
My Top 5 Favorite Closing Activities
Closing activities are designed to provide students an opportunity to apply the skills they have learned in the lesson and/or to end the lesson with
Whether you’re searching for creative PE activities to put a new spin on games, new ideas to become more efficient during assessments, or learn how to add technology to lessons, you have come to the right place! PE professionals share their knowledge to help teachers evolve their activities for students into high-energy and organized curriculum.

Closing activities are designed to provide students an opportunity to apply the skills they have learned in the lesson and/or to end the lesson with

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My path to SPARK differed from those of Jim and Paul. I grew up in rural Canada where my mother was my elementary school teacher and taught grades 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously in a 2-room schoolhouse. Although she had no background in physical education, she ensured all students had twice-daily physical activity breaks—even during cold and long winters.

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When I think back to my first day of the school year as a student, I was super excited to get back to school, see

In the words of that famous physical educator from the great state of Massachusetts,
“Ask not, what SPARK can do for you. Ask what you can do for SPARK.”
When Julie approached me about writing an article in celebration of SPARK’s 30th birthday, a lot of different thoughts and approaches to the task entered my mind.

Teaching health-related fitness concepts can seem overwhelming, especially given that many of us only see our students once or twice a week. My time with

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