I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS BREAK!!! The following “Thanksgiving Brain Breaks for the Classroom” are 20 easy and quick movements that students can perform when they need to move their bodies so that they can quickly “refocus” on their classroom work. Several Thanksgiving friends are depicted on the signs performing cool movements that students can perform directly at their desks (or within your classroom) with no equipment or items whatsoever….just their bodies. Each “break” sign has a Thanksgiving border, icon and a movement break message. These Thanksgiving Activities are ideal as ”quick energizers” during those difficult weeks and days leading up to Thanksgiving Break! The product has 2 files; one with "full page" Thanksgiving breaks (8 1/2 by 11) and the other has "two to a page" Thanksgiving breaks to help conserve paper and ink and for those that like smaller cards in which to work with.

IT'S A BLIZZARD IN HERE!!! The Snowflake Fitness Activity using the Snowflake (cut out) Task Cards make an ideal Christmas/Winter PE activity that is both fun and healthy! This package includes a complete Activity Plan and 32 different Snowflake Exercise Task Cards. The Activity Plan is complete with the activity set-up, equipment needed, teacher directions, SHAPE standards and a graphic depicting the activity. The Snowflake Exercise Task Cards are in 10 different Snowflake colors and include strength, flexibility and endurance movements with a brief description of the exercise, repetitions or time required (bottom left corner) and a colorful, corresponding student exercise image on each Snowflake. The Snowflake Fitness Activity (with cut out Snowflake task cards) is ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use during the weeks leading up to Christmas or during the cold winter months. The Snowflake Exercise Cards are a “breeze” to use and can also be easily incorporated into many of your current fitness-based warm-ups and activities. The activity and exercise cards provided in this packet were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out every year during this special time of the year! The Snowflake Fitness product was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

REINDEER REALLY ROCK!!! The following “Reindeer Breaks” are 20 easy and quick movements that students can perform in the classroom, when they need to move their bodies to quickly “refocus” on their classroom work. Santa and each of his reindeer have 2 movements/exercises that your students can perform directly at their desks (or within your classroom) with no equipment whatsoever….just their bodies. Each “break” sign has a reindeer image, reindeer signature and a movement break message. These breaks are ideal as ”quick energizers” during those challenging weeks leading up to the Winter Holidays! The Reindeer Breaks for the Classroom were designed for Kindergarten through 5th grade students. The product has 2 files; one with "full page" reindeer breaks (8 1/2 by 11) and the other has "two to a page" reindeer breaks to help conserve paper and ink and for those that like smaller cards in which to work with.

TURKEYS, TURKEYS EVERYWHERE!!! The Turkey Flock Fitness Activity using the Turkey (cut out) Task Cards make an ideal Fall Thanksgiving PE activity that is both fun and healthy! This package includes a complete Activity Plan and 28 different Turkey Exercise Task Cards. The Activity Plan is complete with the activity set-up, equipment needed, teacher directions, SHAPE standards and a graphic depicting the activity. The Turkey Exercise Task Cards include strength, flexibility and endurance movements with a brief description of the exercise, repetitions or time required and a colorful, corresponding exercise image of the turkey performing the exercise. The Turkey Flock Fitness Activity (with cut out turkey task cards) is ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use during the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. The Turkey Exercise Cards are a “breeze” to use and can also be easily incorporated into many of your current fitness-based warm-ups and activities. The activity and exercise cards provided in this packet were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out every year during this special time of the year! Turkey Flock Fitness was designed for Kindergarten through 6th Grade students.

ENTER THE THANKSGIVING NO WAIT ZONE! The following “Thanksgiving Instant Activities” are 20 quick and easy actions, movements or combined exercises that students can perform as they immediately enter the gym or playing area, to help get your students immediately active in PE class, in a fun and festive way!!! Several Turkey/Thanksgiving friends are depicted on the signs performing fitness-based and manipulative skill-based PE movements that your students can come in and easily carry out without a great deal of instruction. Each “Instant Activity” sign has a Thanksgiving/Turkey image and a movement/activity message that the students will carry out as they immediately enter the gym. These Thanksgiving Activities can be put up at your gym door (where the students enter) or can be used in a lesson (as station cards) during those challenging weeks and days leading up to the Thanksgiving holidays. The product has 2 files; one with "full page" Thanksgiving instant activity signs (8 1/2 by 11) and the other has "two to a page" Thanksgiving activity cards to help conserve paper and ink and for those that like smaller cards in which to work with.

