SHAPE Colorado 2024 State Convention

In this interactive session, learn to integrate Math and Literacy into PE using TAGG-ED® balls with letters and symbols, enhancing ""Whole Child Education." Discover how TAGG-ED® tools like Bowling Mats and Ball Holders promote active learning, engagement, fun, and social-emotional development through active play.

Improve literacy through movement by participating in a yoga demonstration. Learn how to tell a story using basic yoga moves. Not only will you help your students improve body awareness and coordination, but you will help strengthen focus and concentration muscles. Receive resources and sample plans to get you started.  
   
Session Objectives:

• Attendees will be able to design their own yoga sequence while telling or retelling a story. 
• Attendees will be able to combine locomotor and non-locomotor skills to improve students' flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health.
• Attendees will be able to create interdisciplinary lessons that will align with what students are already learning in their homerooms while incorporating mindful movement and breathing. 

60+ students, and 45 minutes? No problem, when you’ve learned to manage the masses in PE class with our tips,
tricks, and strategies! Leave with strategies to enhance classroom management practices, assess more efficiently,
and accommodate all learning styles while maximizing instruction through the incorporation of technology!

Session Objectives:

• Enhance classroom management with strategies to support instruction;
• Incorporate ways to utilize technology as a support for all learners;
• Participate in activities that engage large groups of students.

As Physical Educators, we are being tasked more and more with including elements of math, reading, writing, science etc. into our world.  In this session, I hope to demonstrate some ideas that have worked for me and might just work for others as well.

Session Objectives:

• Ways to implement math.  
• Using provisional writing as part of a circuit.  
• Utilizing sports to teach students about geography. 

Join us for "Parent PE Week in Real Time," a day-long livestream showcasing Parent PE Week. View classes from multiple angles, choose what to watch, and join our scheduled AMA to ask questions about the program. Experience firsthand how we engage students and parents in physical education!

Learning Targets:

Understand the Structure and Benefits of Parent PE Week: Participants will gain insight into how Parent PE Week is organized and the positive impact it has on student engagement and family involvement in physical education.

Experience Real-Time Classroom Dynamics: Participants will observe live PE classes from various angles, allowing them to understand the teaching methods, student interactions, and activities that make Parent PE Week successful.

Engage in Interactive Q&A: Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the AMA session, enhancing their knowledge of implementing a similar program and addressing any specific concerns or curiosities.

A fun-filled workshop highlighting the basic Sport Stacking patterns plus games, games and more games! Not just an activity for the classroom but an opportunity for your students to take Sport Stacking beyond the gym and into their own Sport. Learn the benefits of Sport Stacking through this high-energy, movement-based session. 

Session Objectives:

• Attendees will learn the basic patterns of Sport Stacking. 
• Attendees will learn a variety of grade based lessons and activities.
• Attendees will learn the benefits and resources readily available to them to teach.

It’s a no brainer! We know the brain and body work hand-in-hand.  But, did you know certain specific motor movements enhance learning Math and Literacy Skills?  How does doing toe touches help me read?  How does “Pretzel Arms” calm me and help me focus?  Integrated into these fun, purposeful activities designed to teach fitness and nutrition concepts are skills used to challenge the brain-body connection to build & improve essential academic skills.  Connections are made between classroom and HPE teachers and between the mind and body!

Session Objectives:

1. Provide examples on how physical activity can improve motor skill development and student behavior

2. Explain how movement positively impacts student learning and peer relationships

 3. Show how to set up motor sensory activity stations for the classroom, gym or outdoor space

Learn how BRAINball® connects movement with cross-curricular learning through active play. Without compromising physical activity time, BRAINball® is shown to improve students growth scores in literacy and math. Find out how to get students to think on their feet and work as a team to solve physical and cognitive challenges. 

Session Objectives:
1. Demonstrate how to instruct a BRAINball lesson with cross curricular content and explain how to set-up a Brainball lesson.  

2. Select from a menu of BRAINBall activities for physical education instruction.

3. Support literacy and math through physical activity

Tooth decay is the most prominent chronic health condition among young children in the U.S., impacting 50% of children. Children who have poor oral health often miss more school and receive lower grades than children who don't.This session will introduce physical education teachers to fun, active, easy to implement lessons to reinforce oral health knowledge, skills, and healthy dental habits for  Pre-K - 2nd grade students. All program materials presented are available for free. 

