Health & Motor Skills
Health & Motor Skills
Health & Motor Skills
Resources to support Health and Physical Education standards with attention to fine and gross motor skills.
Resources for Health & Motor Skills
Health & PE
AMAZE - A free online resource that teaches about puberty, reproduction, relationships, sex and sexuality.
CDC Healthy Schools - CDC Healthy Schools works with states, school systems, communities, and national partners to prevent chronic disease and promote the health and well-being of children and adolescents in schools.
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Making yoga and mindfulness FUN for kids.
Fit | Sanford Health - Program grounded on four pillars essential to building awareness of healthy lifestyle choices, guiding decision making, and improving self-management skills.
Handwashing & Hygiene Lessons K-12 | etr
Health and Physical Education - Special Education - Research Guides at University of Cincinnati - A collection of Health Online Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans including e-books, article databases, online help tutorials, useful websites, and more for researching and teaching special education.
Inclusive School Physical Education and Physical Activity | Healthy Schools | CDC - All students, regardless of ability, should get the recommended 60 minutes or more of daily physical activity. Schools can help all students meet this recommendation by providing equal opportunities for students with disabilities. Creating an inclusive culture for physical education and physical activity helps every student learn to lead a healthy and active lifestyle.
KidsHealth in the Classroom - Free health-related lesson plans for PreK through 12th grade.
OPEN Curriculum Modules - Online Physical Education Network (OPEN) helps teachers help their students by providing rigorous, outcomes-based curriculum tools to every physical education teacher.
Operation FitKids - Seven-lesson, free, online Operation FitKids® curriculum is available for both the 3rd to 5th grade classroom level, as well as the 6th to 8th grade level.
Play 60 | NFL.com - NFL’s national youth health and wellness campaign that encourages kids to get physically active for at least 60 minutes a day.
SHAPE America | FREE Physical Education Tools and Activities - Free PE activity ideas, classroom resources and physical activity calendars in the PE teacher's toolbox every month to download.
Spark PE | Free Lesson Plans - A collection of free SPARK Physical Education and Physical Activity lesson plans based on inclusive, fun PE-PA games and innovative new ideas.
Special Olympics New Jersey - Camden, Gloucester and Salem Counties - Learn which sports are offered near you and other fun events you can attend to support your local training programs
Sworkit - Kids Workouts - A variety of fun kid friendly workout to get those wiggles and out or use them for a warm-up/cool down for more vigorous activity.
Try It | Disney Citizenship - Learn more about food and energy by watching videos and enjoying activities related to balancing food, portion control, recipes, healthy habits (proper hand-washing), and exercise to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
Fine & Gross Motor Skills
What Are Fine Motor Skills - The ability to make movements using the small muscles in our hands and wrists.
Help Your Child Build Fine Motor Skills | NAEYC
Kindergarten Activities: Fine Motor Skills | Scholastic - Quick Ideas: Cut, Glue, Build, Squirt! PreK-K students will love these fun, simple activities.
The OT Toolbox - Tools and Ideas for Occupational Therapists, Teachers, and Parents
What Are Gross Motor Skills - Abilities that allow people to do things that involve using the large muscles in the torso, arms and legs to complete whole-body movements.
Online Resources
First Aid Training | Free - Free online first aid, CPR & AED courses
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships - The largest initiative ever funded to prevent teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11- to- 14-year-olds about healthy relationships.
SHAPE America Teacher's Toolbox: FREE Physical Education Tools and Activities
Teen Health and Wellness - Award-winning website that provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national, and provincial standards, including Common Core Health and Science. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.