Wow, these are interesting times to be sure!
Coronavirus Memes are going wild, the NBA is cancelled and schools are closing all over the world and transitioning to E-Learning while students are stuck at home in quarantine.
With kids missing that recess and PE time I wanted to make sure you have some resources to keep your students (and yourself) active and healthy.
One of the most important things you can do for you and your families mental health and physical health during this time is make sure you stay active and get at least the CDC recommended 60 minutes of activity each day.
Check out the video below or scroll down to the links to see my favorite ideas and resources for getting active at home.
Links and resources mentioned in the video below:
NO EQUIPMENT NEEDED ACTIVITIES
No Internet?
If you don’t have internet you can print off or take a screenshot of some of the one page workouts at Darebee.com, they are all free and they have workouts that focus on pretty much every part of the body as well as full body workouts, so pick one that meets your interests and goals (check out the filter option to choose specific parts of the body or aspects of fitness to focus on):
https://darebee.com/workouts.html
Awesome online resources:
Sworkit: Free Customizable Follow Along Kids Workouts
- Sign up for Sworkit and use them for follow along workouts for kids
- They have a free kids workouts for anyone to use after signing up and they are even customizable and have student examples for all of the follow along workouts, just click on the “Kids Workouts” section after logging in
- This is awesome because since it’s customizable you can delete activities that are too hard and replace them with easier versions – or if it’s too easy, you can replace them with more challenging activities and exercises…
Follow Along Workout Channels on Youtube
- Great for Kids Workouts is Glenn Higgins Fitness
- Good for older kids or Adults Fitnessblenders Youtube Channel
- “PE With Joe” – Daily follow along at home workouts
- Workouts with Coach Foy – Follow Along At Home Workouts
- Yoga
- Great for younger kids: Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Good for older kids and adults: FitnessBlender Yoga Videos
Follow Along Dances:
- Pick your favorite Just Dance Video on Youtube and bust a move – Or Download the Just Dance App and have a virtual dance competition with your friends
- Have students complete GoNoodle Follow Along Dances
- The site below offers a huge library of follow along videos teaching dance moves and health concepts to kids:
- Born To Move: This site has a variety of Follow Along Dance and Activity Videos for kids
Practice or learn a popular Line Dance
- Like the Cupid Shuffle for Example
- Or the Sid Shuffle from the movie Ice Age
PE ACTIVITIES WITH LIMITED EQUIPMENT
SKILLS REVIEW
If you have any of the equipment below (frisbee, ball, jump rope, balloon etc), you can practice reviewing or working on any of the skills that we’ve learned in PE class this year.
- Jump Rope: If you have a jump rope, you can review some of the Single Jump Rope Tricks we learned in PE, or if you have a sibling or family member you could even try out some of the Partner Tricks we learned
- K-2nd: If your learning to jumprope for the first time – Check out this video for some helpful tips
- Throwing and Catching: If you have space in your yard and it’s safe to go outside, try to practice throwing and catching with a family member with a ball or a frisbee
- Striking a Balloon (awesome activity for K-2nd Grade)
- Blow up a balloon and practice striking it with different items in your house (or different body parts)
- What is the hardest item or body part to control the balloon with? What’s your record for the most number of hits without moving your feet?
- Here’s an example of this balloon striking activity
- Basketball: If you have a basketball or playground ball, practice some of the ball handling drills and challenges that we worked on in PE over the last few weeks
- 4 Square
- If you have a playground ball and a garage or driveway you can play a game of 2 Square with a family member, draw a court with some chalk and check out this post if you don’t have the rules to play the game https://www.thepespecialist.com/foursquare/
- Cup Stacking
- If you have some Speed Stack Cups, check out the Speed Stack Website for some fun “Stack at Home Challenges and Activities“
- Fitnessgram:
- Practice doing some of the fitness tests you’ve completed in PE before
Inspirational Character and Confidence Building Video Series:
- Check out the website below for a great set of inspirational videos for students to watch and have some conversations about perseverance through hard times, believing in yourself and making an impact in the world. I think this series offers a great perspective for students.