SANTA, ELVES, REINDEER, NORTH POLE AND MORE!!! The PE- Concentration; Christmas Locomotor Movement Activity using the Christmas Memory Cards makes an ideal Winter PE activity that is cooperative, fun and healthy! This package includes a complete Activity Plan and 32 different matching Christmas Icon Memory Cards. The Activity Plan is complete with the activity set-up, equipment needed, teacher directions, SHAPE standards and a graphic depicting the activity. There are 32 Memory Cards that students will venture out to find that include many Christmas Icons such as Santa, reindeer, elves, penguins, north pole, etc. Small groups work together to collect the Christmas memory card matches, while they move around the gym, in a variety of ways. The PE- Concentration- Christmas Locomotor Movement Activity (with cut out memory cards) is ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use during the weeks leading up to Christmas. The Memory Cards look great and are a “breeze” to use and they can also be easily incorporated into many of your current fitness-based warm-ups and activities. The activity and Christmas memory cards provided in this packet were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out every year during Christmas! The PE Concentration- Christmas Version activity was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students

GET YOUR ORANGE ON!!! The Pumpkin Patch Fitness Activity using the Pumpkin (cut out) Task Cards make an ideal Fall Halloween PE activity that is both fun and healthy! This package includes a complete Activity Plan and 28 different Pumpkin Exercise Task Cards. The Activity Plan is complete with the activity set-up, equipment needed, teacher directions, SHAPE standards and a graphic depicting the activity. The Pumpkin Exercise Task Cards are in 11 different pumpkin colors and include strength, flexibility and endurance movements with a brief description of the exercise, repetitions or time required and a colorful, corresponding exercise image on each pumpkin. I have also included (in the Zip File) 2 different sizes of pumpkin cutouts. One PDF file has 1/4 page cutouts and another has full page cutouts for those that want larger-sized exercise cards. . The Pumpkin Patch Fitness Activity (with cut out pumpkin task cards) is ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use during the weeks leading up to Halloween. The Pumpkin Exercise Cards are a “breeze” to use and can also be easily incorporated into many of your current fitness-based warmups and activities. The activity and exercise cards provided in this packet were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out every year during this special time of the year! Pumpkin Patch Fitness was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

A VERY HAUNTING EXPERIENCE!!! Inside this PACKAGE are 2O, “fun and exciting” Halloween games and activities for PE or classroom teachers and are designed for use with a wide range of ages for students in grades Kindergarten through 6th. The PE Halloween Games and Activities are a “diverse” grouping of games and activities that range from short tag game “warm ups” to full lesson plans and large group games. Each activity and game can be implemented in a gymnasium or a large empty classroom space using typical PE equipment with a few extra “Halloweeny” additions to keep it “SPOOKTACULAR!” The games and activities were developed to address the SHAPE National PE Standards and will complement and reinforce many of the concepts that a typical PE teacher would use throughout the school year. These concepts include the cardiovascular and muscular fitness, agility, speed, listening, following directions, cooperation and sportsmanship. The PE Halloween Games and Activities are ideal to implement during the weeks leading up to Halloween. They will naturally spark student excitement during this “hauntingly” time of the year by using traditional Halloween-related themes and icons such as ghost, witches, bats, black cats, monsters, pumpkins, zombies etc. Students will love the activities and games and they 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 will ask for them around Halloween every year. They can be used with up to 3 classes at the same time or as little as 1 small class. They are geared towards elementary-aged students, however they have used them with middle and high school students and they love them too!

YOU'LL HAVE A SCARY GOOD TIME!!! The Halloween PE Stations are 20 fun filled, “SPOOKY” cards that you can use in your school gymnasium or can be modified and performed in a smaller space such as a classroom or empty cafeteria. Each movement card provides a locomotor or manipulative-skill activity which includes a brief instructional direction and a Halloween graphic that depicts the activity. Full directions for implementing the activities are also included. Look for ghosts, spiders, bats, pumpkins and witches moving and playing in all kinds of fun ways. The activities are SHAPE AMERICA National standards-based and there are plenty of activities for you to choose from which allows the students to take part in the stations during multiple class periods if necessary. Each movement card provides a Halloween activity that can be performed with typical PE equipment. These Halloween Movement Stations are ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use in the weeks leading up to Halloween as a “Brain Break” or to reinforce movement concepts, manipulative skills, cooperation and physical fitness. These stations were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out during the Halloween season, year after year. The Halloween PE Stations were designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