Session Objectives:

Objective 1: Describe how students’ lives are positively impacted by gaining the knowledge and skills needed to create positive oral health habits for life.

Objective 2: Apply strategies to reinforce oral health messaging in physical education.

Objective 3: Recommend and advocate for the inclusion of oral health education as a part of Health and Physical Education

In this interactive session, learn to integrate Math and Literacy into PE using TAGG-ED® balls with letters and symbols, enhancing "Whole Child Education." Discover how TAGG-ED® tools like Bowling Mats and Ball Holders promote active learning, engagement, fun, and social-emotional development through active play.

Session Objectives:

• Share New Games with teachers that are inclusive, engaging, and promote SEL 
• Show Teachers how they can include math and literacy through active play 
• Show Teachers how they can increase engagement and meet standards while having fun.  

An overview of guidelines, recommendations, and benefits for young children will be presented to equip those attending with the knowledge and skills to effectivity promote physical activity and wellness. A variety of PE activities and strategies to integrate movement in the general classroom will be shared and demonstrated.

Session Objectives:

1) Become familiar with the new SHAPE standards and the inclusion of PreK standards.
2) Discover age-appropriate activities to use in preschool physical education classes.
3) Learn strategies for integrating physical activity into early childhood classrooms to share with classroom teachers.

This presentation introduce how Japanese physical education teachers  enhance inclusivity in their physical education/physical activity lessons with young elementary school students (Pre, K, and 1-2 graders) using Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). We aim to deepen physical educators' understanding of these concepts to improve physical play instruction from an equitable perspective.  This presentation also introduces a special ball produced in Japan called "moffn" which is a soft ball made from recycled medical material and has been proved to be effective to teach various motor skills for all students with various skill levels. By experiencing hands-on activities with moffn, participants learn to create more inclusive and enjoyable physical play environments for all students contributing to the advancement of inclusive early physical education practices.

Session Objectives:

1. Understand how to enhance inclusivity in physical education classes for lower grades (preschool, kindergarten, and 1st-2nd graders) using Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

2. Learn about the characteristics of "moffn," a special ball made in Japan, and its effectiveness in teaching motor skills to students with various skill levels.

3. Acquire methods to create more inclusive and enjoyable physical education environments for all students through hands-on activities, contributing to the advancement of inclusive early physical education practices.

Learn how the many functions of GagaXP can help shape your classroom to fit your needs. The durability and adaptiblity of GagaXP will increase student engagement and help you obtain your learning objectives. Plus theres always Gaga Ball! Come see how GagaXP can change your classroom. 

Looking for ideas and activities for a traverse climbing wall? Attendees will discover a variety of dynamic climbing wall activities that develop physical, social-emotional and cognitive skills at beginner, intermediate and advanced climbing levels. This comprehensive presentation also reviews best practices and safety/risk management protocols and provides valuable teaching tips. 

Session Objectives:

1.    Learn climbing wall best practices including basic climbing techniques, safety and risk management protocols.
2. See how to facilitate a variety of climbing wall activities that help develop physical, social-emotional and cognitive skills.
3.    Acquire a library of rock-climbing activities differentiated for varied ability levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced).

Coach-Mentor Blueprint Training provides teachers/coaches with a mentoring framework for working with youth in physical activity and sport settings. Takeaway a step-by-step approach to create lasting, positive connections, and to positively impact the physical, social, and emotional health of youth. The workshop includes activities, skill development, and resources for integrating best practices in youth mentoring into your work with young people- particularly those from underserved communities. 

Session Objectives:

1-Leave with a framework for fostering positive relationships over the duration of a semester or season with students
2- Be introduced to skills they can utilize in building connections w/youth from diverse backgrounds
3- Have an increased ability to deliver lessons that meet the needs of individuals in their community

Join for an engaging and dynamic session designed to introduce elementarry students to the joys of yoga through playful and interactive games. This session will provide PE teachers with a variety of creative yoga games that promote physical fitness, mindfulness, and cooperation among young learners. 

- Enhances focus, balance, and body awareness
-Encourages movement, exploration, and creativity
-Promotes teamwork, social interaction, and cooperation
-Improves listening skills, memory, and ability to follow directions.
- Develops coordination, stregth, and flexibility