- https://www.varsitybrands.com/believe-in-you-video-series-one
FOR PE TEACHERS
If you’re a PE Teacher looking for some resources, below are some helpful links and resources from other Teachers that might be helpful as you embark on the journey of figuring out what online PE is supposed to look like.
- Compilation of a Variety of Home Activities and Resources
- Active Home Resources from OPEN Phys Ed
- Activity Log:
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- Keep an activity log and track your activity over the break from school
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- Activity Calendar (do 1 activity per day)
- Home Activity Packets and ideas from other PE teachers:
- My Take Home Packet: https://twitter.com/thepespecialist/status/1239565871133134849?s=20
- Pete Charrette: https://twitter.com/CapnPetesPE/status/1239202278122369031
- Jenny Horowitz: Google Drive Folder
- Kevin Tiller: https://twitter.com/physedreview/status/1239168726450286593
- Bob Vogt: https://twitter.com/GlengaryPE/status/1239341018459377664
- Jason Denk: https://twitter.com/mrdenkpeclass/status/1238508561447227393?s=11
- CBHPE Activity Ideas: https://www.cbhpe.org/projector
- PE Follow Along Videos Collection (Google Slide)
- Create your own follow along dance or workout video for students to follow along to
- Health/PE Theory Lessons on Youtube: PE and Everything YT Channel
- Be Well Played: PE at Home Ideas Blog Post
- Create an America Ninja Warrior Course at Home: https://youtu.be/TXer2Oxu37Y
- Follow Along PE Class Ideas from PE Teachers on Youtube
- Coach Wood – Daily Online PE Class
- Ben Prillo – Fun At Home Activities
- Marcus Nellems – Short Activity Ideas to try at Home
- Mallory Nutt – Sample At Home PE Class
- Derek Zachary – Sample PE at Home Lessons
- Mike Morris – Sample PE at Home Activities
- Joey Feith (curriculum resources and YT videos)
- Peter Connell – Short daily activity ideas
- Remote PE Learning: At Home Activities and Lessons
- Coach Gelardi: Fun At Home PE Challenges on YT
- Randy Spring: Lots of Virtual PE Ideas
- DIY Equipment – for PE Activities
- Milk Carton Scoop and Catch
- Make your own jump rope (from plastic bags)
- Make your own jump rope (from old T-Shirts)
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liam says
I like the glen higgins one .I love it because it has superheroes what makes it more fun to me .It has avenger superheroes especially.
liam says
I like the glen higgins one .I like it because it has superheroes what makes it more fun to me because it has avensers and I like their movies.
liam jaglal says
The one that I like is the exercise channels the one in is glen Higgins that I like the most. I like glen higgins because it is a fun activity do and with superheroes. I like the most because it have the avengers superheroes and I like the avengers movies.
liam says
The one that I like is the exercise channels the one in is glen Higgins that I like the most. I like glen higgins because it is a fun activity do and with superheroes. I like the most because it have the avengers superheroes and I like the avengers movies.
Marcus says
Hey Liam!
Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
precious carter says
you can stay active with p.e resources by drinking healthy eating healthy. Watching stuff to motivate you. You get a workout partner to go out with you on a daily to work out to keep you active
Marcus Nellems says
Thanks for sharing Precious! So true!
wendy says
I love these resources! I have used it for my ‘muppet show’ online unit and my Becoming strong through debate unit/
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Wendy,
Glad you’re enjoying the resources! The muppet show unit looks like a fun time!
Salehian.M says
Thanks for your good site.
Physical education teacher from Iran
Marcus Nellems says
You’re welcome Salehian! Glad you’re enjoying the resources! Stay safe!
J says
Hi Ben,
I teach K-4 P.E. in Illinois and P.E. is still continuing to be done virtually. I am feeling like I am “running out of gas” so to speak with ideas of what kiddos can do at home with no equipment. We have done some things with sock balls, etc. but it gets old…fast! First of all, thank you so much for your post about PE @ Home Resources! I will be looking through this to hopefully be able to “scrap” together lessons for the rest of the year.
Thank you for all you are doing to help us!!
Marcus Nellems says
Hang in there J! Hopefully this will be over soon and we can resume some type of normal schedule.
Continue to follow us for more ideas! Thanks for the kind words!
ANGELLA RICHARD-JAMES says
This is amazing.
