THIS ONE MAY HAVE YOU SOMEWHAT PUZZLED!!! The “Jigsaw Fitness- 30 Puzzle Cutouts & Activity Plan” product is a visual package of 30 fitness-related exercise puzzles which includes an activity plan that implements the puzzles in a small group relay game. The students perform designated locomotor movements to obtain puzzle pieces and work together to assemble the 9 piece fitness puzzles which will convey a fitness exercise/activity. The students then perform the exercise revealed as they assemble each puzzle and start again with a new puzzle! Inside the packet are 30 separate exercise puzzles that include rep or time counts and a detailed activity plan that lists the: 1. Overview, 2. Grade levels, 3. SHAPE Standards, 4. Equipment, 5. Set Up, 6. Directions, 7. Modifications, and 8. A Diagram. When downloading this product, you will find both a PDF and a JPG format file inside the main Zip folder. I have found than different printers do better with different formats so I decided to include both to make sure the images are crystal clear for your printer! PE teachers can use Jigsaw Fitness puzzles as a warm up or as a standalone activity in a Fitness unit. Classroom teachers can use Jigsaw Fitness as a brain break, classroom energizer, recess activity or reward event. The Jigsaw Fitness- 30 Puzzle Cutouts & Activity Plan packet was designed for all ages but is best suited for students from Kindergarten through 8th Grade.

his “Applying the National PE Standards” Printable Display Signs product was uniquely developed as a valuable and attractive visual aid for standards based programs in physical education. The descriptor statements and graphical illustrations help show our students how we align our programs to the National Standards Each individual “Applying the National Standards” sign has been uniquely created with vibrant colors and attractive text. The signs provide the National Standard’s official wording and include a description of how the standard can be implemented in a typical PE class. 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 instruction. They can easily be used to reinforce the concepts you cover during your class. The signs will surely be noticed by your students, principals, parents and colleagues and will work as a valuable tool for you to come back to time and time again!

LET'S CELEBRATE OUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS!!! Inside this packet you will find a variety of physical education-related award certificates that highlight a variety of commendable actions, characteristics or outcomes that PE teachers like to see in and from their students during daily classes! Inside you will find 12 colorful and attractive preset physical education awards including: Sportsmanship, Leadership, Effort, Synergize, Strategy, Great Attitude, Conduct, Respect, Proactive, Fitness, PE Skills and Safety. You will also find 3 unique, adaptable awards that you can name and describe yourself. All 15 of the PE award certificates (in the PowerPoint file) give you the ability to electronically input student and teacher names and the date of the award presentation. The 3 adaptable awards also provide text boxes for you to name and describe your own “distinctive” award. The attractive backgrounds and “cutting edge” images are set in all of the certificates. A PDF file of the 12 preset awards is also included with fill lines that allow you to input names using a pen or marker, in the case that you have a lot of students to recognize, and speed/efficiency in completing the certificates is important to you. These PE Awards are an excellent way to recognize students that exhibit praiseworthy behaviors and actions and you can use them throughout the school year after units, grading periods or semesters for a variety of purposes. They also make great “end-of-the-year” celebration keepsakes that students and parents will cherish for years and years!

"GOING, GOING, GONE"! Inside this PACKAGE are 25 “STRIKINGLY GOOD” base games, designed for students with a wide range of abilities and ages, from 2nd Grade through 10th Grade. These BASE GAMES are ideal for large or medium sized groups, outside on a field, at a regulation softball/baseball diamond, inside a gym or even on a blacktop play area that has a hard surface. Several of the games are striking and running games, however there are some that involve kicking, spinning discs or even rolling hoops. Most of the games require little equipment using standard PE items such a few bases, bats, whiffle balls, dense foam balls, playground balls, cones, and Frisbees. These games can be used by PE TEACHERS as an extension of their softball/soccer units (after the basic skills have been taught) or they can be utilized by a CLASSROOM TEACHERs as an organized RECESS GAME ACTIVITIES to keep students active and focused during their play time. In addition, many of the base games make great large-group activities for school-wide events such as FIELD DAY or for a class or grade-level REWARD DAY sometime during the school year. These base games involve many skills and concepts that relate directly to traditional baseball/softball such as striking, fielding, catching, throwing, teamwork and sportsmanship. There are several kicking-related base games too and many of these games have suggestions for modifications and can be performed using either striking or kicking as the “catalyst” for play. Some of the games are “breakout” games in which students play in small groups and move to different areas of a field/gym but most are medium to large group, team games in which students swap from offensive to defensive roles as a large unit. The Base Games include: 1. Around the World, 2. Base Race, 3. Base Swap, 4. Coneball, 5. Disc Baseball, 6. Double Up, 7. Five Hundred, 8. Football Baseball, 9. Fuzzball, 10. Hit the Zones, 11. Hit, Pause and Run, 12. Home Run Derby, 13. Home Run Race, 14. Hoop it Up, 15. Kick and Run Derby, 16. Kickball, 17. Matball, 18. Pickle, 19. Pinball, 20. Raceball, 21. Rounders, 22. Scooter Baseball, 23. Snakeball, 24. Total Team Baseball and 25. Twenty One