HO, HO, HO; IT’S TIME TO GO!!! The following fitness activity, What’s on Your Plate- Christmas Edition is a “high energy, fun and organized” PE Christmas-themed activity that can easily be used as a warm up, cool down, or extended as a “stand alone” activity during fitness instruction. Twenty circular signs with corresponding fitness movements were created to help develop your students personal fitness during those challenging weeks leading up to the Winter Break. The circular signs can be put on paper plates (and then laminated) where they will serve as flat reference points for students to rotate around to and perform fitness exercises. Your students will love the movement exercises and the Christmas-related graphics. They will want to repeat the activity many times during the weeks leading up to the holiday season. This fitness activity can be used in a gym setting, in a classroom or anywhere that you have some space to have kids perform some stationary exercises and movement skills in small groups. The “What’s on Your Plate- Christmas Edition” is very easy to set up and can last anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, depending upon the duration you use per rotational movement set. The What's on Your Plate- Christmas Edition product was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

PUMP UP THE VOLUME!!! The following fitness activity, What’s on Your Plate- Valentine’s Day Fitness Edition is a “high energy, fun and organized” PE Valentine-themed activity that can easily be used as a warm up, cool down, or extended as a “stand alone” activity during fitness instruction. Thirty, circular signs with corresponding fitness movements were created to help develop your students' personal fitness during those challenging weeks in the dead of the Winter. Your students will love the movement exercises and the Valentine-related graphics. They will want to repeat the activity many times during the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day. This fitness activity can be used in a gym setting, in a classroom or anywhere that you have some space to have kids perform some stationary exercises and movement skills in small groups. The “What’s on Your Plate- Valentine's Day Fitness Edition” is very easy to set up and can last anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, depending upon the duration you use per rotational movement set. After printing and laminating the circular exercise and movement “plates”, spread them out on the floor around your room or gym, use UPBEAT music for start and stop cues; then let the students let loose and “move it, move it”!!! It is as simple as that. Don’t forget to demonstrate each movement or better yet, have selected students demonstrate the movements first before you begin the process. NOTE: Some of the graphics and Valentine's Day sayings on the exercise plates are similar to the graphics and sayings in my PE Valentine Exercise Cards and 4 Valentine's Day Activities, however the size of the circular plates are much larger than the exercise cards and both product activities are quite different. The PE Valentine Exercise Cards and Valentine’s Day Activities were designed for Kindergarten through 5th grade students.

LET'S TALK TURKEY!!! The Thanksgiving PE Stations are 20 fun filled, “Turkey Day” cards that you can use in your school gymnasium or can be modified and performed in a smaller space such as a classroom or empty cafeteria. Each movement card provides a locomotor or manipulative-skill activity which includes a brief instructional direction and a Thanksgiving graphic that depicts the activity. Full directions for implementing the activities are also included. Look for Pilgrims, pies, soups and turkeys moving in all kinds of fun ways. also included are 2 "cut out" turkeys that can be used for pin and cone targets. The activities are SHAPE AMERICA National standards-based and there are plenty of activities for you to choose from which allows the students to take part in the stations during multiple class periods if necessary. Each movement card provides a Thanksgiving activity that can be performed with typical PE equipment. These Thanksgiving Movement Stations are ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving as a “Brain Break” or to reinforce movement concepts, manipulative skills, cooperation and physical fitness. These stations were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out during the Thanksgiving season, year after year. The Thanksgiving PE Stations were designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

IT'S TIME TO GO GREEN!!! The St. Patrick’s Day PE Stations are 20 fun filled, “LUCK OF THE IRISH” cards that you can use in your school gymnasium or can be modified and performed in a smaller space such as a classroom or empty cafeteria. Each movement card provides a locomotor or manipulative-skill activity which includes a brief instructional direction and a St. Patty’s Day graphic that depicts the activity. Full directions for implementing the activities are also included. Look for leprechauns, shamrocks and Irishmen moving and playing in all kinds of fun ways. The activities are NASPE standards-based and there are plenty of activities for you to choose from which allows the students to take part in the stations during multiple class periods (during St. Patty’s Week) if necessary. Each movement card provides a Irish-based activity that can be performed with typical PE equipment. These St. Patrick’s Day Stations are ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use in the weeks leading up to St. Patrick's Day as a “Brain Break” or to reinforce movement concepts, manipulative skills, cooperation and physical fitness. These stations were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out during the St. Patrick’s Day season, year after year. The St. Patrick's Day PE Stations were designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