THANKS FOR SHARING
Marcus Nellems says
You’re welcome Angell! Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
Amy Beecraft says
This has been a great resource for me. Thanks so much.
Marcus Nellems says
You’re welcome Amy! Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
Niki says
Thanks for the new ideas!
Marcus Nellems says
You’re welcome Niki!
Amber says
Thank you for providing all these awesome links and different tools to get workouts from. I will not only use these for my class but for myself as well.
Marcus Nellems says
You’re welcome Amber! Glad you’re able to enjoy the resources!
Brian Calabrese says
You are amazing!!! I really enjoyed the way you shared your resources & the resources are great!!! You are a great teacher!
Marcus Nellems says
Thanks Brian,
Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
VJ Keosian says
Thank you SO MUCH! This is exactly what I needed. I’ve been teaching group PE virtually since March and my routine/videos were getting stale. You have absolutely helped relight the fire of creativity, dude thank you! You have so many resources and you may have already mentioned this one but if not, Group HIIT website has incredible videos/workout routines and for a fun/silly throwback I linked up with Sit and Be Fit’s youtube channel. My middle schoolers call it the new #GamerWorkout lol. Thanks again so much man for all this!
Marcus Nellems says
Hey VJ,
Glad you’re able to use the resources! We will have to check out the gamer workout…sounds like fun!
Stay safe!
Hyun kang says
hello~~
I m a PE teacher in mid school at south korea. these contents on your website are very interesting. Can i introduce these to my children as well as techears ?
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Hyun,
Please feel free to share with students as well as teachers!
Hope you enjoy the resources!
Logan says
this help-ed me out alot
Marcus Nellems says
Glad it was helpful for you and your students!
April Garff says
I am loving all your resources! I got thrown into teaching remote K-6 PE only 2 weeks before the school started (I’m the music/science teacher). Luckily, in a past life, I was a personal trainer, so I’m not a complete novice, but it has definitely been overwhelming and you have made me not want to quit my job! What I need to know now though, is how do you make your amazing videos? What programs do you use and do you have any tips for a tech novice?
Marcus Nellems says
Hey April,
Check out this note from Ben:
For the majority of my videos I use my cell phone (like the ones where I’m teaching – I normally just put my cell phone up on a tripod)
You can see a breakdown of all my tech gear (cell phone mount) and other stuff I carry daily here:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/backpack/
For the Follow the Leader Series (like the Jump Rope Videos) I used a nicer camera and made it more professional using a program called Final Cut Pro X.
You can see a detailed breakdown of the entire process of making the videos and the animated GIFS at the post below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/pevideo/
Hope that’s helpful!
Rose Linen says
S.O.S.
I and a K – 6 PE teacher who was just quarantined to my home for 14 days because the other PE teacher tested positive.
So now I have to teach virtually from home.
The children are AT school IN their classrooms.
They do not have access to any PE equipment because we had to lock that up as well.
Please send links to things I can do – from home – with children in school – in their main classrooms – with no equipment.
ugh
Marcus Nellems says
Oh No Rose!
Sorry to hear about your situation…
Below you will find a like to some ideas Ben recently posted on the website:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/teaching-during-covid-social-distancing-and-virtual-pe-lesson-ideas/
There are tons of ideas teachers can do virtually…hope this helps!
kelly says
I’m finding everyone is pushing the fitness aspect. I teach K-5 and kids are used to and need games. I know skills are important but I can’t find anything with games we can play with social distancing. There are always tons of fitness but after 4 weeks the kids are looking at me like really all we are doing is exercises. Sure I did R,P,S but there has to be something else out there. Any suggestion and thanks for all you do
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Kelly,
We understand your frustration…
Ben has just posted a blog post discussing some of the activities and strategies he finds useful.
https://www.thepespecialist.com/teaching-during-covid-social-distancing-and-virtual-pe-lesson-ideas/
Hope this helps!
dallas says
watching the coach wood video showed me a lot about what i can do
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Dallas,
Coach Wood has some awesome resources. Glad you could find something useful!
Rachel says
Do you have any video resources specifically for an online health curriculum?
