Pocket PE™ is an evidence-based, CDC-funded mobile app curriculum tool designed to enhance your day-to-day teaching and extend physical literacy throughout the entire school day. Built to validate your expertise, our tool equips PE specialists to reduce curriculum planning time and seamlessly collaborate with classroom teachers.
Our app is not a replacement for professional expertise. Pocket PE serves as a powerful resource to handle logistical challenges in non-traditional spaces, decrease prep time, and empower PE specialists to act as movement champions across their entire district.
See Pocket PE in action and discover how the app helps educators deliver standards-based, engaging PE with minimal curriculum planning time.
Whether you are a PE specialist looking to amplify your curriculum or a classroom teacher bringing movement into the classroom, Pocket PE adapts to any space, schedule, or equipment.
Pick your location, select a movement skill, and choose your equipment.
Reshuffle activities, watch short videos, and get ready to teach.
Use on-screen prompts, music, and audio cues to guide your lesson from start to finish.
This story showcases how Pocket PE helps educators lead confident, engaging physical education, no matter the space, schedule, or equipment.
Educators can choose an individual teacher license, or schools and districts can explore broader implementation options on our For Administrators page.
Pocket PE was created by Dr. Jeanette Ricci and a team of research scientists at Saavsus, Inc. who have spent years studying child movement, physical activity, and the barriers educators face in delivering PE. It was then shaped and evaluated alongside classroom teachers and PE specialists, so it feels practical, supportive, and ready for real school life.
Pocket PE is grounded in evidence, aligned to national PE standards, and designed to support meaningful movement skill development. It was not built on AI-generated lesson content. Every activity and teaching support is intentionally developed through research, educator collaboration, and standards-based design.
Guided by Dr. Jeanette Ricci’s commitment to expanding access to skill-building physical activity, Pocket PE lessons are aligned to national standards and designed to support measurable gains in movement skills and moderate to vigorous physical activity across settings.
Students participating in Pocket PE lessons spend a higher percentage of class time engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity compared to traditional PE, supporting national recommendations for elementary PE.
Hear from PE specialists and classroom teachers who have strengthened their PE instruction with Pocket PE.
Get answers to common questions about Pocket PE.
Yes. Pocket PE works in classrooms, outdoors, or in a gym. Many lessons require little to no equipment.
Yes. Every lesson is mapped to SHAPE America standards and informed by research in motor development, physical literacy, and inclusive instruction.
Pocket PE does not collect student-level data. You can monitor class-level metrics, including PE minutes and standards taught, and export reports as needed.
Yes. Pocket PE lessons are tailored to your instructional needs, including time, setting, equipment, and skill focus. You can save lessons, schedule them in advance, and print lesson cards.
Yes. After signing in, Pocket PE features remain accessible offline, except for exporting PE Data Reports.
Educators have access to live onboarding webinars, tutorial videos, and a responsive support team through our online ticketing system.
Currently, Pocket PE is available for Grades 3–5. K-2 development is underway.
