Body Parts ID and Relay

DescriptionEnjoy this set of 21 Brain Break Cards centered around various body parts and their movements. For example shoulders: shrug your shoulders, lift shoulders up to ears, roll shoulder back and can you make your shoulder blades touch in your back?

Twenty-one brain break cards with nearly 80 different body part activities.

Body part brain break cards include:
Head
Ear
Eye
Finger
Foot
Nails
Face
Ankle
Thumb
Hair
Knee
Lips
Leg
Nose
Sh…

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Are You an Enterprising PE Teacher? SHAPE America is seeking enterprising educators who are interested in teaching their ideas, subjects, or strategies to other professionals during a 1 hour webinar.

• These webinars will be a part of our professional development opportunities offered on Tuesdays in 2015.

• According yo SHAPE the challenge to you is to create and submit a proposal for a 1 hour webinar presentation.

• The proposal must share a…

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National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education


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And I quote................

"It’s just gym, huh?

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