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Rachel,
We don’t teach health specifically, although we do try to incorporate Health concepts into all of the activities that we do – especially our Fitness Unit, which you can check out below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/fitnessgram/
Sometimes the schedule works out to give me a random class coming twice a week for an extra PE class, if that’s the case we do a little health integration with them, which I’ve blogged about at the link below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/health/
Hope that’s helpful!
Devan Lomayaoma says
Hello,
I was looking at the sworkit website that was suggested in your video. Definitely intrigued by the website. I had a question in regards to “how to” upload the custom workouts created to google sites or google classroom? a platform our school is utilizing for the 2020-2021 school year. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Devan,
The workout you create can be downloaded as a PDF file. You can take that file and upload it to Google sites or Classroom for your students.
You can also create the work out, save it, and send students the link.
Hope this helps!
K. Sappington says
This is a fantastic list of resources! Thank you for compiling them all in one place!
Marcus Nellems says
Awesome! Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
Julie Souders says
Do you have any social distancing games for 2nd/3rd grade?
Ben Landers says
Not yet, we’re doing some research and looking for stuff currently
klementin says
i like this exercise video it helps me worm up
Jose Gordon says
Very fun
PALANIVEL SELLAIAN says
Excellent work
Spartak Kuchkou says
My favorite Physical Activity is pull up.
Makana Rich says
I liked a lot of them and the were fun.
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Makana,
Thanks for the feedback!
Joshua Horan says
Hey all,
I have also spent a lot of the time during isolation creating my own youtube videos for my school too. I have about 30 videos up now all about 20 minutes long with a different activity each day! Boxing Monday, Sports Tuesday, Workout Wednesday, Yoga Thursday and Dance Party Friday!
You can find them at PE with Average Josh!
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Josh,
Thanks for sharing, we will have to check it out! Sounds like a blast!
Aimana Abdykadyrova says
hi
MUSTAFO RIKHSIBOEV says
I did exercise 20 minute by watching http://www.sworkit.com
vincent says
I like doing this PE workout because it is fun and it keeps me moving.
anthony martinez says
i like the activites
Marcus Nellems says
Thanks Anthony, glad you enjoy the resources.
Jackie says
Hi there.
I’m a member and have loved using your resources in my classes. We have done the Fastest Class Challenge the last few years. I’m curious if you have advice to make a Fastest Family Challenge while we are all at home.
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Jackie,
Are you looking for advice for your students families or your family? Either way try to modify the best you can. If you have the space to do fastest class then use the space. If you don’t have counters you can use a tally sheet, coins, or something small you have a bunch of to keep track of progress. If students don’t have the space to run they can challenge themselves with different exercises instead of running (most jumping jacks challenge).
All in all, my advice would be to modify the challenge based on your situation.
Stay Safe!
Doug Dombek says
Hi Ben!
I just signed up as a member last week. Not sure where to ask this question so I will start here. Your follow a long videos are awesome! I was wanting to use just one video or one video topic at a time for my at home pe activities. Is it possible to break these lessons up into smaller “chunks?” For example, I would like to give a link to students just for the ball handling videos. On another week give just the link to the jump roping. Third week just soccer skills, etc.
I know if I give them the link to everything at once they will be overwhelmed with information. What are your thoughts on this Ben? I know you are likely to be very busy like the rest of us trying to get in the groove with this online learning curve! Thanks for creating such a wonderful resource!!!!
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Doug,
Thanks for reaching out and we are glad you are enjoying the resources.
The videos we created are a paid product and we provide them as a whole resource. If you’d like to edit them yourself and put them on a protected school site for students you would need to do that yourself by downloading them in the Follow the Leader Videos section.
The forum link is below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/forums/forum/follow-the-leader-videos/
I hope this provides you some insight, if not, feel free to reach out again if you have questions.
Lauren Crosby says
Hi Ben, love your stuff and have been sort of following you for years – watching your presentation through connectedPE right now… do you have any regular P.E./skills/sport based resources that are more appropriate for high school? I teach girls/coed PE in ON, Canada and these are the areas we are most struggling with; as you mention in your show there is TONS of Fitness, but not all kids want this or will do it – also, it seems like there is quite a bit more for elementary/middle school but not for adolescents who would be more challenging to engage from a distance. Thanks for everything you do, your stuff is AMAZING and I am sure your students absolutely love your classes!!!