YOU MAKE MY HEART BOUNCE!!! The Valentine’s Day PE Stations are 15 fun filled, HEART POWER cards that you can use in your school gymnasium or can be modified and performed in a smaller space such as a classroom or empty cafeteria. Each movement card provides a manipulative-skill activity which includes a brief instructional direction and a HEART graphic that depicts the activity. Each activity card also includes a cute Valentines Day saying that coincides with the movement being performed. The activities are NASPE standards-based and there are plenty of activities for you to choose from or for the students to take part in during multiple class periods (during Valentine’s Week) if necessary. Each movement card provides a Valentine Heart activity that can be performed with typical PE equipment. These Valentines Day Stations are ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day as a “Brain Break” or to reinforce movement concepts, manipulative skills, cooperation and physical fitness. These stations were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out during Valentines Day season, year after year. The Valentine’s Day PE Stations were designed for Kindergarten through 5th grade students.

BOO!!! The following fitness activity, What’s on Your Plate- Halloween Fitness Edition is a “high energy, fun and organized” PE Halloween-themed activity that can easily be used as a warm up, cool down, or extended as a “stand alone” activity during fitness instruction. Twenty circular signs with corresponding fitness movements were created to help develop your students personal fitness during those challenging weeks leading up to Halloween day. Your students will love the movement exercises and the Halloween-related graphics. This fitness activity can be used in a gym setting, in a classroom or anywhere that you have some space to have kids perform some stationary exercises and movement skills in small groups. The “What’s on Your Plate- Halloween Fitness Edition” is very easy to set up and can last anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, depending upon the duration you use per rotational movement set. The circular signs can be put on paper plates (and then laminated) where they will serve as flat reference points for students to rotate around to and perform fitness exercises. Your students will love the movement exercises and the Halloween-related graphics. They will want to repeat the activity many times during the weeks leading up to the holiday season. This fitness activity can be used in a gym setting, in a classroom or anywhere that you have some space to have kids perform some stationary exercises and movement skills in small groups. The “What’s on Your Plate- Halloween Edition” is very easy to set up and can last anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, depending upon the duration you use per rotational movement set. The What's on Your Plate- Halloween Edition product was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

IT'S THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE GRAB A PLATE!!! The following fitness activity, “What’s on Your Plate- Thanksgiving Day Fitness Edition” is a high energy, fun and organized. PE Thanksgiving-themed activity that can easily be used as a warm up, cool down, or extended as a “stand alone” activity during fitness instruction. Twenty circular signs with corresponding fitness movements were created to help develop your students personal fitness during those challenging weeks leading up to Thanksgiving day. Your students will love the movement exercises and the Thanksgiving-related graphics. They will want to repeat the activity many times during the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving Break. This fitness activity can be used in a gym setting, in a classroom or anywhere that you have some space to have kids perform some stationary exercises and movement skills in small groups. The “What’s on Your Plate- Thanksgiving Fitness Edition” is very easy to set up and can last anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, depending upon the duration you use per rotational movement set. The What’s on Your Plate- Thanksgiving Fitness Edition was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

YOU MAKE MY HEART BOUNCE!!! The Valentine’s Day PE Stations are 15 fun filled, HEART POWER cards that you can use in your school gymnasium or can be modified and performed in a smaller space such as a classroom or empty cafeteria. Each movement card provides a manipulative-skill activity which includes a brief instructional direction and a HEART graphic that depicts the activity. Each activity card also includes a cute Valentines Day saying that coincides with the movement being performed. The activities are NASPE standards-based and there are plenty of activities for you to choose from or for the students to take part in during multiple class periods (during Valentine’s Week) if necessary. Each movement card provides a Valentine Heart activity that can be performed with typical PE equipment. These Valentines Day Stations are ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day as a “Brain Break” or to reinforce movement concepts, manipulative skills, cooperation and physical fitness. These stations were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out during Valentines Day season, year after year. The Valentine’s Day PE Stations were designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.

