PERFECT FOR TIMES YOU NEED A QUICK MOVEMENT ACTIVITY FOR A LARGE GROUP The Quick and Easy Activities for the Gym Packet is a convenient and creative way for you to "move your students" with a purpose!!! The Flip Cards are colorful and include graphics with detailed instructions that include a separate section for each the following: 1. Overview, 2. Set up, 3. Equipment Needed, 4. Detailed Directions and 5. Modifications. These 15 Quick and Easy PE Activity Flip Cards work best during the start of class as an Instant Activity or Warm Up or perhaps while you are waiting on another class to enter the gym. They also work great at the end of class while waiting on a teacher or if you finish your focus lesson early. They are a lot of fun and your students will ask for them by name. They will get very excited when you bring them out!!! Please Note: If you are a classroom teacher and have purchased some of my Classroom Energizer Flip Card products, you will see some of the same activities (with descriptions suited for PE teachers/gymnasiums) in this product. I have targeted these activities, however, for gym use to be implemented by a PE teacher, after school worker or camp counselor.

Many PE and health programs around the nation have experienced the unfortunate consequences of our distressed economy and have seen cuts in their districts. This at a time when we are seeing the highest childhood obesity rates in our history. It is extremely important as physical educators for us to continually remind others the value of what we do and to promote the benefits of a quality physical education program. The following printable display signs were created as a visual aid to highlight the most important reasons for quality physical education. Each individual “Top 10 Reasons for Physical Education” sign has been uniquely created with vibrant colors and attractive text. The signs provide a statement discussing the “PE benefit” along with it’s ranking 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 easily be used to reinforce the movement, skill and fitness 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!

SPACE...THE FINAL FRONTIER! The following “cosmic” games are a series of fast paced, high energy, large group PE games set to a theme that is “Out of this World.” All 12 games have “cool” references to things like space, planets, stars, aliens, cosmos, meteors, time warps, jets, galaxies, and black holes….all of the things kids love! 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 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. The following 12 games: 1. Space Invaders, 2. Masters of the Universe, 3. Escape from Cyberspace, 4. Galaxy Quest, 5. Space Junk Collectors, 6. Meteor Blitz, 7. Sky Bowling, 8. Space Connector, 9. Star Wars, 10. Guardians of the Stars, 11. Stars and Strikes, and 12. The Danger Zone are included in this package 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.

FITNESS IN 3D!!! The PE Cube Fitness product provides 17 exercise and dice, constructible cubes that can be used in a variety of warm-up or fitness related PE activities. After printing off the template sheets, the cubes are easily constructed by cutting, folding and gluing tabs. Once constructed, VOILA, you have a cool “3D” method to ENGAGE your students in their learning!!! The PE Fitness Cubes work like dice and can be rolled by students to provide them with an assortment of strength, flexibility, plyometric, Yoga, locomotor and manipulative skill movements. In addition (pardon the pun), six of the Cube templates are number and symbol images and work to complement the fitness dice by providing numbers for exercise reps and movement time which will add an element of mathematics to your lesson. Students will a have the chance to add, subtract and multiply numbers as they “roll the dice” and move. Inside the packet are also 6 suggested Fitness Cube activities that you can do with your students! The PE Cube Fitness product has been broken down into 3 categories: Grouped Fitness Cubes: these are cubes that have been categorized by various fitness elements (great for station work) and include: 1. Flexibility, 2. Plyometrics, 3. Strength, 4. Yoga, 5. Locomotor Movement and 6. Manipulative skills Cross Training Cubes: these cubes combine one of each of the above fitness elements on each cube. These cubes provide a better “mixed” grouping of exercises which works better with large group activities). Number and Symbol Cubes: these cubes complement and work in conjunction with the Grouped Fitness and Cross Training Cubes. With them, you are able to have students roll multiple die which gives students the ability to assign numbers to reps, time to movements and they even provide the opportunity for students to add, subtract and multiply in PE class.

“ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS! This “Fun Bus” Number Set is a 20 SIGN and 20 CARD product with FULL PAGE and QUARTER PAGE consecutive numbers from 1 through 20. The set includes the numeral, number word and “stop sign” counters. This number set can be used in a variety of educational settings and for a variety of purposes. The NUMBER SIGNS and CARDS could be used in the primary classroom to help teach number recognition, spelling and counting. The SIGNS and CARDS could also be used as physical markers in the classroom, in educational games or as an organizational tool. Just copy, cut, laminate and you are ready to GO!!!

“SPIN THE BASKETBALL” NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 32 This Basketball Number Set is a 32 SIGN product with FULL PAGE, consecutive numbers from 1 to 32. The set can be used in a variety of educational settings and for a variety of purposes. The NUMBER SIGNS could be used in the classroom as physical markers, in educational games or as an organizational tool. The NUMBER SIGNS may also be used by a PE teacher or a recreational leader as station markers, field day event indicators or for a variety of purposes in large group and cooperative game settings. Just copy, laminate and you are ready to GO!!!

The following printable display signs were created as a visual aid showcasing ten non-locomotor movements which include: balancing, bending, curling, pulling, pushing, stretching, swaying, swinging, turning, and twisting. Each individual "Non-Locomotor Movement” sign has been uniquely created with vibrant colors and attractive text. The signs provide definitions of each non-locomotor movement and also include P.E. and Sport activity examples. The signs have colorful backgrounds and 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 movement 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!

“KICK IT LIKE A REPTILE”: NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 30! This “Soccer Lizard” Number Set is a 32 SIGN product with FULL PAGE, consecutive numbers from 1 to 32. The set can be used in a variety of educational settings and for a variety of purposes. The numbers signs could be used by a classroom teacher for working with numbers, physical markers, educational games or to organize students. The numbers may also be used by a PE teacher as station markers, field day event indicators or in large group and cooperative game settings. There are enough numbers for a large class of 32 in case you need that many. Each page (individual number) fits perfectly on an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper. Just copy, laminate and you are ready to GO!!!

“SPIN THE BASKETBALL” NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 32 This “Basketball Spin” Number Set is a 32 CARD product with QUARTER PAGE, consecutive numbers from 1 to 32. The set can be used in a variety of educational settings and for a variety of purposes. The NUMBER CARDS could be used in the classroom by a teacher for mathematical games, physical markers, or as an organizing tool. The numbers may also be used by a PE teacher for organizational purposes or for large group PE and fitness games. There are enough numbers for a large class of 32 in case you need that many. Each page has 4 number cards that fit a typical 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper. Just copy, cut, laminate and you are ready to GO!!!

This product is a comprehensive Tug-O-War Tournament resource that includes the important components of a successful Tug-O-War tournament including; why tug-o-war, when and where to hold a tournament, equipment needed, officials tasks, set-up, procedures, pulling rules, sportsmanship and safety. This resource also includes 2 formats of tournament brackets; 1) Double Elimination (3 - 12 team brackets) and 2) Round Robin (4 -12 team guide forms). Tug-O-War is a great small group, class, grade level or school wide activity that is challenging and fun for all age groups! A tug-o-war tournament can build excitement in your school, league, church group or camp. At school, a tug-o-war tournament can be a great addition to field day or can be used as a grade-level “Tug-o-War Day” in which all of the students come in from the same grade level (usually during their “specials” time) and compete in a double elimination or round robin tournament style bracket with their classes.

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!

"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

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.