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Lauren,
Thanks for reaching out! Glad you’re enjoying the resources.
Our content is more designed for elementary and some middle, so I would suggest extending the content we have for your high school students. They probably wouldn’t need the skill development as much, so you could jump into the gameplay and provide feedback based on strategy.
If you can’t find resources you can adjust our site I suggest using social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) to connect with PE teachers at the high school level to see if they have resources that have been successful for them.
Hope this provides so answers. Have a great day!
Maria Blanco says
Thank you for your helpful video. It is easy to follow and the links are great!
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Maria,
Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
Stay safe
Marcus
april s barabash says
This is such an amazing page of resources. I have used many of your links to get my google classroom up and moving. Thank you! Do you have any good advice/links/resources on what to do for Earth Day at home?
Marcus Nellems says
Hey April,
Glad you’re enjoying the resources during these difficult times!
As far as Earth Day resources, we don’t have specific resources pertaining to Earth Day. My suggestion would be to tailor anything you have/found toward an Earth Day theme.
Hope that helps!
Sarah says
Thank you so much for giving us access to your wonderful teaching and resources. I am an Australian teacher currently trying to put together PE work that can be done at home and found your website and YouTube channel and its has helped so much. We are in the very early stages of staying at home over here and this has helped give me some direction of what I can do with the kids while they are at home.
Thanks again!
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Sarah,
Glad the tools and resources are helpful as you prepare for distance learning.
Gena Gonzales says
What a tremendous resource! Thank you so much for a very concise collection of virtually all of us need to provide distance learning!!
-Grateful in Gilroy, CA
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Gina,
Glad you’re enjoying the resource!
Isaac says
I think this is a good source and that it will definitely help me stay fit during quarantine. Also I love how there is many different work outs you can do to stay fit.
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Isaac!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the kind words!
Isaac says
I think this is a good source and that it will definitely help me stay fit during quarantine.
stacy bauer says
Hey Ben! I’ve been a follower for many years now. Love your stuff! Anyways this P.E. from home situation is driving me crazy. I’d love to send out some of these links but we are now being questioned on copyright laws. Can I send or use all/any of the links without worry by myself or principal that it won’t come back in a lawsuit?
Marcus Nellems says
Hey Stacy! Any links on this page are public. No need to worry about copyright. However, some of the google drive links at the bottom are shared by other teachers. So you would have to double check with the owner about the use of their content.
Sandy de Jong says
Thank you so much for all of your amazing ideas and resources. This is especially helpful with our worlds current situation and learning being done at home. As a physical education teacher I so want my students to keep active with new ideas and you’ve helped me find new resources!
Thanks!
Ben Landers says
It’s a tough time for sure – glad it was helpful!
Kami Smith says
Hi Ben,
Thank you so much for taking the time to send out these great resources for us PE teachers who are looking for ways to support parents at home with their kids and to keep them active.
I can’t wait to share some with my families. Homework next week is going to be the Continental drift with my primary kids and they are going to love it!
Thanks again!
Ben Landers says
Awesome! Love that one
Nancy Disterheft says
I knew you would help us out, I use your ideas all the time! We were in the middle of a dance unit, so I put the remaining dance routine in Google classroom, so many loved it! Do you find that some of the boys dislike this unit? What is your response?
Ben Landers says
Anytime someone says “Do we have to dance” I respond like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6WlzCDg1c/
Pam Pascarella says
Thanks so much you rock!
Terri Anderson says
Ben, thank you for all of your time and effort to put this together and share it with us all for free too! So many great ideas to keep kids fit and learning over this stay at home. You are appreciated and stay well friend!!
Ben Landers says
Sure thing – do the same. We’re all in this together.
nathan wooding says
Thanks for this. This is highly relevent to our HPE programmes here in NZ.
Ben Landers says
Sure thing – Glad to hear that!
Rachel Bradford says
The information is always outstanding and creative! Ben’s video and online skills are top notch and I’m using more of his videos than ever to help during this social distance learning!
-Coach Bradford
Spring, TX
Ben Landers says
Thanks Rachel! So glad to hear that it’s been helpful!