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.
At Home PE Resources | Gopher Sports - A wide variety of resources, including lesson plans, professional development, skills cards and blogs to help you during this stressful time.
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
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.
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
Driver Education - Resources and information
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.