LET'S CELEBRATE HEALTH AND SKILL-RELATED FITNESS!!! Inside this packet you will find a variety of Fitness Award Certificates that highlight the major health and skill-related fitness components that PE teachers teach in their classes and observe from their students during daily classes! Inside you will find 10 colorful and attractive preset health and skill-related fitness component awards including: Cardiovascular Endurance, Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Muscular Strength, Agility, Balance, Coordination, Power, Speed and Reaction Time. You will also find 3 unique, adaptable Fitness Awards that you can name and describe yourself. All 13 of the fitness award certificates (in the PowerPoint file) give you the ability to electronically input student and teacher names and the date of the award presentation. The 3 adaptable awards also provide text boxes for you to name and describe your own “distinctive” award. The attractive backgrounds and “cutting edge” images are set in all of the certificates. A PDF file of the 10 preset awards is also included with fill lines that allow you to input names using a pen or marker in the case that you have a lot of students to recognize and speed an efficiency in completing the certificates is important to you. These Fitness Awards are an excellent way to recognize students that exhibit praiseworthy fitness behaviors and actions and you can use them throughout the school year after units, grading periods or semesters for a variety of purposes. They also make great “end-of-the-year” celebration keepsakes that students and parents will cherish for years!

GET ON THE BALL!!! Inside this package are 25 “high flying” volleyball and throwing/catching NET games, designed for students with a wide range of abilities and ages, from 2nd Grade through 10th Grade. The “NET GAMES” are ideal for large groups; from 30 to 60 students if you have 2 volleyball nets and a regular sized gym or outdoor play area. If you have a larger space, more nets and a few adults to supervise, more players can participate at the same time. Obviously less than 30 students can play these net games and several modifications are suggested and can be implemented to help fit the needs of your program. These games can be used by PE TEACHERS as an extension of their volleyball unit (after the basic skills have been taught) or it can be utilized by a CLASSROOM TEACHER as an organized RECESS GAME ACTIVITY to keep students active and focused during their play time. In addition, many of the net and volley games make great large-group activities for school-wide events such as FIELD DAY or for a class or grade-level REWARD DAY sometime during the school year. These volleying NET games involve many volleyball-related and skills and concepts such as serving, bumping, setting, striking, saving, digging, spiking, agility, accuracy, coordination, rotation, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Several of the games also provide an ideal avenue to develop the students’’ catching, throwing and tracking skills. There are a couple of small-group activities where students use smaller courts with badminton nets (or jump ropes that can be held by other students). The Net and Volley Games include: 1. Add em up Volley, 2. Aerobic 3 Team Volley, 3. Balloon Volley, 4. Beach Ball Volley, 5. Clear Out, 6. Cooperative Volley, 7. Crazy Net Ball, 8. Deck Ball, 9. Fling Ball, 10. Four Court Volleyball, 11. Gigantic Ball Volleyball, 12. King’s Court Volleyball, 13. Lifeline Volley, 14. Net Battleship, 15. Net Hot Potato, 16. Newcomb, 17. No Hands Volleyball, 18. Paddle Shower Ball, 19. Regulation Volleyball, 20. Scoop Ball, 21. Shower Ball, 22. Small Court Volleyball, 23. Surprise Volley, 24. Target Volley and 25. Volley Bounce

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.

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

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.

SPOOKINGLY FUN!!! The PE- Concentration- Halloween Locomotor Movement Activity using the Halloween Icon Memory Cards make an ideal Fall Halloween PE activity that is cooperative, fun and healthy! This package includes a complete Activity Plan and 28 different matching Halloween 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 28 Memory Cards that students will venture out to find that include many Halloween Icons such as monsters, mummies, witches, ghosts, zombies, trick-or-treaters and bats. Small group teams will work together to collect matches, while they move around the gym in a variety of ways. The PE- Concentration- Halloween 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 Halloween. 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 Halloween memory cards provided in this packet were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out every year during Halloween! PE Concentration- Halloween Version was designed for Kindergarten through 6th 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.