This “Applying the National PE Standards” Display Board has been uniquely developed as a valuable and attractive visual aid for standards based programs in physical education. The problem with display boards in a gym is that they are often too small so the students, teachers, and visitors cannot read the information posted rendering it inadequate for its prime purpose. These Banners are designed to cover a large space on your gym wall or hallway leading in to your gym. All that observe the Display Board can clearly see the attractive writing and graphics that make it up. Your students, administrators, colleagues and parents know that you are serious about establishing and maintaining a “Standards-Based” Program in physical education. Each “Applying the National Standards" Banner (NASPE Standard's 1 through 5) is made up of 8 connecting 8 ½” by 11” sheets making a large banner. There are currently 5 National PE standards; therefore 5 large banners make up the Display Board (48 in all). Each banner is made up of the following components: 1. Standard Title, 2. The Standard wording, 3. Description of how the standard is implemented, and 4. Eye catching graphics that go along with the Standard. The “Applying the National PE Standards” Display Board is colorful but has a white background as to not use up too much ink when you print. NEW- I have recently added a folder of "Non-Segregated" JPEG images of the banners for those that have a school poster maker or are willing to pay a company like Office Depot to print out poster-sized replications of the images. This alternate method for producing the large banners saves time but may not have the same quality as printing out the individual PDF 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheets on a color printer and constructing the banner by hand. The wording and description used in the banners are helpful as a reference for you as a teacher and can be highlighted during PE lessons. The entire “Applying the National PE Standards” Display Board (made up of 5 Banners) is meant to be laminated and can be use for many years. This display board will be attention-grabbing and can be utilized as an effective teaching tool during your lessons.

COME ON BABY, DO THE LOCOMOTION!!! The Locomotor Cards and Labyrinth Activity is great way for your students to improve their locomotor movement, build strength/endurance and have fun too!!! This activity was also put together to teach students to move, in a variety of ways, from POINT A TO POINT B. The students are put in a labyrinth (a maze made with cones) inside a gym, classroom or an outside playing area and they perform a number of locomotor movements as they travel through it (to music). The students will recognize the locomotor movements from the signs and then they will read, follow and perform the appropriate cues for each of the movements based on the signs (included in this package). The LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT CARDS AND ACTIVITY PACKAGE includes the following: 1 Comprehensive Lesson Plan which includes; object of the lesson, NASPE Standards addressed, set up procedures, learning outcomes, essential questions, modification ideas, instructions for the activity, materials/resources, safety and assessment 1 Detailed Diagram of the Labyrinth set up 25 “LOCOMOTOR” MOVEMENT CARDS to be used inside the Labyrinth Activity – there are enough cards to do the activity several times using different LOCOMOTOR movements each lesson. This Locomotor Labyrinth Activity is ideal as a PE Warm Up, a Fitness Unit Lesson, a Locomotor Movement Unit or possibly as a closer for a general PE class. Classroom teachers could also use this activity inside their classrooms or outside in a playing area such as a playground or field. The Locomotor Labyrinth and Cards have been designed for Kindergarten through 5th grade students. The Locomotor Movement Labyrinth Activity and 25 Movement Cards requires very little equipment- several cones, polyspots, and/or gym lines to mark rows inside the Labyrinth is all you would need.

JOY TO THE WORLD, IT'S TIME TO MOVE!!! The Christmas Movement Stations are 21 fun-filled, winter wonderland station cards that you can use in your school gymnasium or can be modified and performed in a smaller space such as a classroom. Each movement card provides a “Joyous” activity that can be performed with typical PE equipment or classroom items with a few extra “Christmassy” additions to keep it in the "spirit of the season!” Each individual movement card is unique with a holiday background, beautiful images and a brief instruction of the station. Separate instructions with more detail is included in the packet for teachers to use when discussing and demonstrating each station. These Christmas Movement Stations are ideal for a physical education or classroom teacher to use in the weeks leading up to the Winter Holidays as a “Brain Break” or to reinforce movement concepts such as locomotor and/or manipulative skills, cooperation and physical fitness...but with a Christmas theme. These Christmas stations were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out over and over again. The Christmas Movement Stations were designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students.