Welcome to the Elementary Physical Education and Health Activities Wiki

Here are some activities from our AAHPERD Conference Session "Teaching Health and Physical Education in the same classroom".  This session was based on the Pre-school to 4th grade Wellness Standards in West Virginia.

Extended Description/Program Objectives: Some states, like West Virginia, have created Elementary Wellness Standards that combine health and physical education into one set of standards. Both physical education teachers and elementary educators are responsible for covering the wellness standards. With only 30-40 minutes per week of physical education per group in some cases, taking large chunks of that activity time to sit an learn about safety, nutrition, and health concepts may not be the best option. Because these concepts are important for children to learn, teaching the wellness concepts through physical activities is one way to maintain activity time for students. This session will present activities and lessons that can be used in elementary school physical education. The lessons were developed by teacher candidates, elementary physical education teachers, and supervising college faculty and have been implemented in local schools.

Handouts:

Games developed by Shepherd Students (Fall 2009) and adapted by A. Devito & A Barnett Original Games.doc 

Activities found by Elaine Gregory Elaine's handout.doc  

Assignment  description and activities developed at University of Deleware K. Edwards & J. Bibik AAHPERD activity 2010 karen.ppt

Other activities from U of Delaware.  Fitness for Friends.doc

Other Activities from A. DeVito Annas Games 2.doc

If you have some related ideas, you can upload information to this wiki if you have a PB Works account. 

if you want to donate ideas or additional ways to play some of the activities on this website - send your  information to mailto:adevito@radford.edu or vito2vito@gmail.com.  I will upload them and give you credit for what you sent.  Or you can just post your information in a comment below.

Thanks

Anna DeVito

Shepherd University

Phed400

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