TURKEY GOODNESS!!! The PE- Concentration; Thanksgiving Locomotor Movement Activity using the Thanksgiving Icon Memory Cards makes an ideal Fall Thanksgiving PE activity that is cooperative, fun and healthy! This package includes a complete Activity Plan and 30 different matching Thanksgiving 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 30 Memory Cards that students will venture out to find that include many Thanksgiving Icons such as turkeys, Pilgrims, and various different Thanksgiving Dinner items. Small groups work together to collect icon matches, while they move around the gym, in a variety of ways. The PE- Concentration- Thanksgiving 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 Thanksgiving. 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 Thanksgiving memory cards provided in this packet were created to be “FUN” and your students will ask you to bring them out every year during Thanksgiving! The PE Concentration- Thanksgiving Version was designed for Kindergarten through 6th grade students

"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.

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.

The following printable display signs were created as a visual aid showcasing the health and skill related components of physical fitness. Each individual fitness component sign has been uniquely created with vibrant colors and attractive text. There are 11 total signs- 5 Health Related (Cardiovascular Endurance, Flexibility, Muscular Strength, Muscular endurance, and Body Composition) and 6 skill-related (Agility, Speed, Reaction time, Coordination, Power and Balance). The signs provide definitions and sporting examples of each fitness component and include exciting graphics that grab the students’ attention. The signs can be displayed in key areas of your gym to be highlighted during instruction. They can be used to reinforce the fitness-related concepts you cover during your class. Whether it is a game you are playing or a sport-specific skill you are working on, the health or skill related component signs can work as a valuable tool for you to come back to time and time again!

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!

his product is a 32 slide Power Point presentation on the topic of "Health and Wellness". Most of the slides include relevant subtitles, bulleted text, and animated graphics all on attractive retro backgrounds. Topics include 1. Chronic Disease, 2. Causes of Death, 3. Life Expectancy, 4.Lifestyle as a Health Problem, 5. Seven Components of Total Wellness, 6. Health Related Components of Physical Fitness, 7. The FITT Principle, 8. Locus of Control, 9. Factors Affecting Behavior, and 9. Creating SMART Goals This PowerPoint topic would be appropriate for high school students or University Health, Physical Education and/or Fitness classes.

This product will provide you with 3 different formats of tournament brackets for up to 12 participants or teams. The forms and brackets will will help you “plug in” the number of classes , teams, small groups or individual players that you have in a sporting event or activity. The 3 formats included are: 1) Round Robin Style, 2) Single Elimination Style (Seeded for playoff), and 3) Double Elimination Style (Unseeded). This resource also gives you guidance as to how and when to use the different types of tournaments and provides advantages and disadvantages of using each format. To use the forms and brackets all you have to do is decide the number of teams that will be participating in the activity or sporting event tournament and print the corresponding tournament from the form(s) under the Round Robin, Single Elimination or Double Elimination section in the packet. Continue to keep up with the winning and losing teams and the forms are very easy to use and can be used for many different types of sports, activities or games. Tournament play can bring an entire grade level together for an exciting event at the end of the school year or can be used in a PE class, camp or small group club for individual or team play.

This product is a comprehensive Kickball Tournament resource that includes the important components of a successful Kickball tournament including; why kickball, when and where to hold a tournament, equipment needed, officials tasks, set-up, procedures, general rules, fielding rules, kicking rules, sportsmanship and safety. This resource also includes a Kickball Tournament Team Sheet and 2 formats of tournament brackets; 1) Double Elimination (3 - 12 team brackets) and 2) Round Robin (4 -12 team guide forms). Kickball is a great small group, class, grade level or school wide activity that is challenging and fun for all age groups! A Kickball tournament can build excitement in your school, league, church group or camp. At school, a kickball tournament can be a great PE activity for the end of a school year or semester. A kickball tournament could also be organized by grade-level teachers to bring an entire grade level together for an exciting event at the end of the school year (best with 3rd to 8th grade students) A kickball tournament can take place either indoors in a large facility (preferably a gym with a sport court or carpet floor) or outdoors on a blacktop or soft grassy area or even better on a regulation baseball/softball diamond if one is available at or near your school or church

“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!