Skip Login Getting P.L.A.Y. Certified means that you take fitness, health, movement, and PLAY seriously. You believe that EVERY body deserves the opportunity to play his/her way to fitness, health, and happiness – and that this happiness comes from ENJOYING and EMBRACING every minute of every day. It means that YOU are ready to make a difference through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, smart choices, and moving, working, and laughing through the entire journey! Whether you promote positive lifestyles through recreation, education, sports, fitness, or family and friends - getting certified in physical fitness, physical education, and physical activity and recreation can provide opportunities and open doors for YOUR success! | After completing courses in Physical Education, Physical Fitness, and Physical Activity and Recreation you will be able to receive your PLAY Certification and Certificate. This course is designed to help physical education and classroom teachers, camp leaders, activity directors, recreation leaders, and anyone working and playing with children and youth to understand developmental progression, and appropriate movement focus and expectations for each grade level. We will learn how to “unpack” standards, create activities and assessments based on standards, and teach standards-based movements and concepts. This course is essential for practical understanding of the various age groups and how to design programs appropriate for each. Learn how kids progress and develop from individual learners to partners to groups. Learn how to adjust your expectations and lessons for maximum success with every activity. Learn what age is best to introduce competition and game strategies. Learn why standards are important and how they can make physical education fun and rewarding for ALL.  Childhood, youth, and adult fitness are a national priority. We are suffering an obesity epidemic due to inactivity and poor nutritional habits. This course focuses on fitness for all ages. learn the components of fitness, and FITT principles for each. Learn how to test and assess current fitness levels, and how to design an appropriate workout program based on the interpretation of the results. Hands-on training will be provided for various types of workout styles, including group exercise, cardiovascular fitness routines, circuit training workouts, quick-hitter fitness blasts, and more. This course will prepare you for teaching physical education classes, group exercise classes at a health club or other organization, designing workouts for individuals or groups, even creating your own effective workouts! While this course is a must for fitness instructors and personal trainers, PE and classroom teachers will benefit from this class by learning how to keep the brain stimulated through quick-hitter fitness activities, bring up those fitness testing scores, and create more energetic kids who are able to focus and learn for improved academic test scores! This certification course is designed for leading action games and activities for any age! Whether you work with youth or adults at church, at school, in the neighborhood, afterschool club, or summer camp – or if you are looking for some fun team-building activities for your business retreat or office picnic - this is the session for you! We will play a TON of fun games, learn how to manage large and small groups, practice hands-on strategies for keeping things moving, and study the philosophy and principles of game selection, design, and implementation. This course is highly recommended for physical education teachers and classroom teachers who lead their own PE lessons. If you have ever wondered if PE could actually be FUN, then wonder no more. After this course PE will be your absolute most favorite time of day – without needing to spend an extra minute in prep!!! You will learn hands-on teaching strategies for managing groups of all sizes and study the 2008 Guidelines for Healthy Americans and learn how much and what kind of activities we need to do to reap the health benefits of physical activity. How many minutes? How hard do I need to work? What are the benefits? Does it really make a difference? Take this course to find out.
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