, 2. Pacer/Beep Test, 3. Curl-Up, 4. Push-Up, 5. Sit and Reach, 6. Trunk Lift. and 7. Flexed Arm Hang Each individual Fitness Testing sign has been uniquely created with vibrant colors and attractive text. The signs provide instructions for each test and list the fitness component being tested. The signs also include exciting graphics that grab the students’ attention. The signs can be displayed in key areas of your gym to be highlighted during assessment. They can also be used to reinforce the fitness-related concepts you cover during your class. Since fitness assessment is such a valuable component of physical education, you can use these signs, time and time again, during your daily fitness instruction!

PITTER, PATTER; LET’S GET AT ‘ER!!! Inside this PACKAGE are 25, “quick starter” instant activities for PE or classroom students that are designed for use with a wide range of ages, for students from grades Kindergarten through 8th. These PE Instant Activities are designed to get the students engaged and moving as soon as they enter the gym or playing area. There is virtually no waiting time. The first student in the door can begin to move right away. Each PE Instant Activity can incorporate music and will last for about 3 to 10 minutes. They are a fantastic way to maximize the students’ participation and activity time, ultimately boosting their personal fitness levels. Although some of the activities require equipment or teaching aids, many do not and can be incorporated quite easily without a great deal of “set up” or “break down” effort. These are all extremely fun, fast-moving and energy boosting instant activities ideally suited as a “PE warm up” although they can also be used as an extension of a fitness lesson, during a special day like field day or as a lesson closer too. Students will get their heart rates up and not even know they are getting a great workout because they will be having so much fun. These activities are “tried and true” and students ask for them on a regular basis. I have used them with up to 3 or 4 classes at the same time or as little as 1 class at a time. They are geared towards elementary-aged students, however I have used them with middle and high school students and they love them too! The instant activities include: 1. Circle Leader, 2. Crazy 8’s, 3. Four Corner Fitness- Balance, 4. Four Corner Fitness- Cardio, 5. Four Corner Fitness- Dance, 6. Four Corner Fitness- Flexibility, 7. Four Corner Fitness- Manipulatives, 8. Four Corner Fitness- Non-Locomotor, 9. Four Corner Fitness- Plyometrics, 10. Four Corner Fitness- Sports Skills, 11. Four Corner Fitness- Strength, 12. Four Corner Fitness- Tumbling, 13. Fuzzy Side up, Fuzzy Side Down, 14. Line Leader, 15. Meet you later, 16. Memory Fitness, 17. Over Easy, 18. Read and Move- Fitness, 19. Read and Move- Manipulatives, 20. Shuttle 3, 21. Sports Mania, 22. Squad Leaders, 23. Tag Team Relays, 24. Touch the 4 Walls and 25. Whistle Blast.

BE A GOOD SPORT!!! This colorful “Displaying Sportsmanship in Physical Education” poster identifies 10 characteristics of great sportsmanship. They are simple but impactful statements that describe the actions and behaviors our students should demonstrate while playing games during PE. The PDF file includes 4 different header colors to match your school’s gym colors.

he Top 10 Expectations in PE are simple, positive statements that describe what we ultimately want our students to do before, during and after PE class. These are not rules or procedures but expectations that students should understand and practice daily. These 10 signs, when posted in the gym, can serve as a constant reminder about our expectations for our students, when they move, play, listen and learn!!! You can use these printable display signs on your gym wall, at your front door bulletin board or in our gym hallway to showcase some of the ideals we expect our students to achieve in physical education class. Print the “Top 10 Expectations in PE” title page and 10 signs and then laminate and place them in your gym to enjoy for years.

“TIME TO BRING IT”!!! The following 44 stations (and corresponding Station Cards) have been created as an aid for a PE Teacher, Classroom Teacher or Small Group Leader in a camp or church. The PE Fitness Stations can be set up quickly in designated zones of a gym, field or any other playing area around your facility. These particular stations were created to help develop the students’ personal fitness and include the following components of physical fitness: 1. Cardiovascular Endurance, 2. Flexibility (Static and Dynamic), 3. Locomotor Movement, and 4. Muscular Strength and Endurance. All 44 of the activities are suitable for boys and girls and many of the stations require very little equipment and/or space. You can use them as a “warm up” for another skill or sport unit or use them as your base lesson(s) during a “personal fitness unit”. Since they require “maximum effort”, these stations should be shorter in duration than skill stations, probably around 30 seconds to 3 minutes. With 44 stations that span all components of physical fitness, you can “mix them up” throughout the school year or camp/church season and have more than enough activities to use for many classes or sessions. The cards provide brief directions with entertaining graphics. If you lack the equipment or space for one or more of the stations, feel free to adapt it in whatever way best meets the needs of your children and your unique situation.

SUMS UP WHAT WE WANT FROM OUR PE STUDENTS IN ONE GLANCE!!! This colorful Physical Education Expectations Poster identifies 10 important outcomes that we as teachers expect from our students during our daily PE classes. The statements are brief, yet POWERFUL! The PDF file includes 4 different header colors to match your school’s gym colors.

