SHAPE Colorado 2024 State Convention

Using RAMP warm-up principles, we can close the gap between the end of a warm-up and beginning of a performance, as student performances respond better if their systems are appropriately activated. The RAMP warm-up also incorporates fundamental movement skills, foundational skills, and movement competencies as they enhance overall student development.

SessionObjeectives:

1)    Attendees will learn about the RAMP principles of a warm-up as it relates to a K-12 physical education class, coaching a practice or pre-game session, or leading into a fitness workout.
2) Attendees will expand a RAMP warm-up to create their own “bank” of exercises/movements to craft an effective warm-up and ultimately into a usable RAMPAGE framework to assist in structuring a class, practice, or workout session.
3)    Attendees will use the RAMP principles and participate in a sample warm-up framework.

Experience activities that engage and educate students on how to be physically literate for life! Take part in quality lessons built with inclusive warm-ups, exciting activities, and purposeful cool-downs to meet multiple objectives simultaneously.

Session Objectives:

• Demonstrate inclusive warm-ups that prepare the body for active learning. 
• Discuss and show best practices on content integration. 
• Use innovative equipment to engage all students. 

"Just Adapt It" will focus on using everyday items like pool noodles, yoga mats, and PVC pipes to adapt physical education activities for students with diverse needs. The presentation will highlight practical strategies, showcase adapted equipment, and share free resources available at JustAdaptIt.com to create inclusive and engaging PE experiences. Session Objectives: "Utilize Everyday Items for Adaptation: Participants will learn how to use common items such as pool noodles, yoga mats, and PVC pipes to create adaptive physical education activities that meet the needs of all students.

Implement Inclusive Strategies: Participants will explore practical strategies to adapt PE activities, ensuring inclusivity and engagement for students with diverse abilities.

Access and Share Free Resources: Participants will be introduced to the free resources available at JustAdaptIt.com, enhancing their ability to provide inclusive and adaptive PE experiences."

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

From implementing a warm-up to creating a teaching session framework to programming a fitness unit, this presentation will provide a common-sense approach to implement long-term athletic development (LTAD) principles into classes beginning with the youth age groups and building outward to older student populations. 

Session Objectives:

1)    Attendees will learn about long-term athletic development (LTAD) models as they relate to K-12 physical education, including the tenets of physical activity, physical fitness, physical education itself, and physical literacy.  
2) Attendees will learn about LTAD developmental stages to best incorporate fundamental movement skills, foundational skills, and motor skill competencies.
3) Attendees will learn how to implement LTAD into a usable framework e.g., a dynamic warm-up for elementary students, designing a middle school fitness class, and physical education for high school students and beyond.
 

Discover the transformative power of GBA, a renowned pedagogical method, in this session. Learn how to leverage games to motivate students and foster inclusivity in physical education classes. Through practical strategies and interactive discussions, educators will gain insights to create dynamic and engaging learning environments.

Session Objectives:

1) Understand the principles of Game-Based Approach (GBA) and its application in physical education settings.
2) Explore strategies to implement GBA techniques effectively to motivate students and promote inclusivity in diverse learning environments.
3) Gain practical insights and resources to design and adapt game-based activities that cater to various skill levels and learning styles in physical education classes.

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