“CATCH ME IF YOU CAN”! Inside this package are twenty five fun and exciting PE tag and flag games for students, designed for a wide range of ages from grades Kindergarten through 8th. The games include: 1. Basketball Dribble, 2. Blade Runner, 3. Boot Scootin Boogie, 4. Crazy Bridge, 5. Down on the Farm, 6. Dragon Tail, 7. Everyone’s it, 8. Exterminator, 9. Fitness Collection Agency, 10. Give me five, 11. Gotcha, 12. Hotfoot, 13. Pac man, 14. Pass it around, 15. Predator, 16. Rip off, 17. Safe Zone, 18. Snowball Fight, 19. Soccer Dribble, 20. Stinger, 21. Stop, Drop & Roll, 22. Quicksand, 23. Switch it up, 24. Toss and Tag and 25. Tri Tag. These are all extremely fun and fast-moving tagging games. Students will get their heart rates up and not even know they are getting a great workout because they will be having so much fun. These games are “tried and true” - tag and flag games that students love and ask for on a weekly basis. I have used them with up to 4 or 5 classes at the same time or as little as 1 class at a time. They are geared towards elementary-aged students, however I have used them with middle and high school students and they love them too!

PHYS ED ROCKS!!! This colorful Why Physical Education poster identifies 10 important and life-altering outcomes that stem from quality physical education. The statements are brief, yet POWERFUL! The PDF file includes 4 different header colors to match your school’s gym colors.

START ME UP, I'LL NEVER STOP! Inside this package are 25 fun and exciting fitness warm up activities for students, designed for a wide range of ages from grades Kindergarten through 8th. The games include: 1. Build it – Wreck it, 2. Challenge Course, 3. Crazy Laps, 4. Dice Fitness, 5. Four Corners, 6. Here’s your Sign, 7. Hit the Spot, 8. Hoop it Up, 9. Inside, Outside – Around the World, 10. Line to Line, 11. Meet in the Middle, 12. Minute to win it, 13.PACER Rapid Fire, 14. Paper Plate Skate, 15 Puzzle Piece Pizzazz, 16. Shadow Fitness, 17. Shuttle Lines (Power Fitness) 18.Stop and Exercise, 19 Stop, Drop and Reverse, 20. The Grid Iron, 21. Three in a Line (Power Fitness) 22. Three Ring Circuit, 23. Valentine Fitness 24. Wand Fitness and 25. What’s on your Plate? These are all extremely fun and fast-moving fitness activities ideally suited for a “warm up” although they can also be used as an extension of a fitness lesson or as a closer. Students will get their heart rates up and not even know they are getting a great workout because they will be having so much fun. These activities are “tried and true” – fitness “movers” that students love and ask for on a weekly basis. I have used them with up to 4 or 5 classes at the same time or as little as 1 class at a time. They are geared towards elementary-aged students, however I have used them with middle and high school students and they love them too! Also included in the packet is a valuable list of suggested locomotor, strength, flexibility, cardio and sport skills that can easily be incorporated in the 25 activities or during any type of fitness task.

he following activity; ABC…"Energize Me” is a “high energy, fun and organized” classroom activity that gives your students a chance to move their bodies in a number of ways, while learning to recognize the Upper and Lower Case letters of the Alphabet. ABC…Energize Me does not require any equipment and can be used as a “Brain Break” or as a functional, letter recognition lesson. It can also be utilized in the gym or outside by a classroom or PE teacher if students need to move their bodies in a larger space. You can show the cards and do a whole group activity where all of the students perform the same movement at the same time (while you reinforce letter recognition). You could also set up “station” or “center” areas throughout the room and have your students rotate to each letter card and movement.

This FREE EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS STATION SIGNS AND TASK CARD product is an 8 Card , “Kid Friendly” set of instructional GYMNASTICS/TUMBLING printable signs/cards that can be used to teach 8 educational-gymnastics and tumbling skills, using a variety of teaching styles and learning formats. Each sign/card is uniquely designed to display and describe some specific jumping, crawling, rolling and balancing “skills” commonly used by practicing physical educators when teaching an “educational gymnastics” or “tumbling” unit during PE. The cards are specifically created to be easy to understand with attractive, eye-catching and kid-friendly illustrations. The instructional cues incorporate a variety of background and text colors which make the cards really “pop”! The 8 signs and instructional cards can easily be set up to use in your gym or playing area, using traditional PE mats using a variety of formats. These EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS Instructional Signs/Cards are ideal for PE teachers to reinforce your tumbling and balancing teaching cues in daily classes, specialized units or practice sessions. Classroom teachers could also use individual signs/cards from this activity packet inside their classrooms or outside in a playing area such as a playground or field. Home-school teachers could also use the instructional signs in a smaller setting to teach EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS at home. The cards have been designed for Kindergarten through 8th grade age students.

KEEP ON ROCKIN' MY FRIENDS! The following “Rockin” games are a series of fast paced, high energy, large group PE games. These games are tried and true games that students love and ask for on a weekly basis. I have used them with up to 3 or 4 classes at the same time or as little as 1 class at a time. They are geared towards elementary-aged students, however I have used them with middle and high school students and they love them too! The following 12 games: 1. Battleship, 2. Buccaneer Brigade, 3. Capture the Pig, 4. Mission is Possible, 5. Going Over the Hedge, 6. Pirates, 7. Rescue 911, 8. Spy Kids, 9. Storm the Castle, 10. Down on the Farm, 11. Survivor 1: You’re in it Alone and 12. Survivor 2: Alliance Attack are included in this series and can be used with large groups of students in a P.E. class setting or with smaller groups in a sports or church camp. The games can be modified to fit your gym size and the equipment listed in the plan can be switched out for something else that you have in your closet.